PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kodee Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaredd Hartt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hartt has chosen head strong as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Neely
vs
Hartt

185 cm
20
178 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

225 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kodee Neely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jaredd Hartt!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neely avoids a punch combination nicely.
Neely throws the left hand but Hartt avoids the punch easily.

Neely looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neely not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neely moves nicely into side control.
Neely trying to control the position but Hartt is working away.
Neely taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hartt dodges the ground and pound from Neely.
Neely misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Neely slows the pace down.
Neely wants to control but Hartt is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hartt being controlled for a moment.
Neely works to advance to full mount. Hartt defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely looking to finish with strikes here!
Hartt tries to buck Neely off but he can't manage it.
Neely throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neely misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hartt looks gassed!
Neely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hartt is looking to escape.

Hartt has left one of his arms exposed and Neely doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Hartt screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kodee Neely!