PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Terry Tibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tibbs
vs
Chase

189 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Tibbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Chase!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chase gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chase gets underhooks to prevent Tibbs's takedown attempt.

Chase gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Chase decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tibbs, up you get!
A swing and a miss from Tibbs.
Tibbs looks to clinch
and Chase counters with a straight right hand.
Chase is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Tibbs or perhaps it was just good defense by Chase which made him look bad.

Chase clinches up with Tibbs and pushes him back against the cage.

Chase is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Tibbs can't fight it off and eventually Chase manages to take the fight to the floor. Tibbs looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Chase wants to stand but Tibbs has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Chase gets to his feet - Tibbs follows without any prompting.
Tibbs shoots and misses
and Chase counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Tibbs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tibbs misses with a takedown attempt
letting Chase counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chase looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tibbs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Tibbs looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Chase is defending well. Tibbs quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Chase has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Tibbs celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Terry Tibbs!