PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Hrdlicka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Slevin (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.

Hrdlicka
vs
Slevin

187 cm
22
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomas Hrdlicka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Slevin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slevin has his takedown stuffed

and Hrdlicka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hrdlicka controlling the pace.

Hrdlicka is working for a kimura but Slevin is defending it quite comfortably.
Slevin wants to control but Hrdlicka is keeping busy.
Slevin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hrdlicka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hrdlicka lands a nice short elbow.

Hrdlicka has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Slevin defend it? Hrdlicka steps over the head and cranks it - Slevin is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hrdlicka!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tomas Hrdlicka!
Tomas Hrdlicka 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.