PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr Jobber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orjan Somme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jobber
vs
Somme

150 cm
28
108 lbs
1 - 101 - 0

179 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 101 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Jobber!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Orjan Somme!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jobber moves into the clinch.
Jobber has had enough of the clinch but Somme keeps him there for the moment.
Somme holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Somme using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Somme has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jobber uses from the top position.
Somme looking for a sweep. Not yet Somme, not yet.
Jobber is fighting to break Somme's control of his arms but Somme is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mr Jobber just wasn't active enough.

Somme closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jobber did well to prevent Somme getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Somme in particular looking to stall.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Orjan Somme was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Jobber clinches up with Somme and pushes him back against the ropes.

Somme successfully pulls guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Somme is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Somme is on top in guard.
Somme passes Jobber's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Somme is trying for a kimura here. Jobber looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Somme wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Orjan Somme!
Orjan Somme is the new featherweight champion!