PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bengui Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Loconsole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Loconsole's choice of entrance music: Crazy Train. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sudo
vs
Loconsole

176 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
150 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bengui Sudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Loconsole!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sudo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Loconsole fails in his attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Loconsole.
Sudo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sudo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sudo scores with a takedown into Loconsole's guard.
Sudo throws a big right hand that misses.
Loconsole manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Loconsole controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo can't escape the position.
Sudo tries to lock up and control but Loconsole gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sudo is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sudo is breathing heavily.
Loconsole manages to capitalize on a mistake by Sudo to take his back!
Loconsole controlling well, preventing Sudo from escaping the position.
Sudo manages to reverse the position and now he's in Loconsole's guard. Nice work there by Sudo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loconsole working a defensive guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sudo swats away the attempt to clinch by Loconsole.
Sudo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Loconsole fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sudo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sudo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Loconsole keeps working.
Sudo happy to just control the position for now.

Sudo is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Loconsole looks calm but he's in trouble here. Sudo gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Loconsole is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Sudo lets go of the hold and Loconsole can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bengui Sudo!