PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Ernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey No (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ernandez
vs
No

193 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

187 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Ernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harvey No!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ernandez stuffs the takedown.
No fails with the takedown.

No gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ernandez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
No looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ernandez is one step ahead there.

No isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ernandez stacks No on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ernandez!
No is trying to improve his position.

Ernandez is trying to get an arm triangle but No is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No is trying to get back to half guard.
No is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ernandez looks to land a strike but No avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Ernandez stands and steps away. No gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
No misses with a takedown

and Ernandez counters with a takedown into side control.
Cain Ernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey No.
No can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No wants to get back to his feet but Ernandez is dominant here and he's now got No's back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No is trying to break free.
No looks gassed!
Ernandez gets his hands free as No looks to control.
What can No do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
No grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

Ernandez is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. No has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Ernandez has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! No taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Ernandez doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cain Ernandez!