PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tor Nansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mulat Brutislav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nansen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Prodigy - Thunder. Brutislav has chosen Focus - Hocus Pocus as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nansen
vs
Brutislav

176 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
162 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Elite Clothing

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tor Nansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mulat Brutislav!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Nansen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brutislav swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Nansen misses with a hook.

Nansen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Nansen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brutislav doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nansen.
Brutislav is trying to stand back up but Nansen is controlling him
Ground and pound from Nansen.

Brutislav is defending against the submission attempts here by Nansen.
Brutislav tries to kick Nansen off but Nansen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nansen passes to side control.

Nansen tries for a kimura but Brutislav is defending well.

Nansen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nansen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nansen prevents Brutislav from escaping the position.

Nansen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nansen is breathing heavily.
Brutislav parries the strikes from Nansen easily there. Nansen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Brutislav to escape.
Brutislav is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nansen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nansen is looking to take a break and control but Brutislav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brutislav pushes Nansen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nansen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Nansen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Brutislav is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nansen is controlling him well.
Nansen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brutislav's legs.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brutislav can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nansen trying to control the action but Brutislav is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nansen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brutislav stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brutislav just misses with a punch to the body.
Nansen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nansen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nansen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nansen pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Nansen gets the takedown into side control.
Brutislav pushes Nansen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nansen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nansen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Brutislav is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Nansen yanks on the arm and Brutislav is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Nansen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tor Nansen!