PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ O Brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Thiago is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Thiago
vs
O Brian

193 cm
23
285 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

218 cm
28
294 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TJ O Brian!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Brian rushes Thiago and presses him up against the cage.

O Brian manages to break the clinch.
Thiago changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. O Brian tries to avoid it but Thiago manages to keep hold of a leg and drag O Brian to the ground. O Brian escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Thiago tries to keep at a distance but O Brian has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thiago has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by O Brian after a bit of a struggle.

O Brian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

O Brian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thiago.
O Brian is looking to take this one to the mat.

O Brian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thiago doesn't succeed with the takedown

and O Brian counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by O Brian.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Thiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thiago is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Brian passes Thiago's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
O Brian slows the pace down in half guard.
Thiago might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago is not content to let O Brian control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with O Brian in particular looking to stall.

TJ O Brian has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Thiago shoots in and gets a takedown into O Brian's guard.

O Brian looking for a triangle here. Thiago is fighting it but it looks tight! O Brian pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Thiago is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). TJ O Brian!