PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Euclides Cunhha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luciano Bivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunhha's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Raimundus - Eu quero ver o oco. Euclides Cunhha looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cunhha
vs
Bivar

184 cm
28
204 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

196 cm
21
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Euclides Cunhha!
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, Luciano Bivar!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunhha tries to close the distance and clinch but Bivar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bivar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bivar wants to control from the top but Cunhha keeps moving.
Bivar passes Cunhha's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bivar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bivar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunhha is trying to stand.
Cunhha is breathing heavily.
Cunhha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bivar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Bivar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cunhha defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bivar is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bivar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bivar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bivar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Bivar seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bivar with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Bivar is trying for a kimura here. Cunhha looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Bivar wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Luciano Bivar!