PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaspar Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Bad LLCoolJ. Gaspar Carvalho will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jacobs
vs
Carvalho

179 cm
25
266 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

215 cm
20
272 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodney Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gaspar Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carvalho gets the takedown into side control.
Jacobs tries to improve position but can't.
Jacobs wants to control but Carvalho postures up.
Jacobs is looking for a sweep.
Carvalho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carvalho wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jacobs keeps working.
Jacobs on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jacobs tries to get out of the position.
Jacobs defending against the ground and pound.
Jacobs struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs gets back to half guard.

Jacobs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Carvalho throwing shots but Jacobs is blocking nicely.
Jacobs regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jacobs might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Carvalho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Jacobs has his feet on Carvalho's thighs here. He's pushed Carvalho off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Carvalho screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodney Jacobs!
A victorious Rodney Jacobs thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.