PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Cowell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raim Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Cowell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cowell
vs
Bastos

225 cm
38
277 lbs
29 - 36 - 2

188 cm
26
235 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 36 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Cowell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raim Bastos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
No luck for Bastos with that takedown attempt.
Bastos with a poor takedown

and Cowell counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bastos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bastos trying to get back to full guard but Cowell takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Cowell lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cowell lands a big shot to the head and Bastos winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Anderson Cowell!
A very excited looking Anderson Cowell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.