PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clemente Abreu (ranked 3293 p4p, 1913 weight class) and Ray Pest (ranked 431 p4p, 271 weight class). Abreu comes to the cage accompanied by Young Forever. Pest has chosen The Island as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Abreu
vs
Pest

196 cm
25
240
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
280
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clemente Abreu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Pest!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abreu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Abreu looks to score with a jab to the body but Pest is just out of range.
And Pest tries to counter it with a takedown but Abreu pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pest looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pest shoots in but Abreu avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Abreu just misses with a punch to the body.

Abreu gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pest sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Abreu is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Pest dives into side control.

Pest wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Abreu, who protects the arm well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abreu wants to get back to his feet but Pest drags him back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pest wants to control but Abreu is keeping him busy.
Abreu gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Abreu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pest looking to control and managing it successfully.
Abreu tries to buck Pest off but he can't manage it.
Pest content just to control the position here.
Abreu has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Abreu wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pest controlling his opponent.

Pest looking for a guillotine from mount but Abreu is having none of it.
Abreu is trying to stand up.
Pest controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Pest has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Pest 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.
You get the feeling that Abreu really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Pest is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Abreu is surviving well by controlling Pest's body position as best he can.

Pest 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. Abreu looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Pest! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ray Pest!
After winning the bout, Ray Pest thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.