PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Wolfrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justus J Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice has chosen What We Do (ft. Twista, Lethal Bizzle,) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Wolfrom
vs
J Justice

180 cm
20
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Wolfrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justus J Justice!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice lands a high kick!

Justice decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Wolfrom looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Wolfrom looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wolfrom wants to get back to full guard but Justice has mounted him!

Justice is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Justice gets a clinch.

Justice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Justice throws a head kick but Wolfrom moves out of range.

Justice gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Justice lands an elbow inside that Wolfrom shrugs off.
Wolfrom is pressed up against the cage. Justice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wolfrom down to the mat. Wolfrom avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Justice tries to clinch up but Wolfrom circles away and keeps his distance.
Wolfrom could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice doesn't manage to clinch there - Wolfrom circles away.
Justice cracks a nice hook into Wolfrom's ribs.
Justice paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wolfrom keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wolfrom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justice doesn't manage to clinch there - Wolfrom circles away.

Wolfrom darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Justice works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wolfrom is breathing heavily.
Justice not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wolfrom wants to pass the guard but Justice is keeping the position.
Justice keeping moving, preventing Wolfrom from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Justice looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Justice looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wolfrom is one step ahead there.
Wolfrom tries to free his leg and advance position but Justice is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Justice feints and as Wolfrom raises his hands in defense, Justice changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wolfrom wants to sweep but no luck.
Wolfrom has a closed guard, preventing Justice from standing up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wolfrom is on top in guard.

Wolfrom postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Justice is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Wolfrom, into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wolfrom has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Justice can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wolfrom is on top in guard.

Wolfrom drops back looking for a leg! Justice is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Justice manages to kick Wolfrom off! Wolfrom jumps back into Justice's guard.
Wolfrom stands and throws Justice's legs to the side, diving into side control.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wolfrom wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wolfrom looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Justice wants to get back to his feet.

Wolfrom tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Wolfrom has hold of Justice's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Justice tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Wolfrom cranks the arm and Justice screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Justice, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ryan Wolfrom!