PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justus J Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Pardool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Justice might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What We Do (ft. Twista, Lethal Bizzle,). Rob Pardool is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

J Justice
vs
Pardool

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justus J Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rob Pardool!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice misses with the combination.
Justice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Justice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Justice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Justice drives through with a takedown into guard.
Justice might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Pardool is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pardool has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Justice has passed into side control.
Justice trying to control the action but Pardool is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Pardool's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardool regains half guard.
Pardool wants to improve his position but Justice is controlling well.

Justice is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pardool is just riding it out for now. Justice eventually gives up the hold.
Pardool gets full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice wants to stand but Pardool is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pardool seems keen to control Justice's posture.
Justice trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pardool is trying to control the position but Justice postures up.
Pardool can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Justice controls the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Justice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Justice darts in and clinches Pardool up against the cage.

Justice breaks the clinch.
Justice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pardool takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Justice scores with a push kick.
Pardool looks gassed!

Pardool fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Justice sprawls well initially but Pardool persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Pardool seems to be looking for submissions.
Justice regains full guard. Nicely done.

Pardool has gone for a leg lock! Justice slips out almost immediately though and dives into Pardool's guard.

Pardool has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Justice can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice looking to pass the guard.
Justice slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Justice wants to control from the top but Pardool keeps moving.

Pardool has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Justice doesn't defend quickly enough and Pardool has managed to lock this one up! Can Justice escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Pardool on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rob Pardool!