PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silas Blankenship (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauricio Aranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Blankenship
vs
Aranda

212 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
184 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silas Blankenship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauricio Aranda!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blankenship scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Blankenship is putting a hurting on Aranda here, landing some big shots from side control.
Blankenship with the ground and pound but Aranda regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Blankenship sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aranda defending well though.
Aranda is looking to improve his position.
Blankenship lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Aranda blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blankenship.
Blankenship throws a strike but Aranda avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blankenship throws an elbow that misses. Aranda uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blankenship's guard. Nice move by Aranda!

Blankenship wants to control but Aranda passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blankenship is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blankenship tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Aranda has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Aranda working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Blankenship looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Aranda! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Lauricio Aranda!