PBP Commentary

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

Izold
vs
Um

185 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
33
180 lbs
26 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raul Izold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phal Um!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izold throws a left and a right that both miss
and Um counters with a stiff right hand.
Izold just misses with a punch to the body.
Um lands with an overhand left.
Um will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Um scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Izold shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sloppy strikes from Izold. Those never looked like landing.

Um shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Um was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Um working the ground and pound effectively.
Um scoring with strikes but Izold is staying in there.
Izold in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Um tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Izold wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Um landing strikes, looking to finish!
Um lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Izold hang on?
Um lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Um landing strikes from the mount.
Um lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Izold hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Um lands a heavy elbow.
Um putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Izold taking shots to the head.
Um controlling the pace for now.
Um lands a nice shot to the head.
Um controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izold takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Izold taking shots to the head.
Izold is squirming around, avoiding Um's attempts to control the action.
Um working Izold over with strikes here.
Izold knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Um on the ground.
Izold is bucking up trying to escape but Um cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Um looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Um controlling the position easily from mount.
You get the feeling that Izold really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Um scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Izold?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Um takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Um lands a big elbow.
Um landing strikes from the mount.
Um punishing his opponent with strikes.

Izold is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Um landing strikes from the mount and Izold is in trouble!
Oh Izold is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Um loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Izold scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Um land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Um stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phal Um!