PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master's entrance music is Master of Puppets. A fine choice. Malcolm Master has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Master
vs
Lannister

225 cm
32
114 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

166 cm
24
135 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Malcolm Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrion Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lannister gets a double leg takedown into Master's guard.
Master is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lannister is controlling him.
Lannister trying to control but Master is working from the bottom.
Lannister is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Master looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Lannister avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lannister landing some decent shots from guard.
Lannister controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lannister looking to sit in guard and control but Master gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lannister keeping moving, preventing Master from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lannister has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Master stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lannister swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Master will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Master wants to control from the top but Lannister keeps moving.
Master throwing strikes from guard but Lannister blocks nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Malcolm Master wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Lannister does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master misses with a takedown attempt

and Lannister counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Master has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lannister is working away from the top position though.
Master is trying to stand up here but Lannister is controlling him well.
Lannister looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lannister content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lannister lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Master is refusing to be controlled, as Lannister sits in half guard.
Lannister takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Master is staying active underneath Lannister, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Master is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lannister is taking a breather. Master says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Master is looking for a sweep. Lannister is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lannister perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tyrion Lannister.

Lannister manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Master on his heels. He'll look to pass Master's guard now, I'm sure.
Master is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lannister postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lannister wants to stand but Master is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lannister sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Master striking off his back but it's not causing Lannister any problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lannister scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Master keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Tyrion Lannister has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Master closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lannister circles away.
Master misses with a takedown

and Lannister counters with a single leg into guard. Master didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malcolm Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lannister is looking to work some ground and pound but Master has wrist control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Master tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lannister trying to control the position from guard on top but Master is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Master striking off his back but it's not causing Lannister any problems.
Lannister working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Master's head.

Master has his foot on Lannister's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lannister works his way back into a safe position though.
Master keeping moving, preventing Lannister from controlling successfully.
Lannister chips away with some ground and pound.
Lannister controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Master working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lannister doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lannister manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Master keeping full guard, as Lannister tries to pass.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Master thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lannister pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Master is keeping the position for now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lannister keeps trying to improve his position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lannister works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Master looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lannister controlling the action here.
Lannister seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lannister in particular looking to stall.
Lannister uses his free foot to push down on Master's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Master.
Lannister connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lannister lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Master is rocked!
Lannister lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Master is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lannister postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Master bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Lannister and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrion Lannister!