PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Fitzwell (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.

Lima
vs
Fitzwell

183 cm
22
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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, Carlos Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Fitzwell!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzwell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fitzwell fails with a takedown attempt.
Lima stuffs the takedown.
Fitzwell closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lima circles away.
Carlos Lima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Fitzwell.
Lima throws out a leg kick but Fitzwell moves out of range and Lima only half commits.

Lima looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fitzwell!
Fitzwell wants to try and get back to his feet.
Lima with the ground and pound from mount.
Lima avoids the attempt from Fitzwell to control.
Lima raining down shots from the mount!
Lima sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fitzwell is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzwell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lima controlling the position easily from mount.
Fitzwell can't escape the position.
Lima avoids the attempt from Fitzwell to control.
Fitzwell manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lima seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Fitzwell is trying to get back to full guard.

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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lima lands a nice short elbow.
Fitzwell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lima sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fitzwell working a defensive guard here.
Lima seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fitzwell trying to keep a closed guard but Lima is proving a slippery customer.
Lima slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Fitzwell throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lima escapes and throws Fitzwell's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Fitzwell looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lima creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lima scoring with punches and elbows.
Fitzwell struggling a bit here.
Lima is putting a hurting on Fitzwell here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lima lands an elbow.
Fitzwell is trying to escape the position but Lima is controlling the position.
Lima scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fitzwell to see if he's OK.

Fitzwell is rocked!
You can see the frustration on Fitzwell's face as Lima controls the position.
Fitzwell is still in real trouble! Can Lima finish him?
Lima landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima controls the position.
Lima cracks Fitzwell with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Lima immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Fitzwell is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Lima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Lima!