PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cj Groove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ricardo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can't Tell Me Nothing. Cj Groove is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ricardo
vs
Groove

178 cm
26
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

200 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cj Groove!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Groove leaves Ricardo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Ricardo gets a takedown into half guard.

Groove looking for submissions off his back.

Ricardo is looking for a kimura but Groove is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ricardo to get the leverage.
Groove is looking to improve his position.

Ricardo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Ricardo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Groove with the active half guard here but Ricardo passes nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricardo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Groove tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ricardo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Ricardo has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Groove is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ricardo yanks on the arm and Groove is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ricardo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Ricardo!