PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Babcock (ranked 3307 p4p, 2854 weight class) and Eli Vieira (ranked 384 p4p, 342 weight class). Eli Vieira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Babcock
vs
Vieira

185 cm
24
192
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
31
201
10 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Babcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eli Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vieira punishes Babcock's body with a nice straight punch.

Vieira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Babcock managing to control the position.
Vieira scoring with some ground and pound.
Vieira wants to control from the top but Babcock keeps moving.
Babcock looking to control.
Babcock keeping moving, preventing Vieira from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vieira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira looking to pass the guard.
Babcock looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vieira is one step ahead there.
Vieira looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vieira trying to control but Babcock is working from the bottom.
Vieira trying to move into half guard but instead Babcock has managed to sweep!

Vieira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Babcock is one step ahead there.
Babcock trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Babcock content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Vieira has locked up a guillotine! Vieira's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Babcock is holding on here and Vieira must be using up a lot of energy. Babcock has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Vieira gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Eli Vieira!
Eli Vieira took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.