PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hager Meister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Meister
vs
Man

175 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hager Meister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fat Man!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Meister scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Man is looking for a sweep.
Meister is looking to take a break and control but Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Meister is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Man has escaped the position, nice work there.

Meister decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Meister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man shoots in and drives through. Meister sprawls well.

Meister rushes Man and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meister has him pressed against the cage.
Man fails to pull guard.
Man is pressed up against the cage. Meister has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Man down to the mat. Man avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Man throws a head kick that Meister semi-blocks.

It looks like Hager Meister has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Meister counters with a takedown into side control.
Hager Meister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fat Man.
Meister has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Man!
Meister is breathing heavily.

Meister jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Man manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Meister trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.

Meister tries for a kimura but Man is defending well.

Meister tries for a kimura but Man is defending well.
Meister is looking to take a break and control but Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meister takes a little break here. Man wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Meister tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Meister has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Meister is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Man is trying to escape and Meister transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Man is forced to tap! Nice work there by Meister! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hager Meister!