PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Baskerville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baskerville has chosen God Save the Queen as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barr
vs
Baskerville

185 cm
20
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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 London, Dave Barr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Baskerville!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baskerville changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Barr looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barr is letting Baskerville control him for a moment.

Baskerville has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Barr is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Baskerville yanks on the arm and Barr is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Baskerville.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Henry Baskerville!
A very excited looking Henry Baskerville made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.