PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Murder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 3 AM kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Murder
vs
Barry

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Murder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drake Barry!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murder closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barry circles away.

Barry closes the distance and clinches.

Barry lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Barry wants to pass to mount but Murder is defending the position.
Ground and pound from Barry.
Murder blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barry.
Barry wants to take a breather but Murder is having none of it.

Murder looking for submissions off his back.

Barry seems to be looking for submissions.
Barry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Barry drops an elbow to the side of Murder's head.
Barry trying to control the action but Murder is working from the bottom.
Barry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murder slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barry passes into half guard.
Murder moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Murder avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Barry throws a sloppy strike and Murder has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Barry is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Murder!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Murder!