PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Echart Tolle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zechs Merquise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Merquise has chosen Riding the Fourth Wave as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tolle
vs
Merquise

180 cm
21
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Echart Tolle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zechs Merquise!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Merquise looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tolle!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tolle tries to hold on but Merquise pushes him away.
Merquise working Tolle over with strikes here.
Merquise really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tolle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Merquise throws some wild stikes that Tolle manages to avoid easily.
Tolle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tolle is squirming around, avoiding Merquise's attempts to control the action.
Merquise thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tolle regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tolle trying to control from the bottom.

Tolle has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Merquise. Oh but Tolle has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Merquise goes limp - he's gone! Tolle jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Echart Tolle!