PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Rose (ranked 4722 p4p, 4465 weight class) and Max Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 499 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.

Rose
vs
Hong

188 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
184
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Hong!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rose sprawls well. Rose wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hong gets slowly back to his feet.

Rose has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hong.
A nice left hand lands by Rose.
Hong has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rose after a bit of a struggle.

Hong manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hong doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Hong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hong looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Rose is defending well. Hong quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Rose has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Hong celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Max Hong!