PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Chicletinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kartik Yay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chicletinho
vs
Yay

181 cm
27
179 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

176 cm
28
178 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Chicletinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kartik Yay!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chicletinho looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Yay fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Chicletinho sprawls well initially but Yay persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Yay keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Yay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chicletinho keeps working.
Yay looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Yay seems to be looking for submissions.

Chicletinho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yay perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Yay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chicletinho is refusing to be controlled, as Yay sits in half guard.
Still in half guard, Yay seems content to control.
Chicletinho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yay scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yay works his way into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yay lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yay prevents Chicletinho from getting the reversal.
Yay putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yay with shots to the head and body - Chicletinho looks very uncomfortable down there.

Yay with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Yay working for a submission but Chicletinho is keeping him at bay.
Yay tries to control but Chicletinho wriggling away.
Yay controlling the position easily from mount.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yay with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chicletinho is desperately trying to improve his position but Yay has a good base and remains in mount.
Yay working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yay can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Chicletinho is looking to escape.

Yay working for a guillotine from mount but Chicletinho is in no mood to give up.
Yay sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chicletinho tries to reverse the position but Yay maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yay looking to finish Chicletinho with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chicletinho!
Chicletinho taking shots to the head.

Chicletinho defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yay.

Chicletinho defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yay.
Yay is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Chicletinho can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Yay is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Chicletinho is surviving well by controlling Yay's body position as best he can.
Yay looking to control but Chicletinho is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yay raining down shots from the mount!
Chicletinho is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yay tries to control but Chicletinho wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yay wants to finish this one by submission but Chicletinho is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Yay.
Yay lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chicletinho hang on?
Yay controlling from the full mount.

Yay is working for a guillotine from mount but Chicletinho frees his head quite easily.
Yay landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chicletinho working to try and regain half guard.
Yay controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kartik Yay dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yay gets a double leg takedown into Chicletinho's guard.

Chicletinho has an active guard here but Yay has managed to pass into half guard.

Yay is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Yay postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Chicletinho to stand up.

Yay shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Chicletinho napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Yay works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chicletinho is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yay has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Chicletinho!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kartik Yay!