PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebastiao Galhardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastiao Galhardo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Galhardo
vs
Azevedo

172 cm
22
166 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sebastiao Galhardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Azevedo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Galhardo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Galhardo is working for a kimura but Azevedo is defending it quite comfortably.
Galhardo prevents Azevedo from standing back up.
Galhardo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Galhardo won't let Azevedo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Galhardo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Azevedo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Galhardo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Azevedo really wants to buck Galhardo off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Galhardo is working for a guillotine from mount but Azevedo frees his head quite easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Galhardo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Azevedo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Galhardo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Azevedo is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Galhardo locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Azevedo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sebastiao Galhardo!