PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Death Row (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zjues xhombre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Row comes to the cage accompanied by Bring The Pain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Row
vs
xhombre

200 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
258 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Crippler's Corner

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Death Row!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zjues xhombre!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Row shoots in and bounces xhombre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
xhombre wants to stand up but Row is controlling him.
Row pushing down on xhombre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Row stops xhombre from getting back to his feet.

Row gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Row takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Row will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

xhombre clinches.

xhombre breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by xhombre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Row is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

xhombre has taken the fight to the clinch.

xhombre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice body punch from xhombre.

xhombre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
xhombre with a poor takedown

and Row counters with a single leg into guard. xhombre didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
xhombre wants to get back to his feet but Row is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Row is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

xhombre is rocked!
xhombre wants to sweep but no luck.
Row working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of xhombre's head.
xhombre is still in real trouble! Can Row finish him?
xhombre has momentary wrist control but Row slips an elbow through the middle.
Row is in close to xhombre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Row slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Row stands up and we're back to a striking position.
xhombre stuffs the takedown attempt from Row. Row gets slowly back to his feet.
Row misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Death Row. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Row shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Row showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Row content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
xhombre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
xhombre seems to have recovered his senses.
xhombre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Row is controlling him.
Row is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Row won't allow xhombre to get back to his feet.
xhombre trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
xhombre is trying to keep Row in close.
xhombre can't keep his opponent in guard - Row advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Death Row!