PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pedro faria (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.

Ferrari
vs
faria

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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, Enzo Ferrari!
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, pedro faria!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

faria shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ferrari is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Ferrari has his foot on faria's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. faria works his way back into a safe position though.
Ferrari throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as faria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ferrari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for faria on the ground.
faria trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
faria working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ferrari's head.
Ferrari is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ferrari trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ferrari keeping moving, preventing faria from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
faria is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
faria is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
faria preventing the sweep.
faria lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
faria working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as faria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
faria working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Ferrari had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. faria defends it easily.
Ferrari is breathing heavily.
faria postures up and lands a big shot to Ferrari's brow.

faria gets to his feet - Ferrari follows without any prompting.

faria clinches.

Ferrari breaks the clinch.
Ferrari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from faria.

faria clinches up against the cage.
faria prevents the takedown attempt.
faria gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ferrari.

faria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enzo Ferrari. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ferrari gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows faria to score an easy takedown into full guard.

faria stands up from Ferrari's guard - faria perhaps looking for a knockout.
faria lands a right hook to the body.

faria gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

faria is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ferrari looks calm but he's in trouble here. faria gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ferrari is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! faria lets go of the hold and Ferrari can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). pedro faria!