PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jarlaxle Baenre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Strope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Baenre
vs
Strope

175 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jarlaxle Baenre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trent Strope!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baenre.

Strope forces Baenre back against the cage and clinches.
Baenre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Baenre.
Baenre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Strope's face.
Baenre crunches a lovely knee into Strope's ribcage.
Baenre has Strope pushed against the cage.
Strope scores with a shoulder strike.
Baenre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Strope in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Strope looks gassed!

Baenre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Strope keeps the fight on the outside.

Baenre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Strope!
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!
Strope is trying to stand up.
Baenre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Baenre is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Strope to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Strope shrugs it off.

Baenre is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Strope is surviving well by controlling Baenre's body position as best he can.

Baenre working for a guillotine from mount but Strope is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strope tries to reverse the position but Baenre maintains control.
Baenre controlling from the full mount.
Baenre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Baenre looking to finish with strikes here!
Strope is in a horrible position here. Baenre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Baenre is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Baenre extends the arm and Strope is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jarlaxle Baenre!