PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frederik Valefar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wooh Waah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wooh Waah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Valefar
vs
Waah

179 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Zija International

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frederik Valefar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wooh Waah!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valefar swinging wilding here.
Valefar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Waah moves into the clinch successfully.
Valefar is trying to break free.
Valefar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valefar wants to break the clinch but can't.

Waah manages to break the clinch.

Waah clinches.

Waah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Waah misses with a series of wild punches.
Valefar lands a nice shot to the body.
Valefar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Valefar throws a jab when Waah was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Valefar.
Valefar throws a series of punches but Waah avoids them all with ease.
Waah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Valefar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Waah throws and low kick but Valefar moves out of range easily.
Valefar tries for a takedown but Waah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Waah moves in looking to clinch but Valefar pushes him off.
Waah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooh Waah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Waah.
Valefar lands a jab to Waah's midsection.
Waah is looking to clinch.
Valefar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valefar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Waah.

Waah instigates a clinch.

Waah breaks the clinch.
Waah moves in looking to clinch but Valefar pushes him off.
Valefar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Waah stuffs the takedown attempt from Valefar. Valefar gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frederik Valefar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valefar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valefar moves out of range of the body kick.
Waah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Valefar counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valefar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Waah can do anything to dispel that myth.
Valefar is looking to take a break and control but Waah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Waah is trying to buck Valefar off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valefar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Waah keeps working.
Valefar advances to full mount.

Valefar is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Waah is surviving well by controlling Valefar's body position as best he can.
Valefar is breathing heavily.

Valefar looking for a guillotine from mount but Waah is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waah is squirming around, avoiding Valefar's attempts to control the action.
Valefar is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Waah defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Valefar.
Waah is trying to escape the mount.

Valefar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Waah has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Valefar has hold of Waah's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Waah manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Waah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Valefar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Valefar is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Waah is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frederik Valefar!