PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Timber (ranked 3722 p4p, 4371 weight class) and Test Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Timber has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Timber
vs
Five

187 cm
25
195
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
200
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Timber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Test Five!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Timber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Five doesn't seem phased though.
Five throws out a loose jab but Timber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Five misses with a body shot.
Timber blocks the body kick.
Timber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Five.
Five throws a leg kick that is checked
and Timber counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Timber scores with a crisp jab that stopped Five in his tracks.
Timber lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Timber slips a straight right by Five.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Five enables Timber to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Five manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Timber advances to half guard.
Timber not doing much here.
Timber has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timber seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Five for as long as he can get away with.
Timber will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Timber seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Five is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tim Timber!