PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rect Umm (ranked 1652 p4p, 1089 weight class) and Armand Christophe (ranked 227 p4p, 146 weight class). Christophe has chosen Shadows as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Umm
vs
Christophe

200 cm
41
215
41 - 22 - 0

193 cm
33
213
18 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rect Umm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Armand Christophe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christophe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Rect Umm has been cut.
Umm scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Christophe and Umm goes tumbling to the canvas! Christophe follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Umm is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christophe prevents Umm from standing back up.
Oh Umm is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christophe slows the pace down in half guard.
Christophe prevents Umm from standing back up.
Umm seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Christophe is working for a submission of some sort.
Umm wants to get back to his feet.
Umm is refusing to be controlled, as Christophe sits in half guard.
Christophe looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Umm is trying to stand back up but Christophe is controlling him
Umm's coaches at Roosters Coop have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umm is staying active underneath Christophe, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Umm looks like he's trying to stand up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Christophe is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Umm wants to get back to his feet.
Christophe not doing much here.
Christophe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Umm knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Umm tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Christophe manages to move to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christophe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
My spies in Advanced Fighting Systems inform me that Christophe has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Christophe with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Umm is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christophe moves to the back position.

Christophe is persistently looking for the submission but Umm is defending it well.

Christophe working for a choke but Umm is defending well.
Umm trying to get back to his feet but Christophe is in full control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Christophe is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Umm won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Christophe off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Armand Christophe!
During a confident post fight interview, Armand Christophe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Rect Umm spoke after the fight, saying 'Hats off to James best manager in the game this can crusher is a bum im retiring cause ive got no chin in abit'.