PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luke Legend (ranked 3299 p4p, 3937 weight class) and Nico Ressler (ranked 188 p4p, 214 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Legend
vs
Ressler

175 cm
25
130
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
143
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Primal

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luke Legend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nico Ressler!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Ressler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Legend looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A nice inside leg kick there by Legend. That's going to slow Ressler down.
Legend takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A head kick misses from Legend.
A little jabbing left from Ressler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ressler misses with an uppercut. Legend saw that one coming.

Legend shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Legend was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ressler is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Legend off and has taken his back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ressler is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Legend has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Ressler has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Legend taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Ressler doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nico Ressler!
Nico Ressler managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Primal , into his post fight interview.