PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between righty tighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: el principe. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

tighty
vs
Villar

184 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, righty tighty!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Villar!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but tighty swivels and escapes.
tighty scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hector Villar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villar wants to clinch.
tighty shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Villar sprawls well. Villar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. tighty gets slowly back to his feet.
Villar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck tighty on the side of the head.
Villar stuns tighty with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Villar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Villar wants it to stay on the feet.

tighty decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Villar trying to control but tighty postures up.
tighty works his way into side control.
Villar manages to get back to half guard.
Villar won't allow tighty to pass to mount.
Villar trying to get back to full guard but tighty takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
You get the feeling that Villar really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
tighty tries to get the hooks in deep but Villar pushed the leg off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Villar controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
tighty struggling to keep hold of the position.

Villar defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
tighty is breathing heavily.
I really don't envy Villar right now.
Villar turns into tighty and is now in his guard.

tighty is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
tighty keeping moving, preventing Villar from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
tighty wants to stand and escape but Villar is having none of it.
Villar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Villar trying to control the position from guard on top but tighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
tighty keeping full guard, as Villar tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Villar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Villar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
tighty blocks a head kick by Villar.
Villar scores with a leg kick.

Villar rushes tighty and presses him up against the cage.
Villar looking for a takedown.
Come on Villar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Villar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Villar tries for a takedown but tighty circles away easily

and tighty counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
righty tighty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Villar.

Villar looking for submissions off his back.
Villar tries to kick tighty off but tighty keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tighty content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
tighty tries to stand but can't do so whilst Villar controls his leg.
tighty is trying to control. Villar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
tighty is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

tighty avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Villar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Villar wants to stand and escape but tighty is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that righty tighty will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

tighty scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

tighty tries for a kimura but Villar is defending well.
Villar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Villar is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on tighty's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Villar kicks off tighty and gets to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Villar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tighty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Villar breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
tighty wants to get back to his feet.
Villar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Villar trying to control from tighty's half guard. tighty has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Villar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
tighty keeping moving, preventing Villar from controlling successfully.
Villar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Villar closes the distance and pushes tighty back into the cage.

Villar manages to break the clinch.
Villar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Villar lands a head kick!
Villar lands a two punch combo.
tighty swings for the body but Villar moves out of range.
Villar misses with a few strikes there.
Villar wants to clinch up but tighty keeps it at a distance.
tighty dives in and grabs Villar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Villar pushes down on tighty's head and hops out.
A solid leg kick lands there for Villar.
tighty slips a jab and a cross from Villar.
tighty throws a head kick that misses
and Villar counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

tighty scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
tighty is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Villar!
tighty wants to control the pace but Villar is squirming around nicely.

Villar has left one of his arms exposed and tighty doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Villar screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). righty tighty!
righty tighty is the new welterweight champion!