PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between nate towles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny violator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

towles
vs
violator

180 cm
22
172 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, nate towles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny violator!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

towles closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - towles lands in his opponent's guard.
towles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. violator is keeping the position for now.
towles has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of violator is proving hard to escape from.
violator keeping moving, preventing towles from controlling successfully.
violator looking to hit a scissor sweep but towles is one step ahead there.
violator keeping moving, preventing towles from controlling successfully.
violator can't keep his opponent in guard - towles advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
violator won't allow towles to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
violator is not content to let towles control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
towles shoots in but no luck this time.

violator shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
towles is breathing heavily.

towles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
violator is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
violator trying to control the position from guard on top but towles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
violator wants to pass the guard but towles is keeping the position.
violator stopping the sweep attempt from towles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
violator not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
towles keeping moving, preventing violator from controlling successfully.
towles trying to keep a closed guard but violator is proving a slippery customer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

violator shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
violator putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
violator sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
towles working to try and regain half guard.
violator controlling his opponent.

violator is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, towles has managed to escape the submission attempt.
violator looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

violator is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, towles has managed to escape the submission attempt.
towles is squirming around, avoiding violator's attempts to control the action.
violator lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
towles is trying desperately to improve position.

violator quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for violator but it's paid off an towles is forced to tap! Nice work by violator.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny violator!