PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Pierre (ranked 3222 p4p, 366 weight class) and Armel Floyd (ranked 2331 p4p, 283 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Pierre
vs
Floyd

185 cm
22
222 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
210 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoine Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armel Floyd!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Floyd gets caught flat footed, as Pierre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pierre is standing up over Floyd. Floyd looks to escape but Pierre dives into side control.

Pierre taking a breather here.
Floyd is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pierre asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Floyd keeps working.
Floyd is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Pierre grinds an elbow into Floyd's temple.
Pierre happy to just control the position for now.
Floyd is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee asks Pierre politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Pierre prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pierre working away.
Pierre in side control, throwing shots but Floyd defends.
Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Floyd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Pierre tries for a kimura but Floyd is defending well.
Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Floyd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd wants to control but Pierre postures up.
Floyd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Pierre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Floyd knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pierre taking a breather here.

Floyd reaches up around Pierre's neck trying to control. But Pierre takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for Floyd! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! Floyd is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Pierre celebrates the victory with the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Antoine Pierre!
Antoine Pierre decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.