PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between kourosh karbassi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Martelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

karbassi
vs
Martelli

194 cm
19
281 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

215 cm
22
298 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, kourosh karbassi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Martelli!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martelli fails to land the takedown.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!

Martelli scores with a takedown into karbassi's guard.
Martelli postures up in karbassi's guard and throws a big left but karbassi blocks it.
Martelli cracks karbassi with a solid left hand.
Martelli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martelli trying to control the position from guard on top but karbassi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martelli tries to stand but karbassi is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martelli wants to control from the top but karbassi keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rafael Martelli.

Martelli scores a takedown into full mount!
Martelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
karbassi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Martelli controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Martelli quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Martelli but it's paid off an karbassi is forced to tap! Nice work by Martelli.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rafael Martelli!