PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Woolley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vin Ner (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.

Woolley
vs
Ner

195 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Caleb Woolley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vin Ner!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Ner. No joy for Woolley on that attempt.
Ner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Woolley counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ner moves nicely into side control.
Woolley is looking for a sweep.
Ner advances nicely into full mount.
Ner pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

Ner working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Ner jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Woolley manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woolley regains half guard.
Woolley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Ner is working for a submission of some sort.
Ner looks gassed!
Ner moves nicely into side control.

Ner tries for a kimura but Woolley is defending well.
Woolley is trying to improve his position.
Ner working away.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ner tries for a kimura but Woolley is defending well.
Woolley is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Ner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Ner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ner moves into full mount!

Ner has control of Woolley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Woolley regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ner looking for a guillotine from mount but Woolley is having none of it.

Ner is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Woolley has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Ner is working for a guillotine from mount but Woolley frees his head quite easily.
Woolley stops Ner from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

Ner wants to finish this one by submission but Woolley is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ner.

Woolley defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Ner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ner takes Woolley's back.

Ner looking for the RNC.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ner controlling well, preventing Woolley from escaping the position.

Ner looking for the choke but no joy.
Ner is trying to stick to Woolley's back but Woolley is turning into Ner. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ner's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Woolley.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woolley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ner is keeping the position for now.
Woolley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ner on the ground.

Ner has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Woolley doesn't defend quickly enough and Ner has managed to lock this one up! Can Woolley escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Ner on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Vin Ner!