PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tot Ziens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bob lighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ziens comes to the cage accompanied by Coconuts. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ziens
vs
lighty

189 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tot Ziens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, bob lighty!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lighty looks for a takedown but Ziens sprawls well.
Ziens looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
lighty fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

lighty shoots in and bounces Ziens off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ziens is trying to control the position but lighty postures up.
lighty won't allow Ziens to sweep him here.
lighty wants to pass the guard but Ziens is keeping the position.
Ziens keeping moving, preventing lighty from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lighty trying to control the position from guard on top but Ziens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
lighty stopping the sweep attempt from Ziens.
lighty looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ziens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tot Ziens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bob lighty.
lighty shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ziens pinned against the cage. Ziens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ziens is looking to clinch but lighty is avoiding it.
Ziens is looking to clinch but lighty is avoiding it.
lighty fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
bob lighty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ziens pushes lighty up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

lighty decides to pull guard.
Ziens postures up in lighty's guard and throws a big left but lighty blocks it.

lighty is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Ziens rolls with it to try and escape but lighty cranks on the arm and Ziens is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). bob lighty!