PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Pike (ranked 637 p4p, 1438 weight class) and Bernard McCurtney (ranked 53 p4p, 120 weight class). Pike comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Intro. McCurtney has chosen "Green card" as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pike
vs
McCurtney

174 cm
22
147
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
144
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Wrestler Wayfare
30th Century Beer Store

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Silverguard Outfitters 🛡

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christopher Pike!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernard McCurtney!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pike dodges the punch combination from McCurtney.
Pike is looking to counter with a body kick.

Pike rushes McCurtney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pike throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Pike.
Pike works on McCurtney's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Pike.
Nice body punch from McCurtney - that landed with a thud.
McCurtney working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McCurtney fails to land.
Pike softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pike lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pike landing knees to the body.
Pike definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Pike has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McCurtney uses from the top position.
McCurtney wants to get up but he can't break Pike's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
McCurtney postures up.
McCurtney trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pike's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pike looking for a guillotine here but McCurtney defends easily.
McCurtney wants to stand but Pike is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pike trying to keep a closed guard but McCurtney is proving a slippery customer.

Pike working for submissions but it's allowed McCurtney to get to half guard.
McCurtney tries to stand but can't do so whilst Pike controls his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pike trying to control from the bottom.

Pike looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pike manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pike not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Pike has his foot on McCurtney's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McCurtney works his way back into a safe position though.
Pike trying to control the position.
McCurtney trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pike's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pike has his foot on McCurtney's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McCurtney works his way back into a safe position though.

Pike had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McCurtney defends it easily.

Pike pushes a forearm under McCurtney's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, McCurtney is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Christopher Pike!
Christopher Pike retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Christopher Pike thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.