PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colby Canvana (ranked 4177 p4p, 4008 weight class) and Steve Rivera (ranked 420 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.

Canvana
vs
Rivera

187 cm
24
175
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colby Canvana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rivera clinches with his opponent.

Canvana jumps guard and drags Rivera to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canvana bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rivera's guard.

Canvana passes Rivera's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Canvana is controlling the pace.
Canvana's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canvana moves nicely into side control.
The strikes coming from Canvana are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canvana misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera struggling a bit here.
Rivera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rivera is trying to work for a sweep but Canvana has mounted him!
Canvana controlling from mount.
Canvana landing shots from mount.

Canvana is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Rivera is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Rivera flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Canvana anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Rivera and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Canvana slips an arm under Rivera chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Canvana has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Canvana is squeezing on Rivera like an anaconda would it's prey. Rivera fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Colby Canvana!