PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastaio Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Carvalho
vs
Washington

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastaio Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ty Washington!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho fails with the takedown.

Carvalho has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Carvalho.
Washington wants a takedown but no success here.
Carvalho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Washington walks away with a smile on his face. Carvalho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Washington throws a series of punches but Carvalho avoids them all with ease.

Washington moves into the clinch.
Washington has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Carvalho after a bit of a struggle.
Washington is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sebastaio Carvalho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Washington.
Carvalho looking to slow down the pace here.
Carvalho is looking to break free of the clinch but Washington has double underhooks.

Carvalho pulls guard successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Carvalho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carvalho working a defensive guard here.
Washington stops Carvalho from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Washington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Carvalho looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Washington is defending well. Carvalho quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Washington has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Carvalho celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sebastaio Carvalho!
During a confident post fight interview, Sebastaio Carvalho thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.