PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Owen Hargreaves (ranked 5637 p4p, 5204 weight class) and Morty Horowitz (ranked 436 p4p, 415 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hargreaves
vs
Horowitz

190 cm
18
152
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
140
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Owen Hargreaves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morty Horowitz!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horowitz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hargreaves definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hargreaves's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hargreaves duly obliges.

Horowitz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hargreaves sprawls well initially but Horowitz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Horowitz moves nicely into side control.
Horowitz is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Horowitz lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hargreaves really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Horowitz is staying tight to Hargreaves's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hargreaves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Horowitz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horowitz is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hargreaves will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Hargreaves struggling a bit here.
Hargreaves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Horowitz is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hargreaves is trying to escape the position but Horowitz is controlling the position.
Horowitz gets to mount! Hargreaves was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Horowitz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Horowitz working Hargreaves over with strikes here.
Hargreaves is looking to improve his position but Horowitz isn't that keen on the idea.
Horowitz controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horowitz looking to finish Hargreaves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hargreaves!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hargreaves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hargreaves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Horowitz on the ground.
Hargreaves working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Horowitz controlling his opponent.

Horowitz has isolated one of Hargreaves's arms. Hargreaves looking to fight him off but Horowitz twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Morty Horowitz!
Post fight, Morty Horowitz stared into the camera and said 'You suck, who are you? I walked Brock Lesnar out in 2008 when he defeated Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight title. '.