PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ditlev Truelsen (ranked 4998 p4p, 4124 weight class) and Bold Man (ranked 501 p4p, 461 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Truelsen
vs
Man

180 cm
19
164
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
160
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ajax Cloth

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ditlev Truelsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bold Man!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Truelsen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Man tries to avoid it but Truelsen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Man to the ground. Man escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Truelsen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Man moves into the clinch successfully.

Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Truelsen gets a takedown into half guard.
Truelsen is keen to just control but Man is a slippery customer.
Man trying to control here.

Truelsen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Truelsen is working for a kimura but Man is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man keeping hold of Truelsen's head, controlling as best he can.

Man looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Man has a hand on Truelsen's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Truelsen takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

Man tries to improve his position but Truelsen has taken his back! Truelsen has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Man tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Truelsen pushes Man away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ditlev Truelsen!
Our winner, Ditlev Truelsen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.