PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Owen Glyde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajesh Nahasemapetilon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Glyde
vs
Nahasemapetilon

174 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
213 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Heroic Combat Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Glyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rajesh Nahasemapetilon!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glyde dodges the punch combination from Nahasemapetilon.
Glyde gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Owen Glyde has been cut.
Rajesh Nahasemapetilon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Glyde gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Glyde unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Glyde lands a knee to the body.
Nahasemapetilon looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nahasemapetilon letting Glyde take a breather here.
Glyde lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Glyde.
Glyde gets through Nahasemapetilon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Glyde lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Glyde.

Nahasemapetilon is fighting off a takedown attempt but Glyde is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Nahasemapetilon to the mat. Nahasemapetilon regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Glyde slips nicely into half guard.
Glyde is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Glyde takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Glyde has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Glyde has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Nahasemapetilon defend it? Glyde steps over the head and cranks it - Nahasemapetilon is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Glyde!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Owen Glyde!
Owen Glyde was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.