PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kal El (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Nargarito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

El
vs
Nargarito

190 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kal El!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Nargarito!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

El closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Nargarito's guard.

Nargarito manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

El jumps guard and drags Nargarito to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nargarito looking to pass the guard.
El working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nargarito.
El is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nargarito advances position into side control!
Nargarito working the head with strikes.
Nargarito has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nargarito has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee warns El that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nargarito fails to advance to El's back.
El is in all sorts of trouble here.

Nargarito quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Nargarito but it's paid off an El is forced to tap! Nice work by Nargarito.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roman Nargarito!