PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Mama (ranked 5368 p4p, 6417 weight class) and Ivan Kloff (ranked 571 p4p, 623 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Mama
vs
Kloff

225 cm
22
175
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
182
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Mama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Kloff!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kloff misses.
Kloff throws a leg kick

and Mama counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mama is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kloff knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kloff is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Mama asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kloff is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kloff is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mama has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Mama tries to score with some ground and pound. Kloff controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Kloff is trying to control Mama's posture but Mama avoids it.
Mama 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mama prevents Kloff from escaping the position.
Kloff struggling a bit here.

Kloff wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Mama has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Kloff's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Kloff is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Mama!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Joe Mama!