PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reynaldo Requina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Gago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Requina
vs
Gago

184 cm
21
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reynaldo Requina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Igor Gago!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Requina does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gago dodges the punch combination from Requina.

Gago closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Requina quickly recovers to half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura but Requina is defending well.

Gago is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Requina doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gago.
Requina knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gago on the ground.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Requina has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gago is taking a breather. Requina says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Requina has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gago wants to take a breather but Requina is having none of it.
Gago thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Requina's head.
Requina is trying to maintain the position but Gago is very close to passing his half guard.

Gago is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Gago is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Requina has managed to free his arm - good work.
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.
Requina tries to get to full guard but Gago has control of the leg.

Requina is defending against the submission attempts here by Gago.

Gago is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gago looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Gago seems to be looking for submissions.
Gago sitting and controlling from the half guard.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gago is working for a submission of some sort.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Requina has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gago sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Requina defending well though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gago seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Gago dominated that round.
That's time! Requina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gago shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Requina manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Requina wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Gago is now in half guard.
Gago is trying to control. Requina wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Gago seems to be working for a kimura but Requina defends the submission attempt.
Igor Gago has got the better of the ground game so far.

Gago is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Requina has managed to free his arm - good work.
Requina trying to control but Gago postures up.
Gago is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Requina avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gago.
Gago trying to control the action but Requina is working from the bottom.

Requina is defending against the submission attempts here by Gago.
Gago looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gago is looking to take a break and control but Requina is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gago is working for a submission of some sort.

Gago is looking for a kimura here.

Gago escapes and gets back to his feet.
Requina pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gago shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Requina manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Requina is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gago manages to get to full guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Igor Gago!
A very excited looking Igor Gago rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.