PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between nego amarrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tim hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tim hamilton has the eye of the tiger tonight.

amarrao
vs
hamilton

173 cm
21
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, nego amarrao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, tim hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hamilton tries to clinch up but amarrao circles away and keeps his distance.
hamilton scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
hamilton lands with a nice body kick.
hamilton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck for amarrao with that takedown attempt.
hamilton throws a quick head kick that skims the top of amarrao's head.

hamilton instigates a clinch.

hamilton pulls guard successfully.
amarrao won't allow hamilton to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
amarrao wants to control from the top but hamilton keeps moving.

amarrao is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
amarrao stops hamilton from standing up.

amarrao is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
amarrao forces his way into half guard.

amarrao wants to work for an arm triangle but hamilton is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
amarrao is breathing heavily.
amarrao stops hamilton from getting back to his feet.

amarrao is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and hamilton defends it well.
amarrao tries to pass to full mount but hamilton defends it.
hamilton pushes amarrao off but amarrao dives into side control.
hamilton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with amarrao. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

amarrao working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

amarrao wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by hamilton, who protects the arm well.
hamilton is pushing amarrao's head away, looking to escape. amarrao manages to hold on to the position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

amarrao is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. hamilton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
amarrao misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
hamilton pushes amarrao away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, amarrao gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

amarrao tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no amarrao has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

amarrao is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, hamilton has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four 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.

amarrao is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but hamilton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

amarrao goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, hamilton rolls with the submission and now he's on top in amarrao's guard! Nice work there by hamilton!

amarrao is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! hamilton has his hands clasped together but amarrao extends an breaks hamilton's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by amarrao.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). nego amarrao!