PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Vallois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Gimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallois comes to the cage accompanied by Grits - My Life Be Like. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vallois
vs
Gimenez

171 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 Hilo, Sebastien Vallois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caio Gimenez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gimenez pushes Vallois up against the cage in a clinch.
Gimenez tries for a takedown but Vallois manages to get underhooks.
Vallois looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vallois is trying to break free.
Gimenez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vallois working hard to break the clinch.

Gimenez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Vallois forces Gimenez back against the cage and clinches.
Vallois fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gimenez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vallois is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sebastien Vallois has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caio Gimenez.
Gimenez throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Gimenez successfully pulls guard.
Vallois wants to stand but Gimenez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Vallois won't allow Gimenez to sweep him here.
Vallois looking to pass the guard.

Gimenez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Gimenez is looking for a triangle but Vallois pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gimenez is working an open guard so Vallois takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Gimenez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vallois tries to avoid it but Gimenez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vallois to the ground. Vallois escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gimenez looks gassed!

Vallois shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gimenez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gimenez prevents Vallois from moving into mount.
Gimenez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Vallois trying to mount his opponent but Gimenez defends it.
Vallois is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vallois sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gimenez defending well though.
Vallois is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Gimenez regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallois is looking to stand up but Gimenez won't let him.
Vallois content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gimenez trying to control the position.
Vallois trying to control but Gimenez is working from the bottom.

Vallois avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vallois pushes down on Gimenez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Vallois working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallois scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vallois is trying to control. Gimenez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Vallois seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Vallois throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gimenez is trying to control but can't.
Vallois trying to pass the guard but Gimenez defending well.
Gimenez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vallois.
Vallois tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gimenez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Vallois circles away from the clinch attempt

and Vallois counters by clinching up.
Vallois takes an elbow to the temple.

Gimenez decides to pull guard.
Vallois postures up in Gimenez's guard and throws a big left but Gimenez blocks it.
Vallois postures up.

Gimenez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gimenez looking to control.
Vallois stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gimenez swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Gimenez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vallois is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Caio Gimenez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vallois.

Vallois scores a takedown into full mount!
Vallois punching from mount but Gimenez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gimenez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gimenez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Vallois kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gimenez is trying desperately to improve position.
Gimenez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vallois cracks Gimenez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallois landing strikes from the mount and Gimenez is in trouble!
Gimenez working to try and regain half guard.
Vallois knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gimenez on the ground.
Vallois wants to control the pace but Gimenez is squirming around nicely.
Gimenez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Vallois throwing strikes but Gimenez uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Gimenez has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Vallois. Oh but Gimenez has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Vallois goes limp - he's gone! Gimenez jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Caio Gimenez!