PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Pruvhe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Calvancante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pruvhe
vs
Calvancante

180 cm
26
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
182 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite 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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stefan Pruvhe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mauricio Calvancante!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Calvancante closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pruvhe did well to prevent Calvancante getting side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Pruvhe tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Pruvhe is refusing to be controlled, as Calvancante sits in half guard.
Pruvhe is in trouble now - Calvancante has advanced to mount!
Calvancante looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pruvhe is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Calvancante looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Calvancante avoids the attempt from Pruvhe to control.
Calvancante can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pruvhe is looking to escape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Calvancante working for a submission but Pruvhe is keeping him at bay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruvhe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Calvancante is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pruvhe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pruvhe shrugs it off.

Calvancante is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Pruvhe is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mauricio Calvancante!