PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wellesley Botter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Berzins
vs
Botter

167 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Berzins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wellesley Botter!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berzins.

Berzins closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Berzins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Botter's head.
Botter is looking to improve his position.
Berzins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Botter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Berzins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Berzins is working for a kimura but Botter is defending it quite comfortably.
Botter is looking to improve his position.
Botter pushes Berzins off looking to stand but Berzins dives back in and keeps control.
Berzins 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.
Botter trying to control from the bottom.
Botter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Botter is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Berzins has latched onto it... Big trouble! Berzins pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Botter is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Berzins!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Berzins!
A victorious Michael Berzins thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.