PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Amir The Mantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hawaii Oh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amir The Mantis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Mantis
vs
Oh

225 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

162 cm
18
137 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amir The Mantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hawaii Oh!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from The Mantis enables Oh to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Mantis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Oh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The Mantis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Mantis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oh throws a big right hand that misses.
Oh throws a big elbow that misses.
Oh postures up in The Mantis's guard and throws a big left but The Mantis blocks it.
Oh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oh wants to control from the top but The Mantis keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Mantis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Oh wants to control from the top but The Mantis keeps moving.
The Mantis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Mantis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh trying to control the position from guard on top but The Mantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The Mantis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Oh gets the takedown into side control.
Oh landing strikes.

The Mantis is rocked!
Oh postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Oh throws an elbow but The Mantis slips to the side and avoids it well.
The Mantis is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Mantis defending against the ground and pound.
Oh is looking to take a break and control but The Mantis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Oh postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Oh sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but The Mantis is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Oh in side control, throwing shots but The Mantis defends.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oh throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Oh misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Oh tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The Mantis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oh on the ground.
Oh throws an elbow but The Mantis slips to the side and avoids it well.
Oh in side control, throwing shots but The Mantis defends.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh working the ground and pound but The Mantis is defending the strikes.
Oh in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Oh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Oh is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. The Mantis looks calm but he's in trouble here. Oh gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. The Mantis is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Oh lets go of the hold and The Mantis can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hawaii Oh!