PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erwin Rommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Powell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Powell
vs
Rommel

225 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
171 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

New World Order Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Powell !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erwin Rommel!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell shoots in but no luck this time.

Powell closes the distance and pushes Rommel back into the cage.
Powell can't get the takedown.
Powell wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Powell . That's going to take a lot out of him.

Powell pulls guard successfully.

Rommel thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Rommel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rommel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Rommel drops back looking for a leg! Powell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Powell manages to kick Rommel off! Rommel jumps back into Powell 's guard.
Powell is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rommel is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rommel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rommel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Powell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Powell tries to get out of the position.

Rommel drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Powell manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Rommel has Powell in his guard.

Rommel looking for a triangle here. Powell is fighting it but it looks tight! Rommel pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Powell is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Erwin Rommel!
Erwin Rommel took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.