PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stein comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rolling Stones - Paint it Black kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Almighty
vs
Stein

206 cm
22
273 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
270 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Almighty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Stein!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Almighty slams his shin into Stein's torso.
Almighty shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stein sprawls well. Stein wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Almighty gets slowly back to his feet.

Stein throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Almighty was covering up waiting for the punch and Stein finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Almighty not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Almighty will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Almighty is really struggling to control Stein but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Almighty wants to sweep here but Stein controlling him for the moment.
Almighty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Almighty is looking for a kimura here.

Almighty is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Almighty is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Stein looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stein has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Almighty. Oh but Stein has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Almighty goes limp - he's gone! Stein jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Stein!