PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and XL Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lister
vs
Five

197 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Minotour Garms

Hell's Balls Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Lister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, XL Five!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lister stuffs the takedown.
Good exchange - Lister coming out on top.

Five is rocked!

It looks like XL Five has been cut.

Lister takes the fight into the clinch.
Five is still on wobbly legs! Can Lister finish him?
Lister doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Five seems to have recovered his senses.

Lister turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lister manages to end up in side control.

Lister goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Five rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lister's guard! Nice work there by Five!
Lister is trying to keep Five in close.
Lister keeping moving, preventing Five from controlling successfully.
Lister looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lister seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Lister wriggles free and stands up.

Lister shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lister missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Five looking for a guillotine here but Lister defends easily.
Lister throws a big right hand that misses.
Lister looking to sit in guard and control but Five gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Five stopping the sweep attempt from Lister.

Lister has his foot on Five's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Five works his way back into a safe position though.
Lister is looking to stand back up but Five counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Lister.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lister wants to control but Five postures up.
Lister is breathing heavily.

Five wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lister, who protects the arm well.
Five trying to control the position but Lister is working away.
Lister tries to escape but Five is in control.

Five looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lister is trying to get back to half guard.
Lister is working hard here to advance position.

Five is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Lister is trying to escape and Five transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Lister is forced to tap! Nice work there by Five! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). XL Five!