PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Sacks (ranked 4762 p4p, 5163 weight class) and LP Chan (ranked 584 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chan's choice of entrance music: Voices Rev Theory. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sacks
vs
Chan

185 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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 Hilo, John Sacks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, LP Chan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sacks swinging wildly here.
Sacks lands with a kick to the ribs.

Chan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Chan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sacks lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chan will feel that in the morning.
Sacks throws a nice head kick!
Chan shoots in for a double leg but Sacks sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Chan gets a double leg takedown into Sacks's guard.
Sacks wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Chan manages to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sacks flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Chan decides to return to a standing position.
Sacks lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Sacks moves into the clinch.

Chan successfully pulls guard.

Chan has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sacks doesn't defend quickly enough and Chan has managed to lock this one up! Can Sacks escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Chan on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). LP Chan!
LP Chan made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Thanks to all of the people who came out tonight I also want to thank all of the people supporting me and my trainers. I look forward to my next fight. '.