PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cool Cucumber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cucumber
vs
Preuss

182 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
181 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Arcticus University: London

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cool Cucumber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caio Preuss!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Preuss moves into the clinch.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Preuss clinches up against the cage.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cucumber closes the distance and clinches up with Preuss, looking for a takedown. Cucumber pushes Preuss against the cage but Preuss circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Preuss stuffs the takedown attempt from Cucumber. Cucumber gets slowly back to his feet.

Preuss takes the fight into the clinch.

Preuss jumps into guard, dragging Cucumber to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cucumber stands and throws Preuss's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Cucumber trying to control the action but Preuss is working from the bottom.

Cucumber tries for a kimura but Preuss is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cucumber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Preuss keeps working.

Cucumber is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Preuss has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cucumber trying to control the position but Preuss is working away.
Cucumber prevents Preuss from escaping the position.

Cucumber wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Preuss, who protects the arm well.

Cucumber looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Cucumber thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cucumber is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Preuss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Cucumber working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Preuss is pushing Cucumber's head away, looking to escape. Cucumber manages to hold on to the position though.
Preuss struggling a bit here.

Cucumber tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cucumber has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Preuss's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Cucumber tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Cucumber wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Preuss, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Preuss's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Preuss tries to escape but Cucumber is in control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cucumber wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Preuss, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Preuss pushes Cucumber away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cucumber gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Cucumber wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Preuss, who protects the arm well.
Preuss really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cucumber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Preuss pushes Cucumber away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cucumber gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Cucumber looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Cucumber is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Preuss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Cucumber is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Preuss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Cucumber tries for a kimura but Preuss is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cool Cucumber dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Preuss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

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

Preuss moves into range and clinches up with Cucumber.
Cucumber tries to score a body lock takedown but Preuss shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Preuss ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Preuss no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cucumber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Preuss swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cucumber trying to control but Preuss is working from the bottom.

Cucumber is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Preuss is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Preuss has escaped and now he's on top!

Cucumber looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Preuss is defending well. Cucumber quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Preuss has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Cucumber celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cool Cucumber!
Our winner, Cool Cucumber, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.