PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Evans
vs
Bravo

175 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romulo Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bravo shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Bravo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Evans scores a takedown into full mount!
Evans misses with a head shot.
Bravo gets back to half guard.
Evans is pressing down on Bravo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bravo is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bravo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bravo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bravo is controlling Evans's posture.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bravo is on top in guard.
Evans working a defensive guard here.
Bravo lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo scoring with some ground and pound.
Bravo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bravo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bravo is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bravo trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Bravo looking to sit in guard and control but Evans gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evans's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Evans won't allow Bravo to sweep him here.
Evans working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Bravo is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Evans rolls with it to try and escape but Bravo cranks on the arm and Evans is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Romulo Bravo!