PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rozowa Pantera (ranked 2980 p4p, 2246 weight class) and Test Blake (ranked 372 p4p, 294 weight class). Test Blake is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Pantera
vs
Blake

199 cm
25
199
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
215
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

HELLBENT

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 Las Vegas, Rozowa Pantera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test Blake!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pantera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pantera misses with the combination.
Pantera looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Blake is fending him off so far but Pantera persists. Nope, Blake circles away and we're back to standing.

Pantera clinches up against the cage.
Pantera trying to land knees to the body.

Pantera pulls Blake into guard.

Blake drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Blake jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blake controlling from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pantera looking for a sweep. Not yet Pantera, not yet.
Pantera keeping moving, preventing Blake from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pantera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blake on the ground.
Pantera controls Blake momentarily but Blake frees himself.
Blake looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blake stops Pantera from standing up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pantera is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Blake is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Blake drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Blake seems to have locked his on tight now - Pantera screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Blake, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Test Blake!