PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Euclides Cunhha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Shewmaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunhha comes to the cage accompanied by Raimundus - Eu quero ver o oco. Cunhha is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Frank Shewmaker has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cunhha
vs
Shewmaker

184 cm
31
204 lbs
9 - 18 - 0

190 cm
31
215 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
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 9 - 18 - 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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Shewmaker!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shewmaker tries to clinch there but Cunhha circles away.
Cunhha is breathing heavily.

Shewmaker closes the distance and clinches.
Shewmaker tries to land knees in the clinch but Cunhha avoids the damage to the body.

Shewmaker gets control of Cunhha's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shewmaker will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Shewmaker pushes a forearm under Cunhha's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Cunhha is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank Shewmaker!
Frank Shewmaker decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.