PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Baptista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mark nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Baptista
vs
nelson

172 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Baptista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, mark nelson!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
nelson scoring well with a low kick there.
nelson throws a head kick that half lands.

Baptista is rocked!
Baptista tries for a takedown but nelson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oh Baptista is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Baptista shoots in and bounces nelson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Baptista seems to have got his legs back now.
nelson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
nelson keeping moving, preventing Baptista from controlling successfully.
nelson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

nelson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nelson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Baptista controls the pace.
nelson wants to sweep here but Baptista controlling him for the moment.
Baptista might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Baptista could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Baptista pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. nelson is keeping the position for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
nelson tries to clinch there but Baptista circles away.
nelson misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Baptista forces nelson back against the cage and clinches.

Baptista lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Baptista in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. nelson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Baptista!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eduardo Baptista!