PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Caiman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adin Seferovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caiman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Iron - Woodkid. This should be a great matchup!

Caiman
vs
Seferovic

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Caiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adin Seferovic!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seferovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adin Seferovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Seferovic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Caiman!

Seferovic decides to stand up, so the ref orders Caiman to his feet.
Caiman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jitz MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Caiman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seferovic dodges the punch combination from Caiman.
Seferovic drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Caiman defends it well.

Seferovic shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Caiman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee asks Seferovic politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Seferovic prefers to stall for the moment though.
It looks like Seferovic might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Seferovic wants to control but Caiman is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seferovic tries to advance to mount but can't.
Caiman is looking for a sweep.
Seferovic throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Caiman works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Caiman manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Seferovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Seferovic feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caiman trying to keep a closed guard but Seferovic is proving a slippery customer.

Seferovic content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Caiman has locked up a guillotine! Caiman's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Seferovic is holding on here and Caiman must be using up a lot of energy. Seferovic has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Caiman gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ronaldo Caiman!
During a confident post fight interview, Ronaldo Caiman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.