PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spongebob Squarepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yang
vs
Squarepants

173 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy + Stamina!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spongebob Squarepants!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Squarepants is defended easily by Yang.
Squarepants shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yang defends it nicely.

Yang scores with a takedown into Squarepants's guard.
Yang stopping the sweep attempt from Squarepants.
Yang tries to free his leg and advance position but Squarepants is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Squarepants keeping moving, preventing Yang from controlling successfully.
Yang trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yang passes into half guard.
Yang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yang is nestled in close to Squarepants, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Squarepants is trying to stand up here but Yang is controlling him well.
Squarepants is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Yang.
Squarepants trying to get back to full guard but Yang takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Squarepants taking shots to the head.

Yang looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Yang avoids the attempt from Squarepants to control.
Yang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Squarepants can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Squarepants looks gassed!
Squarepants tries to lock up and control but Yang gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Yang looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yang with shots to the head and body - Squarepants looks very uncomfortable down there.
Yang looking to finish Squarepants with some ground and pound. This is bad for Squarepants!
Yang cracks Squarepants with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Yang in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Squarepants that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yang has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Squarepants's face.
Yang looking to finish Squarepants with some ground and pound. This is bad for Squarepants!
Yang with good strikes from the mount here!
Yang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Yang.
Yang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang controlling his opponent.
Yang landing strikes from the mount.
Yang tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yang landing strikes, looking to finish!
Squarepants wants to get back to his feet.
Yang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Squarepants can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Yang landing strikes from the mount and Squarepants is in trouble!
Yang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Squarepants hang on?
Yang landing strikes from the mount and Squarepants is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang raining down shots from the mount!
Yang lands a nice shot to the head.
Squarepants really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yang. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Yang looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Squarepants is looking to improve his position but Yang isn't that keen on the idea.

Yang has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Squarepants is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Yang!