PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koffing Weezing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rua's choice of entrance music: KILLER performed by Drake. This should be fireworks!

Weezing
vs
Rua

188 cm
20
198 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
213 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Koffing Weezing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Rua!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weezing wants to clinch up but Rua keeps it at a distance.
Rua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rua attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Weezing displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Marco Rua has been cut.
Weezing tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rua shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Weezing dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Rua lands with a nice combination. Weezing backs away looking to recover.
Weezing throws a sloppy head kick and Rua moves out of range easily.
Weezing tries to close the distance and clinch but Rua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weezing swinging wildly here.
Weezing tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rua swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Weezing closes the distance and clinches.
Weezing holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weezing managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua being controlled against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Weezing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rua's brow.
Rua lands an elbow just above Weezing 's eye.
Weezing displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rua up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Weezing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rua's brow.
Nice elbow from Weezing.
Weezing displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rua up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Koffing Weezing.
Weezing moves in looking to clinch but Rua pushes him off.

Rua gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weezing is refusing to be controlled, as Rua sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Weezing is not content to let Rua control the position.
Weezing taking some punishment here, with Rua in his half guard.
Weezing has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rua is working away from the top position though.
Rua has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weezing avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rua.

Rua in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Weezing tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Rua!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Rua!