PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between bob hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eye Wrestle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

hope
vs
Wrestle

185 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, bob hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eye Wrestle!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hope slips a jab and a cross from Wrestle.
hope moves in looking to clinch but Wrestle pushes him off.
Wrestle misses with a straight left.
Wrestle misses with the combination.
hope tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wrestle misses with a hook. hope ducked under it nicely.
A good leg kick by hope.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by hope!

It looks like Eye Wrestle has been cut.

hope rushes Wrestle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
hope wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wrestle has him pressed against the cage.

hope pulls guard.
hope trying to control the position here.
Wrestle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with hope. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wrestle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wrestle throws a big right hand that misses.

hope had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wrestle defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hope manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
hope lands a big elbow.
Wrestle working to try and regain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wrestle can do anything to dispel that myth.
hope lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
hope punishing his opponent with strikes.
hope pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wrestle is in a horrible position here. hope smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wrestle is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hope scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wrestle?
hope controlling from the full mount.
hope lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Wrestle is rocked!

That has opened up Eye Wrestle's cut even more.

hope with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

hope has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Wrestle is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). bob hope!