PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Bebe (ranked 4283 p4p, 342 weight class) and Luke Skywalker (ranked 23537 p4p, 524 weight class). Luke Skywalker acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Bebe
vs
Skywalker

165 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
27
150 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Bebe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Skywalker!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skywalker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Skywalker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bebe has escaped the position, nice work there.
Skywalker trying to control the action but Bebe is working from the bottom.

Skywalker tries for a kimura but Bebe is defending well.
Bebe gets back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bebe trying to hold on to Skywalker's head to control him but Skywalker postures up.
Bebe has his hands clasped together around Skywalker's back. He's all about the action.
Bebe's coaches at Colossus Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skywalker is thwarting Bebe's attempts to control the position.
Bebe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Skywalker.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Skywalker working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Bebe has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Skywalker. Oh but Bebe has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Skywalker goes limp - he's gone! Bebe jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Robert Bebe!
Robert Bebe was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.