PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rand Al Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Levenstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Levenstein is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Al Thor
vs
Levenstein

195 cm
16
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rand Al Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Levenstein !
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Thor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Thor throws out a loose jab but Levenstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Levenstein shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Al Thor counter with a right hand.
Joshua Levenstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Thor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Joshua Levenstein has been cut.
Levenstein shoots in but Al Thor avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Levenstein shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Levenstein looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Levenstein passes to side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Thor struggling a bit here.

Al Thor is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Levenstein 's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Levenstein ! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Al Thor has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Joshua Levenstein !