PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demien Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fitch
vs
Maia

180 cm
22
179 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

183 cm
27
178 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Fitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demien Maia!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

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

and Fitch counters with a single leg into guard. Maia didn't expect that.
Fitch's corner is telling him to maintain position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Demien Maia!
A relieved looking Demien Maia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.