PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Zone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Souto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zone's entrance music is Pop The Trunk. A fine choice. Souto has chosen Snopp Dogg - Sweat as his entrance music. The key to victory for Jimmy Zone has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zone
vs
Souto

190 cm
25
196 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
188 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Zone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rolando Souto!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zone looks to clinch

and Souto counters with a takedown into side control.
Zone is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Souto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Souto wants to control but Zone is keeping him busy.
Souto working away.
Zone is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Souto is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Zone is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Souto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Zone can't do much from the bottom here.
Zone gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Souto passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souto punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Jimmy Zone has been cut.
Zone wants to control but Souto is having none of it.
Souto working Zone over with strikes here.

Zone is rocked!

Jimmy Zone's cut is getting worse.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rolando Souto!