PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxell Gilbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell comes into the arena with Darkseed - Biting Cold blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Russell
vs
Gilbert

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 Las Vegas, Ben Russell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maxell Gilbert!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gilbert drives through and clinches with Russell against the cage.
Russell looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Gilbert leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Russell fails to land.
A short right from Russell on the inside.
Gilbert looking for a takedown.
Russell throws an elbow that misses.
Gilbert lands a nice elbow.
Russell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gilbert has him pressed against the cage.

Gilbert has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Russell uses from the top position.

Gilbert pushes Russell off and gets back to his feet.
Russell throws a jab but it's blocked by Gilbert.

Gilbert has Russell up against the cage in a clinch.
Gilbert lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Gilbert.
Nice elbow from Gilbert.

Gilbert ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gilbert no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Russell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Russell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Russell is sitting in close to Gilbert's body. Gilbert has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Russell is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Russell is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gilbert.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Maxell Gilbert!