PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Albright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Europha Emanuel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Emanuel
vs
Albright

170 cm
25
163 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

180 cm
28
164 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugene Albright!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Albright shoots in and gets a takedown into Emanuel's guard.
Albright stopping the sweep attempt from Emanuel.
Emanuel keeping full guard, as Albright tries to pass.
Emanuel keeping moving, preventing Albright from controlling successfully.
Albright stands and throws Emanuel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Emanuel sneaks back into half guard.
Albright is trying to control. Emanuel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Emanuel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Emanuel.
Albright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Emanuel lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Albright!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emanuel is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Albright can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Albright is looking to improve his position but Emanuel isn't that keen on the idea.
Emanuel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Albright?
Albright gets back to half guard.
Emanuel frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Emanuel connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Albright is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Emanuel connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emanuel blocks Albright's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Emanuel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Albright looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Emanuel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Albright is desperately trying to improve his position but Emanuel has a good base and remains in mount.
Emanuel lands a nice shot to the head.

Albright is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emanuel is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Albright can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Albright is still in real trouble! Can Emanuel finish him?

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Europha Emanuel!