PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Werdum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonel Messi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Werdum
vs
Messi

190 cm
26
289 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Werdum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leonel Messi!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Messi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Werdum is standing up over Messi. Messi looks to escape but Werdum dives into side control.
Werdum working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Messi tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Werdum scoring with punches from side control.
Werdum 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.
Messi tries to improve position but can't.
Werdum controlling from side mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Werdum has knee on belly and moves into mount.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Messi has eaten all the pies!
Werdum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Messi is looking to escape.
Werdum working Messi over with strikes here.

It looks like Leonel Messi has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messi tries to control Werdum's body but Werdum pushes him off. Messi squirms to his side and now Werdum has his back!
Messi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Werdum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Messi defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Werdum's arms.

Werdum is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Messi knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Messi for a finish.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Werdum has got one arm under Messi's chin. This could be trouble... Messi trying to control the other hand but Werdum gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Messi has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fabricio Werdum!
Fabricio Werdum retains his super heavyweight title!