PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lino Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Assuncao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lino Sloan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sloan
vs
Assuncao

156 cm
23
193 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

183 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lino Sloan!
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, Gustavo Assuncao!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch but Assuncao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch up but Assuncao circles away and keeps his distance.
Assuncao tries to counter by closing the distance.

Assuncao gets the takedown into side control.
Assuncao is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sloan's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sloan wants to get back to his feet but Assuncao drags him back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assuncao controls the position.
Sloan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Assuncao fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Assuncao is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sloan tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sloan's face as Assuncao controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Assuncao 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.

Assuncao is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Sloan is trying to escape and Assuncao transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Sloan is forced to tap! Nice work there by Assuncao! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gustavo Assuncao!