PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Losterman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Losterman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Losterman
vs
Rivera

160 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
138 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Losterman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Rivera!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Losterman takes the fight into the clinch.
Losterman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Losterman tries to throw a body punch but Rivera avoids it by throwing Losterman back against the cage.

Losterman is trying to trip Rivera. He has hold of a leg but Rivera is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Losterman persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Losterman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rivera is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Losterman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Losterman tries to get out of the position.

Rivera is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Losterman is just riding it out for now. Rivera eventually gives up the hold.
Losterman is trying to stand.
Rivera has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Losterman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rivera on the ground.

Rivera is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Losterman is surviving well by controlling Rivera's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Losterman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Rivera is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Rivera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alex Rivera!