PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Estima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blubber Ball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blubber Ball will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Estima
vs
Ball

170 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

188 cm
21
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Braulio Estima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blubber Ball!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ball attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Estima looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Estima sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ball's guard.
Estima moves into full mount! Ball won't be happy about that!
Estima content just to control the position here.
Estima could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Estima scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Estima has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Estima controlling the pace for now.
Ball really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Estima. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball is trying desperately to improve position.
Estima takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Estima seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ball for as long as he can get away with.
Estima lands a nice shot to the head.

Estima swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Braulio Estima!