PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hipolito Adalberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Sam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adalberto
vs
Sam

179 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hipolito Adalberto !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Sam!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adalberto feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sam looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Adalberto stands up over Sam, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Adalberto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Adalberto lands a couple of elbows.
Adalberto pushes down on Sam's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Adalberto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Adalberto lands a nice short elbow.
Adalberto passes the guard and advances to mount!
Adalberto with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sam is looking to get to half guard.
Sam is bucking up trying to escape but Adalberto cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Adalberto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adalberto landing strikes from the mount.

Adalberto is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sam has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Adalberto 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adalberto pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Adalberto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hipolito Adalberto !