PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 2225 p4p, 1914 weight class) and Ricardo Rebenta (ranked 309 p4p, 269 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Davidyan
vs
Rebenta

189 cm
38
191
26 - 15 - 2

175 cm
28
185
8 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gurgen Davidyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Rebenta!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rebenta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Rebenta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Davidyan can't do much from the bottom here.
Davidyan tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Rebenta has hold of Davidyan's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Davidyan tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Rebenta cranks the arm and Davidyan screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Davidyan, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ricardo Rebenta!