PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Palau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristian Petersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palau comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - I shot the sherif. Nelson Palau has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Palau
vs
Petersson

160 cm
18
133 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nelson Palau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kristian Petersson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petersson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Palau cracks Petersson with a solid left hand.
Palau lands a couple of elbows.
Palau lands a couple of elbows.
Palau landing with the ground and pound.
Palau content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Petersson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Petersson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Palau. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Palau content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Palau passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Palau landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Petersson is trying to get back to his feet.
Palau lands a nice forearm strike.
Palau lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palau advances nicely into full mount.

Palau is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Petersson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Palau forces the positional change into back control.
Petersson looks gassed!

Palau has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Petersson is in real trouble here. Palau gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Petersson is tapping out! Palau wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nelson Palau!