PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wes Mimms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and fighting ninja (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.

Mimms
vs
ninja

195 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wes Mimms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, fighting ninja!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mimms scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mimms remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mimms tries to move into full mount but can't pass ninja's legs.
ninja manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Mimms might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
ninja missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
ninja is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mimms makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mimms.
Mimms tries to land a sweep but no joy.

ninja stands and steps away. Mimms gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Mimms closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming ninja to the mat! ninja manages to get full guard.
Mimms won't allow ninja to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ninja scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Mimms scores a takedown into full mount!
Mimms breaks from ninja's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mimms avoids the attempt from ninja to control.
ninja swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mimms has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ninja's face.
ninja tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mimms has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ninja's face.
Mimms has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mimms landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ninja throwing hammer fists to the chest of Mimms. What's that going to do exactly?
ninja looks gassed!
ninja tries to hold on but Mimms postures up.
Mimms postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. ninja looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mimms cracks ninja with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

ninja is rocked!
Mimms landing strikes from the mount and ninja is in trouble!
Mimms lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mimms landing shots from mount.
ninja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mimms takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mimms is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. ninja can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
ninja squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Mimms lands a heavy elbow.
Mimms wants to control the pace but ninja is squirming around nicely.
Mimms landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mimms tries to control but ninja wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mimms swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wes Mimms!