PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rousimar Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gensui Verbose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verbose comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bleeding Through - On Wings Of Lead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vieira
vs
Verbose

190 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rousimar Vieira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gensui Verbose!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verbose wants to clinch up but Vieira keeps it at a distance.
Verbose shoots in and drives through. Vieira sprawls well.
Verbose shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vieira as he jumps to the side.
Verbose fails to land the takedown.
Rousimar Vieira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gensui Verbose.

Vieira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Verbose's half guard.
Vieira tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Vieira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Verbose on the ground.
Vieira content to control rather than advance.
Vieira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Verbose defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Verbose reverses the position - he's now on top in Vieira's guard.
Verbose stands and throws Vieira's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vieira struggling a bit here.

Verbose is trying to get an arm triangle but Vieira is defending well.
Vieira is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Verbose is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

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.
Vieira is trying to escape the mount.
Verbose controlling from the full mount.
Vieira tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vieira is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vieira could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vieira is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vieira tries to lock up and control but Verbose gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira is trying desperately to improve position.
Vieira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Vieira is breathing heavily.
Verbose punching from mount but Vieira doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vieira is trying to stand.
Vieira is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Verbose tries to control but Vieira wriggling away.
Vieira wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Vieira has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Verbose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Verbose is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Verbose lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Verbose.
Vieira has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Verbose tries to get the hooks in deep but Vieira pushed the leg off.
Verbose somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gensui Verbose dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Verbose moves into the clinch successfully.

Verbose gets control of Vieira's arms and successfully pulls guard. Verbose will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Verbose is trying to control the position but Vieira postures up.
Vieira wants to control from the top but Verbose keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Verbose is on top in guard.
Vieira wants to sweep here but Verbose controlling him for the moment.

Verbose stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Verbose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira with a lazy takedown attempt

and Verbose holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Verbose manages to break the clinch.
Verbose throws a sloppy head kick and Vieira moves out of range easily.
Gensui Verbose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Verbose moves into the clinch.

Verbose successfully pulls guard.
Vieira wants to get up but he can't break Verbose's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Verbose tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Verbose is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Verbose throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbose passes the guard and advances to mount!

Verbose has hold of Vieira's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vieira manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Verbose has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Vieira is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gensui Verbose!