PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Sabrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck The Great Weasel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabrol comes into the arena with Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sabrol
vs
The Great Weasel

180 cm
24
172 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Sabrol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Buck The Great Weasel!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabrol 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.
Sabrol misses the shot to the body.
Sabrol throws a series of punches but The Great Weasel moves out of range.

The Great Weasel feints and as Sabrol raises his hands in defense, The Great Weasel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sabrol has The Great Weasel pulled in close to control his posture.
Sabrol trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The Great Weasel thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sabrol keeping full guard, as The Great Weasel tries to pass.
The Great Weasel won't allow Sabrol to sweep him here.
Sabrol not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sabrol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Great Weasel's guard.
Sabrol stopping the sweep attempt from The Great Weasel.
Sabrol works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The Great Weasel is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabrol trying to control the action but The Great Weasel is working from the bottom.
The Great Weasel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabrol trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The Great Weasel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

The Great Weasel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sabrol gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Great Weasel looks gassed!

The Great Weasel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sabrol gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sabrol trying to control the position from guard on top but The Great Weasel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sabrol passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sabrol slips a nice elbow through The Great Weasel's hands, connecting with The Great Weasel's forehead.
The Great Weasel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sabrol.
Sabrol wants to control but The Great Weasel is keeping him busy.
The Great Weasel is in trouble now - Sabrol has advanced to mount!
Sabrol lands a nice shot to the head.
Sabrol is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Sabrol working for a submission but The Great Weasel is keeping him at bay.
Sabrol trying to control but The Great Weasel is having none of it.
Sabrol landing strikes from the mount.
Sabrol 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.
The Great Weasel has given up his back here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sabrol has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Sabrol lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Great Weasel rolls, trying to escape but Sabrol keeps control of the position.
Sabrol is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at The Great Weasel. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

The Great Weasel is rocked!

Sabrol looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! The Great Weasel taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricardo Sabrol!
Ricardo Sabrol retains his welterweight title!