PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Larsen (ranked 4439 p4p, 5653 weight class) and Bold Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsen's entrance music is Viking Battle Music. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Larsen
vs
Man

178 cm
19
156
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bjorn Larsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bold Man!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Man darts in and clinches Larsen up against the cage.
Larsen misses with an elbow over the top.
Larsen throws an elbow that misses.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larsen misses with an elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larsen leaves Man with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Man. No joy for Larsen on that attempt.
Man looks for a takedown but Larsen sprawls well.
Larsen tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Man manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Man clinches up against the cage.
Larsen throws an elbow that misses.
Larsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.

Man gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Larsen regains guard.

Larsen is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Man frees his head nicely. Oh but Larsen has switched to an armbar! Man is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Bjorn Larsen!
Bjorn Larsen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.