PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Serra Jr (ranked 4685 p4p, 5887 weight class) and Mister Poodle (ranked 502 p4p, 0 weight class). Mister Poodle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matt Serra Jr's chin.

Serra Jr
vs
Poodle

175 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
24
154
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Serra Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mister Poodle!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serra Jr shoots in but Poodle avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Serra Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Poodle!
Serra Jr taking a break here but Poodle is having none of it and regains half guard.
Serra Jr trying to control from Poodle's half guard. Poodle has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Serra Jr wants to control from the top but Poodle keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Serra Jr postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Poodle is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Serra Jr, into his guard.

Poodle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Serra Jr swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serra Jr trying to control the position here.

Poodle lying in Serra Jr's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Serra Jr decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Poodle taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Serra Jr!
A very excited looking Matt Serra Jr made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.