PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Commander Fred Waterford (ranked 6425 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Rangel (ranked 8205 p4p, 0 weight class). David Rangel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fred Waterford
vs
Rangel

209 cm
25
291 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Commander Fred Waterford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Rangel!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rangel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Waterford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rangel on the ground.
Rangel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Waterford wants to get back to his feet but Rangel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Rangel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rangel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Waterford on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Waterford tries to get out of the position.
Rangel working some strikes from top position.
Rangel looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Waterford keeping moving, preventing Rangel from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rangel lands a couple of digs.
Waterford thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Waterford throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rangel scoring with some ground and pound.
Rangel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Waterford is rocked!

Rangel drops back, looking for a kneebar! Waterford looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Waterford looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Waterford!

Oh Waterford is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rangel throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Rangel gets back to half guard.
Waterford seems to have got his legs back now.
Waterford looks to land a strike but Rangel avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Rangel working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Waterford doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Rangel is tightening it up a little... Waterford has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Waterford reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Waterford taps out! Nice BJJ there by Rangel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). David Rangel!