PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Lochte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

White
vs
Lochte

180 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walter White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Lochte!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lochte gets a double leg takedown into White's guard.
White wants to stand but Lochte is controlling the position.
Lochte is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lochte wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Lochte not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Lochte.

Lochte changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. White looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Lochte tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lochte has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
White is trying to control Lochte's posture but Lochte avoids it.
Lochte has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for White!
Lochte with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lochte controlling from the full mount.

Lochte looking for a guillotine from mount but White is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lochte goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now White is on top in guard.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Lochte is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lochte on the ground.

Lochte looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Lochte is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

White stands up and waves to Lochte to follow him.
White leaves Lochte with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lochte fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lochte shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Walter White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Lochte.
White is looking to score with low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lochte closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into White's guard.
Lochte tries to free his leg and advance position but White is retaining full guard.
Lochte is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Lochte dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lochte shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with White but White pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lochte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Lochte dodges the punch combination from White.
White swinging wildly here.
Lochte avoids a punch combination nicely.
White misses with a wild combination.
Lochte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
White looks to land a left hand but Lochte moved out of range nicely.
Lochte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Lochte.

Lochte shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lochte looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lochte wants to finish this one by submission but White is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lochte.

Lochte has control of White's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and White regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lochte controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lochte looking to isolate an arm here. White doesn't see it coming and as Lochte extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Lochte!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Lochte!