PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trent Punchy (ranked 1500 p4p, 1722 weight class) and Gael Grappler (ranked 219 p4p, 263 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Punchy
vs
Grappler

170 cm
25
188
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
188
4 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Trent Punchy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gael Grappler!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grappler forces Punchy back against the cage and clinches.
Punchy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grappler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Punchy misses with some punches.
Punchy avoids a wild elbow strike from Grappler.

Punchy pulls guard.
My spies in Muay Thai and BJJ | Clinchwork inform me that Grappler has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Grappler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Punchy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grappler.

Punchy is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Grappler frees his head nicely. Oh but Punchy has switched to an armbar! Grappler is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Trent Punchy!
A very excited looking Trent Punchy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.