PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skurt Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Espinosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manuel Espinosa has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Skurt Bravo's chin.

Bravo
vs
Espinosa

186 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skurt Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manuel Espinosa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espinosa drops Bravo with a beautiful combination! Bravo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Espinosa is looking for the KO!

Bravo is rocked!
Manuel Espinosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Espinosa keeps the fight on the outside.
Oh Bravo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Horrible takedown by Espinosa or perhaps it was just good defense by Bravo which made him look bad.
Bravo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bravo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bravo seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espinosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bravo looking to pass the guard.
Espinosa trying to strike off his back.
Espinosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Espinosa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Espinosa trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Manuel Espinosa!