PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edmund May (ranked 5952 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guilherme Cruz (ranked 24446 p4p, 0 weight class). Guilherme Cruz looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

May
vs
Cruz

200 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edmund May!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guilherme Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz has May up against the cage in a clinch.
May really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

May gets control of Cruz's arms and successfully pulls guard. May will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now May is on top in guard.

May decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
May misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
No luck for Cruz with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but May shows good takedown defense.
Guilherme Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
May shoots for a takedown but Cruz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

May changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cruz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz can't do much from the bottom here.
Cruz looks winded!

May has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Cruz is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. May yanks on the arm and Cruz is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by May.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Edmund May!