PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Octavius (ranked 4506 p4p, 4274 weight class) and Faron Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Octavius
vs
Cardoso

181 cm
22
195
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
279
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gaius Octavius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Faron Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cardoso looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Cardoso is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cardoso is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Cardoso is working for a kimura but Octavius is defending it quite comfortably.

Cardoso seems to be looking for submissions.
Octavius is trying to stand up here but Cardoso is controlling him well.
Octavius is trying to get back to full guard.

Octavius is defending against the submission attempts here by Cardoso.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cardoso seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Octavius is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Faron Cardoso!
Faron Cardoso seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.