PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aderbal Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Maia
vs
Couture

180 cm
26
218 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
218 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Heisenberg
Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aderbal Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Couture!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couture is looking to clinch but Maia is avoiding it.
Couture doesn't manage to clinch there - Maia circles away.
Couture tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Couture clinches.

Maia turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Couture is trying to buck Maia off.

Maia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Couture has escaped the position, nice work there.
Couture is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Maia is controlling him well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Maia is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Couture looks calm but he's in trouble here. Maia gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Couture is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Maia lets go of the hold and Couture can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aderbal Maia!
Aderbal Maia was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.