PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lip Ton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guilherme Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guilherme Pinto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lip Ton's chin.

Ton
vs
Pinto

200 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

184 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lip Ton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guilherme Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ton displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pinto.
Pinto misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Ton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pinto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pinto trying to get back to full guard but Ton takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ton content just to control the position here.
Pinto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ton takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ton has isolated one of Pinto's arms. Pinto looking to fight him off but Ton twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lip Ton!
Lip Ton is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Lip Ton thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.