PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Barath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lesnoor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barath
vs
Lesnoor

185 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Barath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Lesnoor!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barath misses with a takedown attempt - Lesnoor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lesnoor with the counter takedown but Barath avoids it easily.
Barath misses with a few strikes there.

Lesnoor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barath wants to stand back up but Lesnoor manages to pass into side control.
Barath knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lesnoor on the ground.
Barath wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lesnoor is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Barath is trying to escape and Lesnoor transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Barath is forced to tap! Nice work there by Lesnoor! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank Lesnoor!