PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Van Cleefe (ranked 1288 p4p, 2117 weight class) and Jonas Carvalho (ranked 139 p4p, 216 weight class). Van Cleefe comes to the cage accompanied by Classics - The Master (1984) TV series. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Cleefe
vs
Carvalho

185 cm
34
255
22 - 27 - 1

210 cm
34
275
9 - 14 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Decent elbows
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 22 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Van Cleefe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonas Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carvalho looks to land a combination but Van Cleefe avoids it well.
Carvalho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Cleefe.
Carvalho lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Lee Van Cleefe has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Van Cleefe.
A punch combination from Carvalho misses.
Carvalho takes a swing at Van Cleefe's ribcage but misses.
Carvalho looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Cleefe is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Carvalho. Those never looked like landing.
Van Cleefe just misses with a punch to the body.

Van Cleefe shoots in and gets a takedown into Carvalho's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Cleefe is pushing down on Carvalho's leg trying to pass to half guard. Carvalho is fighting to maintain full guard but Van Cleefe has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Van Cleefe lands a nice short elbow.

Carvalho is defending against the submission attempts here by Van Cleefe.
Van Cleefe wants to pass the guard but Carvalho is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carvalho is kicking away at Van Cleefe from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Van Cleefe grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Carvalho trying to push Van Cleefe off... Carvalho taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Lee Van Cleefe!
Lee Van Cleefe gave a mention to Vegan Gains in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).