PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ninja Turtle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistar Undereem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ninja Turtle might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ninja turtles theme song!!!. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ninja Turtle
vs
Undereem

200 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
267 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Ninja Turtle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alistar Undereem!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Undereem shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ninja Turtle's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Ninja Turtle throws his legs up looking for a submission but Undereem uses it to pass to side control.
Undereem working the ground and pound from side control.
Undereem remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Undereem stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ninja Turtle connects with the punch.
Undereem takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ninja Turtle!

Undereem drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ninja Turtle is trying to control Undereem's posture but Undereem avoids it.
Ninja Turtle is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Undereem is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Undereem prevents Ninja Turtle from getting the reversal.
Ninja Turtle wants to control but Undereem is having none of it.
Undereem wants to control the pace but Ninja Turtle is squirming around nicely.
Ninja Turtle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ninja Turtle is just holding on here. Undereem manages to take his back.
Ninja Turtle can't escape the position.
Ninja Turtle just trying to survive but Undereem is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Undereem should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ninja Turtle wants to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Undereem is punishing Ninja Turtle with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Undereem avoiding Ninja Turtle 's attempts to control his hands.
Undereem missing with strikes.
Ninja Turtle has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Undereem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ninja Turtle is in bad spot here.
Ninja Turtle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Undereem on the ground.
Ninja Turtle looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Ninja Turtle tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Undereem tries to get the hooks in deep but Ninja Turtle pushed the leg off.

Undereem is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Undereem looking to break Ninja Turtle's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Ninja Turtle remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Undereem will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ninja Turtle is really stuck here.
Undereem is looking to control Ninja Turtle but Ninja Turtle is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Ninja Turtle rolls, trying to escape but Undereem keeps control of the position.

Undereem working for a choke but Ninja Turtle is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Ninja Turtle's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ninja Turtle trying to control but not successfully.

Undereem looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Ninja Turtle taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alistar Undereem!