PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Granville Bass (ranked 5952 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Offenbach (ranked 5281 p4p, 409 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bass
vs
Offenbach

197 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
149 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Granville Bass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Offenbach!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Offenbach looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bass scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Offenbach manages to mount him!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Offenbach throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Offenbach has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Offenbach looking to control and managing it successfully.
It looks like Offenbach might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bass knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Offenbach on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Offenbach working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Bass looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Offenbach! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Igor Offenbach!