PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derek Hui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Harlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derek Hui has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hui
vs
Harlow

182 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

175 cm
29
176 lbs
13 - 19 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derek Hui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cody Harlow!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harlow gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Hui counter with a right hand.

Hui has closed the distance and engaged Harlow in a clinch.

Hui successfully pulls guard.
Harlow wants to control from the top but Hui keeps moving.

Hui scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Harlow tries for a takedown but Hui circles away easily

and Hui counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Harlow wants to sweep here but Hui controlling him for the moment.
Hui wants to control from the top but Harlow keeps moving.
Hui has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harlow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Hui thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hui looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harlow keeping moving, preventing Hui from controlling successfully.

Harlow had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hui defends it easily.
Hui trying to control the position from guard on top but Harlow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Harlow looking for a guillotine here but Hui defends easily.
Harlow looks gassed!
Hui sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Harlow's guard.

Hui is looking for a kimura but Harlow is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hui to get the leverage.
Hui wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harlow keeps working.
Harlow wants to control but Hui is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hui works his way into side control.
Hui is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Harlow will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Hui tries to advance to mount but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here.
Hui tries to advance to mount but can't.
Harlow wants to control but Hui postures up.
Hui trying to control the action but Harlow is working from the bottom.

Hui tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hui has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harlow tries to buck Hui off but Hui is having none of it.
Harlow is being controlled here.
Hui wants to control but Harlow is keeping him busy.
Hui controlling from side mount.
Harlow is trying to improve his position.

Hui has an Americana. Harlow didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Hui is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Hui hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Derek Hui!