PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zane Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sepp Eichel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eichel has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Sepp Eichel will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Newton
vs
Eichel

185 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zane Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sepp Eichel!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Eichel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eichel looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Newton drives through with a takedown into guard.
Newton controlling from the top position.
Newton has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Newton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Eichel's head.
Newton not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Newton's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Newton slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton landing a few strikes.
Newton 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.
Newton staying calm.
Eichel takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Newton taking a breather here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Eichel can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Zane Newton just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Newton.

Eichel wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Newton has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Eichel's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Eichel is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Newton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Zane Newton!