PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elix Skipper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wally Wechsel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wechsel has chosen Faith No More - The Morning After as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Skipper
vs
Wechsel

184 cm
21
199 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
28
201 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elix Skipper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wally Wechsel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Skipper.
Wally Wechsel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wechsel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wechsel lands a nice looking kick to the body. Skipper takes a step back to recover.
Wechsel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wechsel wants to clinch.
Skipper avoids a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wechsel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wechsel tries to clinch up
and Skipper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wechsel thinking.
Skipper takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wechsel throws a head kick but Skipper moves out of range.
Skipper walks into a left hand.
Wechsel with a jab.
Wechsel staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wechsel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wechsel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wechsel looks to clinch
letting Skipper counter with a right hand.

Skipper scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Skipper in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Skipper is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Wechsel is trying to escape and Skipper transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Wechsel is forced to tap! Nice work there by Skipper! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Elix Skipper!
During a confident post fight interview, Elix Skipper thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.