PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Guy Downs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Downs
vs
Little

175 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

158 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guy Downs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Little!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Little.
Little stuffs the takedown attempt from Downs. Downs gets slowly back to his feet.

Downs drives through with a takedown into guard.

Downs drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Downs jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Downs wants to pass the guard but Little is keeping the position.
Little wants to sweep but no luck.
Little is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Downs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Little is keeping the position for now.
Little tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Little trying to control the position.
Downs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Downs tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Downs has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downs landing strikes.
Downs is putting a hurting on Little here, landing some big shots from side control.
Little is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Downs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Little manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Downs seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Little does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Downs works his way into side control.
Downs is breathing heavily.
Little manages to work his way to half guard, despite Downs's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downs wants to pass to mount but Little is defending the position.
Downs passes to side control.

Downs is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Little has escaped the position, nice work there.

Downs is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Little knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Little is looking for a sweep.

Downs has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Little is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Downs yanks on the arm and Little is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Downs.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Guy Downs!