PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juusef Valajakkara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Valajakkara
vs
Bloodgood

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Plays chess

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 Sydney, Juusef Valajakkara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abel Bloodgood!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valajakkara shoots in but Bloodgood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bloodgood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bloodgood throws a leg kick but Valajakkara sees it coming and moves out of range.
Valajakkara misses with the combination.
Valajakkara looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Valajakkara drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valajakkara throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Valajakkara stopping the sweep attempt from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Valajakkara's guard.
Bloodgood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bloodgood advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bloodgood working Valajakkara over with strikes.
Valajakkara wants to improve his position but Bloodgood is controlling well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bloodgood lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Valajakkara is rocked!
Valajakkara taking some punishment here, with Bloodgood in his half guard.
Oh Valajakkara is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bloodgood scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bloodgood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bloodgood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bloodgood seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bloodgood prevents Valajakkara from standing back up.
Bloodgood lands strikes from half guard.
Bloodgood passes to full mount!
BOOM! Bloodgood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bloodgood looking to finish Valajakkara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Valajakkara!
Bloodgood with a couple of short strikes.
Valajakkara is breathing heavily.
Valajakkara working to try and regain half guard.
Bloodgood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bloodgood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bloodgood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Valajakkara's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood prevents Valajakkara from getting the reversal.
Bloodgood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Valajakkara's face.
Bloodgood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Valajakkara hang on?
Bloodgood cracks Valajakkara with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Abel Bloodgood!