PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nova Summer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cutter Spindell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Summer
vs
Spindell

165 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nova Summer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cutter Spindell!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spindell misses the shot to the body.
Summer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Spindell drives through with a takedown into guard.
Summer keeping full guard, as Spindell tries to pass.
Spindell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Summer working a defensive guard here.
Spindell throws an elbow that misses. Summer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spindell's guard. Nice move by Summer!
Spindell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Summer is one step ahead there.
Summer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Spindell is proving hard to escape from.
Summer stopping the sweep attempt from Spindell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summer trying to control the position from guard on top but Spindell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spindell wants to control but Summer passes easily into half guard.
Summer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Summer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Summer tries to control but Spindell wriggling away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Spindell can do anything to dispel that myth.

Spindell tries to improve his position but Summer has taken his back! Summer has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Spindell tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Summer pushes Spindell away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nova Summer!