PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Icaro Asas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mugombo El Tombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Asas
vs
El Tombo

196 cm
27
204 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Hades ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Icaro Asas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mugombo El Tombo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Tombo lands with an uppercut that bounces Asas off the cage and back into rage.
El Tombo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Asas with a poor takedown
and El Tombo counters with a two punch combo.
El Tombo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Asas gets caught flat footed, as El Tombo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Asas controls El Tombo momentarily but El Tombo frees himself.
Asas keeping moving, preventing El Tombo from controlling successfully.
Asas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
El Tombo blocking the ground and pound.
Asas raining down hammerfists from mount.
El Tombo is squirming around, avoiding Asas's attempts to control the action.
Asas misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Asas.
Asas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
El Tombo is bucking up trying to escape but Asas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Asas 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.
Asas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Asas working El Tombo over with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Tombo is desperately trying to improve his position but Asas has a good base and remains in mount.
Asas looking to ground and pound but El Tombo is blocking nicely.
Asas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if El Tombo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Asas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Asas dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Asas is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. El Tombo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
El Tombo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Asas throws some wild stikes that El Tombo manages to avoid easily.
Asas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Asas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Asas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Asas working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Asas connects with a massive shot to the dome!
El Tombo wants to hold on but Asas pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Asas thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Asas landing shots from mount.

Asas is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but El Tombo is surviving well by controlling Asas's body position as best he can.
El Tombo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Asas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Asas lands a nice shot to the head.
El Tombo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Asas controlling his opponent.
Asas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asas with a couple of short strikes.
Asas cracks El Tombo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Asas unloading with bombs!
Asas with good strikes from the mount here!
Asas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Asas landing strikes, looking to finish!
El Tombo working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Asas lands a heavy elbow.
Asas raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Icaro Asas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

El Tombo thows a left - swing and a miss!
El Tombo misses with an uppercut.
Asas has his takedown stuffed
and El Tombo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Asas tries to clinch up.
El Tombo misses the jab.
Asas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Asas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asas fails with the takedown

and El Tombo counters with a single leg into guard. Asas didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Icaro Asas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Asas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but El Tombo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Asas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Asas has his feet on El Tombo's thighs here. He's pushed El Tombo off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! El Tombo screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Icaro Asas!