PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hamilton Eslay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eslay's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Paul Gilbert - Scarified. The crowd seem to be enjoying Carvalho's choice of entrance music: Vida Bandida. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Eslay
vs
Carvalho

191 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hamilton Eslay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eslay lunges at Carvalho with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Carvalho's hand.
Eslay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Carvalho as he avoids it easily.
Eslay throws a big shot that misses.
Carvalho ducks under a wild hook from Eslay.
Carvalho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eslay.
Carvalho misses with a takedown

so Eslay counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Carvalho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Eslay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Carvalho is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Carvalho is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Eslay has his hands clasped together but Carvalho extends an breaks Eslay's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Carvalho.

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