PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Falcao Chuteboxe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kvik Regler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcao Chuteboxe looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Chuteboxe
vs
Regler

160 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

150 cm
25
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Falcao Chuteboxe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kvik Regler!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chuteboxe fails with the takedown

and Regler counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Chuteboxe's guard now.
Regler sitting in guard here, content to control.
Regler advances position into side control!
Regler is staying tight to Chuteboxe's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Chuteboxe is trying to control Regler's posture but Regler avoids it.
Chuteboxe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Regler sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chuteboxe is bucking up trying to escape but Regler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chuteboxe is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chuteboxe taking shots to the head.
Regler lands a nice shot to the head.
Regler controlling from the full mount.
Regler lands a big shot there that rocks Chuteboxe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Regler controlling the position easily from mount.

Regler is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chuteboxe can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Regler controlling from mount.
Regler with shots to the head and body - Chuteboxe looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Regler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns Chuteboxe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Regler content just to control the position here.
Regler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Regler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chuteboxe looks a forlorn figure.
Regler cracks Chuteboxe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Regler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chuteboxe is trying to escape the mount.
Regler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regler lands a big shot there that rocks Chuteboxe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Regler looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Regler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chuteboxe is wriggling around trying to escape.
Regler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Regler controlling the position easily from mount.

Regler is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chuteboxe can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Regler sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like Regler might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Regler in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chuteboxe is just holding on here. Regler manages to take his back.

Regler looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Chuteboxe taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kvik Regler!