PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Valdo Calamari (ranked 2388 p4p, 1825 weight class) and Jimmy Thekid (ranked 313 p4p, 242 weight class). Calamari's entrance music is Bellini - Samba Do Brasil. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Calamari
vs
Thekid

177 cm
24
170
8 - 6 - 0

187 cm
25
178
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Valdo Calamari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Thekid!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Calamari drives through with a takedown into Thekid's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calamari is working Thekid over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thekid wants to stand and escape but Calamari is having none of it.
Calamari chips away with some ground and pound.
Calamari not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Calamari advances position into side control!
Calamari landing strikes.
Calamari lands a few punches from side control.
Calamari 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.
Calamari controlling the position from side mount.
Calamari has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Calamari grinds an elbow into Thekid's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thekid is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Thekid is rocked!
Thekid wants to get back to his feet.
Thekid is still in real trouble! Can Calamari finish him?
Calamari in side control lands a decent elbow.
Calamari lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Thekid! Calamari senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Thekid out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Valdo Calamari!
Our winner, Valdo Calamari, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Jimmy Thekid had this to say: 'Can’t win em all thanks for all the love and support back to the grind be back better than ever #PaidInFull'.