PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarbas Canarinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and daniel cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). daniel cook will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Canarinho
vs
cook

199 cm
19
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jarbas Canarinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, daniel cook!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canarinho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has cook pinned against the cage. cook gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
cook looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Canarinho shoots in looking for a takedown. cook tries to sprawl out of it but Canarinho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. cook manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Canarinho shoots in and bounces cook off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Canarinho trying to control but cook is working from the bottom.
Canarinho stands and throws cook's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Canarinho wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by cook, who protects the arm well.
cook sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canarinho works his way into side control.
cook defending against the ground and pound.

Canarinho has hold of cook's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! cook tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Canarinho cranks the arm and cook screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from cook, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jarbas Canarinho!