PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kartik Yay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Julio Gutierrez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Gutierrez
vs
Yay

185 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Gutierrez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kartik Yay!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yay throws a combination that misses

and Gutierrez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gutierrez.
Yay prevents the takedown attempt.
Gutierrez is trying to pull guard but Yay turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yay working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yay just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gutierrez's brow.
Yay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yay is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gutierrez is keeping busy.
Gutierrez tries to pull guard but Yay won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Gutierrez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gutierrez pulls guard successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yay looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yay throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Yay looking to sit in guard and control but Gutierrez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gutierrez drops back, looking for a kneebar! Yay looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Yay looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Yay!
Yay trying to control the action but Gutierrez is working from the bottom.
Yay throws a strike aimed at the side of Gutierrez's head but Gutierrez avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yay trying to control the action but Gutierrez is working from the bottom.
Yay looks up at the clock and then as Gutierrez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yay smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gutierrez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yay creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gutierrez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gutierrez struggling a bit here.
Yay wants to take a breather but Gutierrez manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Yay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yay working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gutierrez's head.
Yay looking to sit in guard and control but Gutierrez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gutierrez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Yay manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gutierrez has Yay in his guard.
Yay cracks Gutierrez with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yay postures up.
Yay throws an elbow that misses. Gutierrez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yay's guard. Nice move by Gutierrez!

Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gutierrez slips nicely into half guard.
Yay trying to control but Gutierrez postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gutierrez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Yay has managed to free his arm - good work.

Gutierrez is looking for a kimura but Yay is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gutierrez to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kartik Yay dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yay drives through with a takedown into guard.
Yay controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Yay content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Gutierrez has locked up a guillotine! Gutierrez's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Yay is holding on here and Gutierrez must be using up a lot of energy. Yay has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Gutierrez gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Julio Gutierrez!
Julio Gutierrez retains his middleweight title!
Julio Gutierrez spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.