PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tu Lalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor The Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thor The Hammer struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Lalla
vs
The Hammer

185 cm
25
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 Hilo, Tu Lalla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor The Hammer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hammer takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Thor The Hammer has been cut.

The Hammer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lalla tries to roll over but The Hammer keeps him under control.
Lalla has a hand on The Hammer's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. The Hammer takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Lalla is squirming around, avoiding The Hammer's attempts to control the action.
Lalla tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lalla is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The Hammer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lalla sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lalla is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of The Hammer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take The Hammer's back!

Lalla looking for the choke but no joy.

Lalla is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. The Hammer defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hammer is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The Hammer breaks Lalla's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The Hammer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lalla swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tu Lalla!