PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geezer Butler (ranked 4173 p4p, 3573 weight class) and Leonard Read (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Leonard Read was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Butler
vs
Read

188 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
213
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Geezer Butler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonard Read!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read shoots in but no luck this time.
Butler throws a right hand that misses

and Read counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Butler keeping moving, preventing Read from controlling successfully.
Butler on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Butler tries to get out of the position.

Read drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Read jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Read wants to control from the top but Butler keeps moving.

Read drops back looking for a leg! Butler is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Butler manages to kick Read off! Read jumps back into Butler's guard.
Read slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Read is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Butler is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Read tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Read is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Butler looks calm but he's in trouble here. Read gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Butler is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Read lets go of the hold and Butler can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Leonard Read!