PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Invalid Ism (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Small
vs
Ism

212 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Invalid Ism!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ism.
Ism shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Small counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ism is trying hard to land a takedown here. Small sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nathan Small has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Invalid Ism.
Ism tries to close the distance and clinch up but Small swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ism closes this distance looking for a takedown but Small circles away.
Small misses with the combination.
Ism raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Ism.
Small went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Small stuffs the takedown attempt from Ism. Ism gets slowly back to his feet.
Ism goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ism tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Small swivels and escapes.
Invalid Ism seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Small stuffs the takedown attempt from Ism. Ism gets slowly back to his feet.
Small throws a head kick but Ism moves out of range.

Ism gets a takedown into half guard.
Ism looks winded!
Small throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Ism manages to pass to side control.
Small is pushing Ism's head away, looking to escape. Ism manages to hold on to the position though.
Ism trying to control the position but Small is working away.
Ism prevents Small from escaping the position.
Ism fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Small tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ism decides to stand back up.
Ism misses with a wild body shot.

Ism clinches with his opponent.

Small's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Small moves into the clinch successfully.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ism on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Small escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ism is trying hard to land a takedown here. Small sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Small tries a head kick but it misses.
Small scores with a punch to the head.

Ism shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Small manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ism preventing the sweep.

Small looking for a guillotine here but Ism defends easily.

Small is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ism works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ism seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Small does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Ism there.
Ism looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Small with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Ism is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Small has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ism can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ism postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Small wants to sweep here but Ism controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ism wants to control from the top but Small keeps moving.
Small is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ism manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Small dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ism instigates a clinch.
Small jumps guard but Ism stands there with Small around his waist. Small gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Small ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Small no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Ism sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ism stands and throws Small's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Small is trying to work for a sweep but Ism has mounted him!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ism postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Small looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ism breaks from Small's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ism working Small over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Small really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ism cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Small wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Ism wants to control but Small is keeping busy.
Ism lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Small hold on?!

Small is rocked!
Small is trying to get back to his feet but Ism has full control of the position and if anything, Small has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Oh Small is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Invalid Ism has got the better of the ground game so far.
Small is trying to remain composed but Ism is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Ism scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Ism has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Small's body.
Small is taking damage to the body and head.
Small wants to escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ism is working for a rear naked choke. Small is not defending it well and Ism has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Small refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Small's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Invalid Ism!