PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Monkey King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayden Brass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

King
vs
Brass

170 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monkey King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hayden Brass!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brass tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brass throws a front kick aimed at King's knee but King avoids it well.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brass.
Brass throws a leg kick but King checks it.
King dodges the punch combination from Brass.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brass throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Brass misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brass fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brass lands a jab to King's midsection.
Brass fails to land with a series of punches.
King throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brass's waist but Brass gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing King off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
King blocks a leg kick.
Brass looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
King fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Monkey King. That's going to take a lot out of him.

King gets the takedown into side control.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Monkey King!