PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Deandre Little (ranked 4123 p4p, 4192 weight class) and Neymar Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Little
vs
Jr

175 cm
25
147
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
141
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deandre Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neymar Jr!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jr shoots in but Little avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Little stuns Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neymar Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jr shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Little as he jumps to the side.
A punch lands to the side of Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Little connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr throws a body kick that misses
and Little cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Jr scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jr throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Little avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little parries the strikes from Jr easily there. Jr is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Little to escape.
Jr tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Little is looking for a sweep.
Little is not content to let Jr control the position.
Little on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Little tries to get out of the position.
Jr is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Jr is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Little is trying to escape and Jr transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Little is forced to tap! Nice work there by Jr! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Neymar Jr!