PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between stttt yttrt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Cervoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

yttrt
vs
Cervoni

168 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

189 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, stttt yttrt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Cervoni!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
yttrt shoots in for a takedown but Cervoni shows good takedown defense.
stttt yttrt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
yttrt lands a head kick that stumbles Cervoni and the fighters go to the mat.

Cervoni is rocked!

It looks like Johnny Cervoni has been cut.
yttrt wants to get up but he can't break Cervoni's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cervoni is still in real trouble! Can yttrt finish him?

yttrt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cervoni seems to have recovered his senses.
yttrt trying to control the position from guard on top but Cervoni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
yttrt is really struggling to control Cervoni but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Cervoni has his foot on yttrt's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. yttrt works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cervoni is pulling down on yttrt's head to control his posture.
Cervoni manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cervoni avoids the attempt from yttrt to control.
Cervoni working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yttrt is desperately trying to improve his position but Cervoni has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cervoni cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
yttrt wants to control but Cervoni is having none of it.
Cervoni controlling from the full mount.
Cervoni lands with some strikes.
Cervoni controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Cervoni.
yttrt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cervoni on the ground.
yttrt wants to hold on but Cervoni pushes him away.
yttrt might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cervoni landing strikes from the mount and yttrt is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
yttrt wants to control but Cervoni is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cervoni is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. yttrt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cervoni punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cervoni cracks yttrt with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cervoni looking to finish yttrt with some ground and pound. This is bad for yttrt!
Cervoni controlling from mount.
Cervoni looks gassed!
Cervoni is landing with some decent strikes but yttrt is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cervoni has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cervoni lands a big shot there that rocks yttrt but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Cervoni is going olschool here, as he tries to force yttrt to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so yttrt shrugs it off.
Cervoni can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as yttrt is looking to escape.
Cervoni lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
yttrt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Cervoni.
Cervoni with good strikes from the mount here!
yttrt is trying to escape the mount.
yttrt is working hard here to advance position.
Cervoni is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. yttrt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Cervoni is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Cervoni extends the arm and yttrt is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Cervoni!