PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Wight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes to the cage accompanied by Vida Bandida. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maia
vs
Wight

185 cm
32
200 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

205 cm
31
200 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160
Meet the Future

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demian Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lex Wight!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia swats away the attempt to clinch by Wight.
Nice straight punches there by Maia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maia.
Wight tries to clinch but Maia moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maia.

Maia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Maia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Maia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wight keeps working.
Maia tries to move into full mount but can't pass Wight's legs.
Wight is looking to regain half guard here but Maia keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wight wants to control but Maia postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wight has escaped the position, nice work there.
Maia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wight is not content to let Maia control the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Maia.
Maia wants to control but Wight is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Maia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia with the ground and pound but Wight regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Wight wants to control but Maia is keeping busy.

Maia is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wight wants to control but Maia is keeping busy.

Maia seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Wight is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Demian Maia!
After the big win, Demian Maia made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Steel Penn's All 160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.