PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anghel Ama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Death (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Death will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ama
vs
Death

180 cm
18
140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anghel Ama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Death!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Death tries to clinch but Ama is having none of it.
Death tries to clinch but Ama is having none of it.
Death wants to clinch but Ama slips to the side

and Ama moves into the clinch.
Death lands with a short shot to the head.
Ama can't break the clinch.
Death unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ama lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Death connects with a knee to the head.
Death scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Death.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Death connects with a knee to the head.
Ama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Death is defending well for now.
Ama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ama stalling.
Ama tries for a takedown but Death manages to get underhooks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Death on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Death scores with a knee to the head.
Ama takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Death connects with a knee to the head.
Death lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Death scores with a knee to the head.

Ama is rocked!
Ama takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Ama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Death lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Death throws a knee to the head but misses.
Death is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Death lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Death looks winded!
Ama is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Death lands a knee to the head.
Death is leaning against Ama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Death creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Death scores a nice knee to the body.
Ama seems to have got his legs back now.

Ama jumps guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ama bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Death's guard.
Ama is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ama stands up and waves to Death to follow him.
Ama really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Death tries to clinch but Ama moves away

and Ama counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Death!
Ama advances nicely into full mount.

Death is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Ama locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Death is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anghel Ama!
Anghel Ama took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.