PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Sigmarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Guti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Sigmarsson
vs
Guti

187 cm
19
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Sigmarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Guti!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigmarsson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Guti feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Guti sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sigmarsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Guti is one step ahead there.
Guti tries to free his leg and advance position but Sigmarsson is retaining full guard.
Guti missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Guti must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Guti not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sigmarsson is trying to keep Guti in close.
Guti looking to pass the guard.
Sigmarsson is controlling Guti's posture.
Guti tries to free his leg and advance position but Sigmarsson is retaining full guard.
Sigmarsson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Guti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Guti tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sigmarsson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sigmarsson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sigmarsson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Guti is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guti prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Guti bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sigmarsson is trying to keep Guti in close.

Guti postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sigmarsson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Guti, into his guard.
Guti looks gassed!
Sigmarsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Guti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sigmarsson passes into half guard.
Guti wants to control but Sigmarsson is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigmarsson is keen to just control but Guti is a slippery customer.
Guti wants to improve his position but Sigmarsson is controlling well.
Guti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sigmarsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Sigmarsson decides to return to a standing position.
Guti closes the distance and clinches up with Sigmarsson, looking for a takedown. Guti pushes Sigmarsson against the cage but Sigmarsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Guti swats away the attempt to clinch by Sigmarsson.
Sigmarsson tries to clinch but Guti is having none of it.
Sigmarsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Guti looks for a takedown but Sigmarsson sprawls well.
Sigmarsson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Guti counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sigmarsson keeping moving, preventing Guti from controlling successfully.
Sigmarsson trying to control the position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jon Sigmarsson!