PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tellus Cavinato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Villapudua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cavinato
vs
Villapudua

188 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tellus Cavinato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcos Villapudua!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Villapudua closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Villapudua lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Cavinato had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Villapudua defends it easily.
Cavinato lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Villapudua!

Cavinato is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Villapudua has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Villapudua!
Villapudua trying to control but Cavinato is working from the bottom.
Cavinato working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villapudua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villapudua wants to stand and escape but instead Cavinato has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Cavinato throws an elbow that misses. Villapudua uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cavinato's guard. Nice move by Villapudua!

Cavinato working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Villapudua doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Villapudua manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Villapudua must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Villapudua wants to stand but Cavinato has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Cavinato is looking to sinch up a triangle. Villapudua throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Cavinato's body to avoid the submission. Cavinato has instead reached around Villapudua's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Cavinato arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tellus Cavinato!