PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Backpack (ranked 6240 p4p, 3713 weight class) and Mehdi Illir (ranked 513 p4p, 407 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Backpack
vs
Illir

176 cm
18
164
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
165
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Backpack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mehdi Illir!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Backpack thuds a left hand into Illir's body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Illir has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Backpack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Illir. Illir circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Illir shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Backpack napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Backpack is looking for a sweep.
Backpack can't do much from the bottom here.
Illir taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Illir is working to tighten his grip on Backpack's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Backpack has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Illir is really squeezing tight and eventually Backpack passes out! Illir breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mehdi Illir!
A very excited looking Mehdi Illir made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.