PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Givens has chosen Three days grace-Riot as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marcos Rua has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rua
vs
Givens

192 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Givens!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rua scores with a nice strike.
Marcos Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rua bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Givens shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rua napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Givens advances nicely into full mount.
Rua wants to try and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Givens has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Rua is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Patrick Givens!
After winning the bout, Patrick Givens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.