PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damian Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Male Nurse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maya comes into the arena with Razor blaring out of the sound system. Male Nurse has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maya
vs
Nurse

190 cm
25
203 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

186 cm
20
201 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Maya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Male Nurse!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse takes a swing at Maya's ribcage but misses.
Maya gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nurse counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maya manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maya avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nurse tries to free his leg and advance position but Maya is retaining full guard.
Maya avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maya preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nurse stopping the sweep attempt from Maya.
Maya preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nurse trying to control the position from guard on top but Maya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurse in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maya looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nurse throws and elbow that misses. Maya uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nurse's guard. Nice move by Maya!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse looking for a sweep. Not yet Nurse, not yet.
Maya postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nurse looking to control.
Nurse wants to stand and escape but Maya is having none of it.
Nurse trying to control the position.
Maya connects with a couple of short punches.

Nurse looking for a guillotine here but Maya defends easily.

Maya drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maya jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Maya working some strikes from top position.

Maya drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maya jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Maya tries to free his leg and advance position but Nurse is retaining full guard.
Nurse tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maya.
Maya trying to control the position from guard on top but Nurse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maya preventing the sweep.
Maya postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maya trying to control but Nurse is working from the bottom.

Nurse looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Maya is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Maya postures up.
Nurse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maya keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nurse's head.

Nurse looking for a triangle here. Maya is fighting it but it looks tight! Nurse pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Maya is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Male Nurse!