PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sheamus O (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dzevad Poturak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O comes into the arena with i believe blaring out of the sound system. Poturak comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Janičar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dzevad Poturak is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

O
vs
Poturak

210 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 Montreal, Sheamus O!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dzevad Poturak!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poturak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O manages to avoid it.
O tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poturak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poturak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poturak scores with a sloppy right hand. O should have avoided that one.

It looks like Sheamus O has been cut.

Poturak drives through with a takedown into guard.
Poturak wants to control from the top but O keeps moving.

Poturak gets to his feet - O follows without any prompting.
Poturak shoots in looking for a takedown. O tries to sprawl out of it but Poturak keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. O manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Poturak throws a looping overhand right but O ducks down to avoid it.
Poturak shoots in but O avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice takedown defense from O. No joy for Poturak on that attempt.
Sheamus O has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dzevad Poturak.
Poturak misses with a few strikes there.
O shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Poturak pinned against the cage. Poturak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Poturak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O shoots in for a takedown but Poturak shows good takedown defense.
O fails with the takedown
and Poturak counters with a series of strikes. O will be more careful next time no doubt.
Poturak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O.

Poturak scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
O pushes Poturak off looking to stand but Poturak dives back in and keeps control.

Poturak is looking for a kimura but O is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Poturak to get the leverage.
Poturak looks gassed!

Poturak is working for a submission of some sort.

Poturak looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
O trying to hold on to Poturak's head to control him but Poturak postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poturak wants to control but O is keeping him busy.
O is trying to control but can't.
Poturak trying to pass the guard but O defending well.
O knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Poturak on the ground.
Poturak passes to full mount!

Poturak is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! O is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dzevad Poturak!