PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral comes into a darkened arena with his song building. captain jack sparrow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alexander
vs
Sobral

192 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
202 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fred Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander slaps away a takedown attempt from Sobral, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Alexander shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Alexander in particular looking to stall.
Sobral is refusing to be controlled, as Alexander sits in half guard.
Alexander wants to pass to mount but Sobral is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alexander is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sobral is looking to control Alexander's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sobral avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fred Alexander has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sobral shoots and misses

and Alexander counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sobral's guard now.

Alexander is sitting in close to Sobral's body. Sobral has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Alexander is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Alexander is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sobral.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Renato Sobral!