PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Erasmo Bezerra (ranked 3882 p4p, 4404 weight class) and Mike Kovacevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erasmo Bezerra has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bezerra
vs
Kovacevic

178 cm
18
164
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erasmo Bezerra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Kovacevic!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bezerra drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kovacevic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bezerra controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kovacevic keeping moving, preventing Bezerra from controlling successfully.
Bezerra is working Kovacevic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bezerra has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezerra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Kovacevic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bezerra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bezerra drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Bezerra as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Kovacevic screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Bezerra! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Erasmo Bezerra!
After winning the bout, Erasmo Bezerra thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.