PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Psycho Thrillstompers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Ching (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ching is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: E Ala E. Damien Ching will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Thrillstompers
vs
Ching

182 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Machine Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Psycho Thrillstompers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damien Ching!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrillstompers slaps away a takedown attempt from Ching, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thrillstompers circles away from the clinch attempt

and Thrillstompers counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ching pushes Thrillstompers off but Thrillstompers dives into side control.
Ching looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Thrillstompers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Thrillstompers happy to just control the position for now.

Thrillstompers is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Ching is trying to escape and Thrillstompers transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Ching is forced to tap! Nice work there by Thrillstompers! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Psycho Thrillstompers!
Psycho Thrillstompers decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.