PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Gustav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Armack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl Gustav could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rodney Armack's chin.

Gustav
vs
Armack

183 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Red Hand Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Karl Gustav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Armack!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armack tries to land a leg kick but Gustav saw it coming and moves away.
Armack lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gustav circles away quickly and effectively.

Gustav gets caught flat footed, as Armack shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Armack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Armack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gustav swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gustav is adopting a defensive guard.
Armack wants to stand but Gustav has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Armack wants to control from the top but Gustav keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Armack shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Armack moves nicely into side control.
Armack wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gustav keeps working.
Gustav is trying to get back to half guard.
Armack working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armack is looking to take a break and control but Gustav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gustav can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee asks Armack politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Armack prefers to stall for the moment though.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Armack trying to control the position but Gustav is working away.
Gustav might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gustav struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustav tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Armack presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Armack looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gustav really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gustav holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Armack tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gustav wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Armack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Armack looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Poor strikes thrown by Armack there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Armack sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gustav wants to control but Armack is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Armack dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Armack scores with a hook to the body. Gustav takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gustav avoids the head kick by Armack.

Gustav drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodney Armack has got the better of the ground game so far.

Gustav is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Armack has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Gustav is looking to defend but Armack has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Gustav! Armack pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Gustav taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rodney Armack!