PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Speedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speedy comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Pete Speedy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marvin Andrews's chin.

Speedy
vs
Andrews

178 cm
22
182 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

179 cm
23
183 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pete Speedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedy misses with a jab to the body

and Andrews counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Speedy lands with a light punch inside.
Andrews makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Andrews struggles to land a body shot inside as Speedy controls his hands.
Andrews gets through Speedy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Speedy blocks a body shot from Andrews.
A shot in the inside from Andrews.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andrews.

Speedy turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Speedy manages to end up in side control.
Andrews gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andrews on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Andrews moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Speedy works over Andrews with some ground and pound from guard.

Andrews has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Speedy is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Andrews.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedy grinds an elbow into Andrews's temple.
Speedy connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Andrews some visible discomfort.
Speedy throws an elbow but Andrews slips to the side and avoids it well.
We've been hearing that Speedy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Speedy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Andrews is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews wants to control but Speedy postures up.
Speedy lands a decent elbow from side control.
Andrews is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Speedy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Andrews is refusing to be controlled, as Speedy sits in half guard.

Andrews looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Andrews looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Andrews is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Speedy throws a big right hand that misses.
Speedy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Speedy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Andrews is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Speedy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Andrews's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedy tries to free his leg and advance position but Andrews is retaining full guard.

Andrews is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Speedy defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Andrews looking for a guillotine here but Speedy defends easily.
Speedy postures up and lands a big shot to Andrews's brow.
Speedy won't allow Andrews to sweep him here.
Speedy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Andrews's head.

Andrews working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Speedy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Speedy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Speedy scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Andrews looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Speedy is defending well. Andrews quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Speedy has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Andrews celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marvin Andrews!
A very excited looking Marvin Andrews 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.