PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walden Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Impaler
vs
Harper

174 cm
28
160 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

179 cm
27
157 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Vlad Impaler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Walden Harper !
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper tries to clinch there but Impaler circles away.
Impaler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper moves to clinch but Impaler breaks away

and Impaler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Impaler.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harper wants to hit a switch here but Impaler passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Harper there!

Impaler looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Impaler lands a nice shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper is working to get back to half guard.
Harper sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Impaler passes to full mount!
Impaler landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Impaler controlling from mount.
Impaler dominating with strikes here.
Harper is in all sorts of trouble here.
Impaler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harper ?
Impaler looking to finish Harper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harper !

Harper is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Impaler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Impaler has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Impaler pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Harper is still in real trouble! Can Impaler finish him?
Harper is trying to escape the mount.
Harper seems to have recovered his senses.
Impaler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Impaler is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Harper is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vlad Impaler!
Vlad Impaler bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.