PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gray Elbe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Kurk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Elbe
vs
Kurk

184 cm
24
182 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

181 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Backyard Fighting
Pitt Nutrition (3x158 2x159 products)

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gray Elbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rex Kurk!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kurk connects with a single shot there.
Elbe darts in trying to clinch
and Kurk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elbe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Elbe tries for a takedown but Kurk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Elbe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kurk slaps away a takedown attempt from Elbe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kurk keeps the fight on the outside.
Kurk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Elbe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kurk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kurk tries a low kick but Elbe avoids it.

Elbe gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Elbe is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kurk doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Elbe.
Kurk trying to get back to full guard but Elbe takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Kurk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Elbe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kurk has given up his back here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurk trying to control the hands but Elbe won't let him.
I really don't envy Kurk right now.

Kurk has hold of Elbe's leg, trying to break free but it's let Elbe lock up a rear naked choke! This could be big trouble! Kurk is turning an unusual color here… he's out! Elbe throws him to one side and jumps onto the cage to celebrate with his fans.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gray Elbe!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gray Elbe waved his t-shirt featuring Pitt Nutrition (3x158 2x159 products)'s logo in front of the cameras.