PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beau Sweet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sweet
vs
Held

163 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beau Sweet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcin Held!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Held.

Held drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Held looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Held pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sweet is keeping the position for now.
Sweet not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Held slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sweet is trying to keep Held in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Held controls the pace.
Held slips nicely into half guard.
Sweet is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Held has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Held with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sweet is squirming around, avoiding Held's attempts to control the action.
Held landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sweet is squirming around, avoiding Held's attempts to control the action.
Held thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sweet bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Held is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sweet is aware though and is defending well.

Sweet is sitting in close to Held's body. Held has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Sweet is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Sweet is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Held.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marcin Held!