PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cole Mccullough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rizky Nanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mccullough
vs
Nanda

170 cm
25
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
149 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cole Mccullough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rizky Nanda!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nanda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nanda misses the shot to the body.
Nanda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rizky Nanda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nanda shoots in looking for a takedown but Mccullough manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nanda's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mccullough swats away the attempt to clinch by Nanda.
Mccullough tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nanda swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Mccullough scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mccullough is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Mccullough's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mccullough is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nanda knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mccullough has hold of Nanda's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Nanda tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Mccullough cranks the arm and Nanda screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Nanda, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cole Mccullough!