PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Kane (ranked 3002 p4p, 24874 weight class) and Iron Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iron Mike is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Kane
vs
Mike

195 cm
32
245
9 - 6 - 0

172 cm
21
270
0 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iron Mike!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Kane scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kane is staying tight to Mike's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Kane working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mike tries to buck Kane off but Kane is having none of it.

Kane looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kane tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Kane thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Kane tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Kane is trying to get an arm triangle but Mike is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mike is trying to escape the position but Kane is controlling the position.
Kane lands an elbow.
Kane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Kane is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Mike is trying to escape and Kane transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Mike is forced to tap! Nice work there by Kane! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harry Kane!
Harry Kane decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.