PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 4183 p4p, 3097 weight class) and Chad Strdoza (ranked 87 p4p, 76 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Immanuel
vs
Strdoza

181 cm
38
190
14 - 14 - 0

170 cm
32
135
10 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Strdoza!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Immanuel clinches up against the cage.
Immanuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Immanuel is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Strdoza is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Immanuel to keep the fight standing.
Strdoza has had enough of the clinch but Immanuel keeps him there for the moment.

Strdoza breaks from the clinch.

Immanuel moves into the clinch.
Immanuel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Strdoza backwards.
Immanuel throws a punch but it's blocked by Strdoza.
Immanuel swings wildly with an uppercut but Strdoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Immanuel swings wildly with an uppercut but Strdoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strdoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strdoza tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Immanuel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yeshua Immanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Strdoza.

Strdoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Strdoza gets tackled into the cage by Immanuel. Immanuel maintains the clinch.
Strdoza wants to get back to striking at distance but Immanuel won't allow it.
Immanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strdoza fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Strdoza's efforts to push away.
Immanuel has Strdoza pressed against the cage, preventing Strdoza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Strdoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Immanuel throws a punch but it's blocked by Strdoza.
Immanuel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Immanuel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Immanuel.

Strdoza drags the fight down to the ground.
Strdoza pulls Immanuel in close to prevent any damage.
Immanuel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Immanuel landing some decent shots from guard.
Immanuel throws a big right hand that misses.
Our spies down at at Xeroxing Fifty Snails inform us that Strdoza has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Immanuel stopping the sweep attempt from Strdoza.
Strdoza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Strdoza wants to stand but Immanuel is controlling the position.
Strdoza wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strdoza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Immanuel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Immanuel stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Strdoza has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Immanuel manages to get his head free but now Strdoza has transitioned to an armbar! Immanuel grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Strdoza! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chad Strdoza!
A victorious Chad Strdoza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Yeshua Immanuel was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks to my coaches, sorry I came up short. Great game plan by my opponent. It was his night tonight. '.