PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viper Blackrebel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Wasabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blackrebel comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't No Sunshine By DMX. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Blackrebel
vs
Wasabi

194 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
201 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Viper Blackrebel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Wasabi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wasabi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wasabi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Blackrebel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Blackrebel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wasabi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blackrebel manages to get himself to full guard.

Blackrebel is looking for a triangle but Wasabi pushes his legs off easily.
Wasabi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

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

Wasabi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackrebel looking to control.
Wasabi tries to free his leg and advance position but Blackrebel is retaining full guard.
Wasabi passes Blackrebel's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Wasabi seems to be looking for submissions.
Wasabi looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blackrebel gets full guard.
Blackrebel is trying to keep Wasabi in close.

Blackrebel throws his legs up looking for a submission but Wasabi uses it to pass to side control.

Wasabi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Blackrebel is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Wasabi off and has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Wasabi right now.

Blackrebel is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Wasabi defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Even with his hooks in, Blackrebel manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Blackrebel misses with an elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blackrebel is trying to stick to Wasabi's back but Wasabi is turning into Blackrebel. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Blackrebel's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wasabi.
Blackrebel trying to control the position.

Wasabi drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Wasabi seems to have locked his on tight now - Blackrebel screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Wasabi, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dan Wasabi!