PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Mallone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mallone
vs
Yang

167 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Mallone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Yang!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mallone has a takedown stuffed.

Yang throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Mallone tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Yang is in Mallone's guard.
Yang works over Mallone with some ground and pound from guard.
Yang with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mallone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yang works over Mallone with some ground and pound from guard.
Yang preventing the sweep.
Yang throws a big right hand that misses.
Yang trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yang working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Yang thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Yang stops Mallone from standing up.
Yang passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mallone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yang on the ground.
Yang works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mallone down.
Mallone is breathing heavily.

Yang has hold of Mallone's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Mallone tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Yang cranks the arm and Mallone screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Mallone, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). William Yang!