PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otto The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregor Erikson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

The Great
vs
Erikson

170 cm
26
167 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto The Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gregor Erikson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikson wants to clinch up but The Great keeps it at a distance.
Erikson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Erikson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from The Great as Erikson shoots in.

The Great clinches up against the cage.
The Great with a knee to the head.
The Great scores with a knee to the head.
The Great landing knees to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Great takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Erikson takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great scores with a knee to the head.
Erikson is trying to break free.

The Great manages to break the clinch.
The Great tries to clinch but Erikson moves out of range.
The Great stuffs the takedown.
Otto The Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gregor Erikson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Great drives through and clinches with Erikson against the cage.
The Great tries to throw a body punch but Erikson avoids it by throwing The Great back against the cage.
The Great creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Erikson's defenses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Great.

The Great pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The Great gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Great gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee calls for The Great to work.
Erikson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Great with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Great lands an elbow just above Erikson 's eye.
Erikson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Great gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Great landing knees to the head.
The Great swings wildly with an uppercut but Erikson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Great with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Erikson pulls guard successfully.
The Great has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Erikson is proving hard to escape from.

The Great is sitting in close to Erikson's body. Erikson has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! The Great is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, The Great is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Erikson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gregor Erikson!
During a confident post fight interview, Gregor Erikson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.