PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sayid Jarrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phliip Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jarrah
vs
Sagat

178 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

220 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sayid Jarrah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phliip Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarrah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jarrah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sagat paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sagat moves into the clinch.
Sagat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jarrah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sagat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sagat is pressed up against the cage. Jarrah has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sagat down to the mat. Sagat avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sayid Jarrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jarrah fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Sagat forces Jarrah back against the cage and clinches.
Jarrah takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sagat landing knees to the head.
Sagat has Jarrah pressed against the cage.
Sagat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Sayid Jarrah has been cut.
Sagat is pressed up against the cage. Jarrah has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sagat down to the mat. Sagat avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Sagat clinches up against the cage.
Jarrah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sagat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sagat working Jarrah over with knees to the body.
Jarrah is breathing heavily.
Sagat stalling the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sagat obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jarrah works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Jarrah stops Sagat from standing up.

Sagat is looking for a triangle but Jarrah pushes his legs off easily.
Jarrah wants to control from the top but Sagat keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarrah postures up.
Sagat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jarrah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sagat's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jarrah is looking to work some ground and pound but Sagat has wrist control.
Sagat is trying to control the position but Jarrah postures up.
Sagat wants to improve his position but instead Jarrah has moved into half guard.
Sagat really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jarrah. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sagat wants to get back to his feet.
Jarrah has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sagat wants to control but Jarrah is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Jarrah is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Jarrah!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sayid Jarrah!