PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mish Pocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen O Brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pocha
vs
O Brian

175 cm
24
161 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
24
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mish Pocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Owen O Brian!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brian throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pocha decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in O Brian's guard.
Pocha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pocha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Brian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pocha is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pocha slips nicely into half guard.
O Brian is doing well to control the position and prevent Pocha from advancing to side control.
Pocha passes the guard and advances to mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pocha prevents O Brian from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pocha cracks O Brian with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pocha lands a nice shot to the head.

Pocha is going oldschool here, as he tries to force O Brian to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so O Brian shrugs it off.
Pocha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pocha looking to finish O Brian with some ground and pound. This is bad for O Brian!
Pocha working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Pocha scoring with strikes but O Brian is staying in there.
Pocha unloading with bombs!
Pocha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pocha scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish O Brian?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brian is looking to improve his position but Pocha isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Brian looks winded!
Pocha landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pocha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can O Brian hang on?
Pocha sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Pocha has isolated one of O Brian's arms. O Brian looking to fight him off but Pocha twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mish Pocha!