PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Olaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olaf comes to the cage accompanied by Equally Destructive. Diogo Rubin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Olaf
vs
Rubin

190 cm
20
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brad Olaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diogo Rubin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olaf throws a right and a left that Rubin avoids nicely.
Rubin misses with a jab, cross combination.

Olaf shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olaf lands with some strikes.
Rubin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Olaf with shots to the head and body - Rubin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Olaf is breathing heavily.
The referee warns Rubin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Olaf prevents Rubin from getting the reversal.
Rubin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Rubin looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rubin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olaf lands a couple of elbows.

Rubin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Olaf sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rubin's guard.

Olaf looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rubin manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Olaf's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rubin is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Olaf has his hands clasped together but Rubin extends an breaks Olaf's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Rubin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diogo Rubin!