PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Persson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

James
vs
Persson

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Demonic Drugs

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Persson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Persson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Persson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Persson is pressed up against the cage. James has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Persson down to the mat. Persson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Marcus Persson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Persson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Persson wants to pass the guard but James is defending well.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Persson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. James defending well though.
James slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Persson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Persson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Persson trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Persson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Persson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but James is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Persson.
Persson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Persson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Persson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
James tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Persson crashes against the mat.
James tries to improve position but can't.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
James shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Persson wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Persson can pounce on him.

James scores a takedown into full mount!

Persson tries to improve his position but James has taken his back! James has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Persson tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! James pushes Persson away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frank James!