PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ozman Lawkilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lotlot Merchant (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.

Lawkilla
vs
Merchant

173 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ozman Lawkilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lotlot Merchant!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merchant scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Merchant shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lawkilla defends it nicely.
Lawkilla looks for a takedown but Merchant sprawls well.
Merchant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lawkilla shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Merchant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lawkilla backs up against the cage.
Merchant motions for Lawkilla to come forward. Merchant throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lawkilla circles away from the clinch attempt

and Lawkilla counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Merchant!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Lawkilla has control of Merchant's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Merchant regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Merchant tries to hold on but Lawkilla pushes him away.
Lawkilla punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lawkilla 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.

Lawkilla throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Merchant has his hands clasped together but Lawkilla breaks the hold and Merchant is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Lawkilla!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ozman Lawkilla!
Ozman Lawkilla decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.