PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Golles (ranked 2389 p4p, 1929 weight class) and Caspian Tennessen (ranked 311 p4p, 251 weight class). Tennessen has chosen Manowar - Warriors of the World as his entrance music. Peter Golles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Golles
vs
Tennessen

185 cm
27
195
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
185
8 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Golles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caspian Tennessen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tennessen slips a jab from Golles.
Tennessen cracks Golles with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab by Tennessen.
Tennessen avoids the head kick by Golles.

Tennessen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tennessen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tennessen scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Tennessen landing a few strikes.
Tennessen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tennessen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Golles wants to get back to his feet but Tennessen drags him back down.
Tennessen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Tennessen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Golles knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tennessen working the ground and pound.
Tennessen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Golles to see if he's OK.
Golles pushes Tennessen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tennessen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tennessen lands a few punches from side control.
Tennessen prevents Golles from escaping the position.
Golles stops Tennessen from passing to mount.
Golles takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennessen is putting a hurting on Golles here, landing some big shots from side control.

Golles is rocked!

Tennessen has hold of Golles's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Golles seems comfortable defending it but Tennessen has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Golles is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Golles is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tennessen couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Caspian Tennessen!
Caspian Tennessen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.