PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Bittencourt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MATT GUN (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bittencourt
vs
GUN

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Bittencourt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, MATT GUN!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

GUN shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

GUN drops back looking for a leg! Bittencourt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bittencourt manages to kick GUN off! GUN jumps back into Bittencourt's guard.
Bittencourt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for GUN on the ground.
Bittencourt wants to stand but GUN is controlling the position.

GUN drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and GUN jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

GUN drops back looking for a leg! Bittencourt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bittencourt manages to kick GUN off! GUN jumps back into Bittencourt's guard.
Bittencourt is trying to control the position but GUN postures up.
GUN won't allow Bittencourt to sweep him here.
GUN works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

GUN is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bittencourt sees it coming and defends easily.
GUN looks gassed!

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

Bittencourt is defending against the submission attempts here by GUN.

GUN is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bittencourt is trying to stand back up but GUN is controlling him
Bittencourt moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Bittencourt throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bittencourt managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

GUN drops back looking for a leg! Bittencourt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bittencourt manages to kick GUN off! GUN jumps back into Bittencourt's guard.

GUN postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bittencourt is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of GUN, into his guard.

GUN working for a triangle but Bittencourt defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bittencourt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bittencourt slips nicely into half guard.

GUN is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bittencourt pulls his head out easily.
Bittencourt trying to control from half guard but GUN is working away.

GUN actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
GUN tries to get to full guard but Bittencourt has control of the leg.

GUN looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
GUN closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bittencourt circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bittencourt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bittencourt shoots in for a double leg but GUN sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

GUN shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. GUN showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
GUN trying to pass the guard but Bittencourt defending well.
Bittencourt is trying to maintain the position but GUN is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

MATT GUN dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

GUN gets the takedown into side control.

GUN tries for a kimura but Bittencourt is defending well.

GUN working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

GUN is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bittencourt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bittencourt is looking for a sweep.

GUN is trying to get an arm triangle but Bittencourt is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

GUN is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bittencourt has escaped the position, nice work there.

GUN working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

GUN is trying to get an arm triangle but Bittencourt is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

GUN tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no GUN has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

GUN is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bittencourt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

GUN is trying to get an arm triangle but Bittencourt is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

GUN tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

GUN is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bittencourt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

GUN working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

GUN in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Bittencourt is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). MATT GUN!