PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Pembelton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pembelton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hail Mary by Tupac. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Pembelton
vs
Faria

177 cm
26
179 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

180 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Pembelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gabriel Faria!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pembelton misses with a body shot.
Faria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pembelton ducks under a wild hook from Faria.

Pembelton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pembelton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Faria is trying desperately to improve position.
Faria tries to hold on but Pembelton postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pembelton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pembelton controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria is trying to escape the mount.
Pembelton lands a big shot there that rocks Faria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pembelton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pembelton lands a big shot there that rocks Faria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pembelton wants to control the pace but Faria is squirming around nicely.
Pembelton content just to control the position here.
Faria is in a horrible position here. Pembelton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pembelton raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pembelton with the ground and pound from mount.
Faria is squirming around, avoiding Pembelton's attempts to control the action.

Pembelton working for a guillotine from mount but Faria is in no mood to give up.
Pembelton prevents Faria from getting the reversal.
Pembelton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pembelton lands a big shot there that rocks Faria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Faria is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pembelton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pembelton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pembelton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pembelton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Faria wants to hold on but Pembelton pushes him away.
BOOM! Pembelton connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Pembelton is working for a guillotine from mount but Faria frees his head quite easily.
Faria keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pembelton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pembelton with a couple of short strikes.
Pembelton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pembelton has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pembelton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faria really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pembelton takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Faria is trying to escape the mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pembelton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Faria hang on?
Pembelton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Faria taking shots to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pembelton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Faria hang on?
Pembelton landing shots from mount.
Pembelton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faria is looking to escape.
Pembelton landing strikes from the mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Faria is trying to escape the mount.
Pembelton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pembelton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pembelton landing strikes from the mount and Faria is in trouble!

Pembelton with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Pembelton punishing his opponent with strikes.

Faria is rocked!
Pembelton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pembelton lands with some strikes.
Faria is still in real trouble! Can Pembelton finish him?
Pembelton postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Faria is out cold - huge knockout for Pembelton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Frank Pembelton!