PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryce Boswell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulrich Vertigen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boswell
vs
Vertigen

192 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryce Boswell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ulrich Vertigen!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boswell closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Vertigen did well to prevent Boswell getting side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Boswell controlling the action here.
Boswell working the head and body with strikes.
Boswell throwing shots but Vertigen is blocking nicely.
Boswell throwing shots but Vertigen is blocking nicely.
Boswell winds up and cracks Vertigen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Still in half guard, Boswell seems content to control.
Boswell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boswell not doing much here.
Vertigen has hold of Boswell's hands but Boswell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vertigen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boswell throwing shots but Vertigen is blocking nicely.
Boswell is thwarting Vertigen's attempts to control the position.
Boswell takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Vertigen trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Boswell manages to pass to mount!
Boswell working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boswell controlling from the full mount.
Boswell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Boswell dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Boswell cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boswell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Boswell controlling from the full mount.
Boswell cracks Vertigen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boswell looking to finish Vertigen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vertigen!
Boswell with shots to the head and body - Vertigen looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Vertigen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Boswell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vertigen?

Vertigen is rocked!
Boswell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vertigen is still in real trouble! Can Boswell finish him?
Boswell lands a couple of good shots and Vertigen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vertigen is taking damage to the body and head.
What can Vertigen do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Boswell has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Vertigen is defending well but eventually Boswell manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Vertigen has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bryce Boswell!
Bryce Boswell bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.