PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Project DE (ranked 4822 p4p, 5101 weight class) and Blinko Felly (ranked 0 p4p, 220 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

DE
vs
Felly

172 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
144
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Project DE!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blinko Felly!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Felly scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Felly is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. DE doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Felly.

DE is defending against the submission attempts here by Felly.

Felly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and DE defends it well.

Felly is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so DE is just riding it out for now. Felly eventually gives up the hold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Felly is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so DE is just riding it out for now. Felly eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Felly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and DE defends it well.
DE has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Felly is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

DE is defending against the submission attempts here by Felly.

Felly is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Felly seems to be working for a kimura but DE defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Felly is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Felly is working for a kimura here but DE manages to reverse the position and he's now in Felly's guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Blinko Felly!