PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ville Apila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mari Ore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ore's choice of entrance music: The Pack - My Girl Got A Girl Too. Mari Ore is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Apila
vs
Ore

175 cm
27
146 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

172 cm
25
136 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ville Apila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mari Ore!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Apila counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ore misses with the combination.

Apila closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ore taking a bit of punishment here - Apila scoring with strikes.
Apila working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ore is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ore looks gassed!

Apila looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ore takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ore takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Apila has hold of Ore's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Ore seems comfortable defending it but Apila has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Ore is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Ore is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Apila couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ville Apila!