PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Banana Frita (ranked 4211 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rodd (ranked 8204 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Frita
vs
Rodd

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Banana Frita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Rodd!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rodd tries to keep at a distance but Frita has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rodd tries to break free but Frita pushes him back against the cage.

Frita breaks from the clinch.
Frita throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Frita shoots for a double leg takedown but Rodd sprawls well. He's pushed Frita's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rodd let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Frita throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rodd's waist but Rodd gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Frita off to one side.

Frita clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Frita closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rodd scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Frita manages to mount him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frita looking to control and managing it successfully.

Frita working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Rodd looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Frita! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Banana Frita!