PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grab Em (ranked 4192 p4p, 2928 weight class) and Cm Punk (ranked 0 p4p, 321 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Em
vs
Punk

225 cm
18
130
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grab Em!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cm Punk!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punk has a takedown stuffed.

Em manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Punk on his heels. He'll look to pass Punk's guard now, I'm sure.
Em is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Em preventing the sweep.
Em is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Em seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Punk for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punk has Em pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Em stopping the sweep attempt from Punk.
Punk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Em looking to pass the guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Punk rushes Em and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Em has hold of one of Punk's legs. Punk is fighting the takedown attempt but Em gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Punk is wriggling around but Em manages to pass to half guard.

Em in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Punk tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Em!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Grab Em!