PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Pounder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Lifeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Lifeson is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Pounder
vs
Lifeson

225 cm
25
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Pounder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Lifeson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lifeson has his takedown stuffed

and Pounder counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pounder.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

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

Lifeson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pounder gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pounder slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lifeson is not content to let Pounder control the position.

Pounder tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pounder has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pounder wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lifeson keeps working.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pounder controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pounder working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Pounder is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lifeson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lifeson is looking to reverse the position.

Pounder has an Americana. Lifeson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Pounder is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Pounder hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Richard Pounder!