PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Almir Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Wayne acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ribeiro
vs
Wayne

217 cm
18
293 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

220 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Almir Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ribeiro lands a jab.

It looks like Bruce Wayne has been cut.
Ribeiro is looking to clinch.
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wayne paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Wayne changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ribeiro looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wayne looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ribeiro is avoiding damage well.
Ribeiro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wayne working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wayne landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wayne lands some shots froms side control.
Ribeiro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wayne on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wayne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wayne working the ground and pound but Ribeiro is defending the strikes.
Wayne misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wayne tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ribeiro dodges the ground and pound from Wayne.
Ribeiro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wayne scoring with punches from side control.
Wayne scores with punches from side control.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.
Ribeiro can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wayne landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ribeiro down.
Wayne is putting a hurting on Ribeiro here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wayne is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wayne is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ribeiro looks calm but he's in trouble here. Wayne gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ribeiro is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Wayne lets go of the hold and Ribeiro can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Wayne!