PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Gago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gago
vs
Rivers

186 cm
22
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
195 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Igor Gago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aaron Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gago is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rivers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gago looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rivers is fending him off so far but Gago persists. Nope, Rivers circles away and we're back to standing.

Gago scores with a takedown into Rivers's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaron Rivers!
Aaron Rivers seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.