PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Do Nascimento (ranked 4257 p4p, 448 weight class) and Harley Powell (ranked 3735 p4p, 413 weight class). Do Nascimento comes to the cage accompanied by Machine gun Kelly- Rap Devil. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Do Nascimento
vs
Powell

170 cm
25
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Do Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harley Powell!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell tries for a takedown but Do Nascimento sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Powell decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Powell passes to side control.

Powell tries for a kimura but Do Nascimento is defending well.

Powell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Powell thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do Nascimento can't do much from the bottom here.

Powell has hold of Do Nascimento's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Do Nascimento seems comfortable defending it but Powell has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Do Nascimento is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Do Nascimento is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Powell couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harley Powell!
A very excited looking Harley Powell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.