PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Fazio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Devankov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fazio comes to the ring accompanied by The Mob Rules. Devankov has chosen Ways Of Death as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fazio
vs
Devankov

186 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ed Fazio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sebastian Devankov!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fazio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Fazio gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Devankov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fazio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fazio thows a huge punch but Devankov dodges it nicely.
Devankov tries to kick Fazio off but Fazio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Devankov taking some punishment here, with Fazio in his half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fazio tries to pass to full mount but Devankov defends it.
Fazio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fazio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Devankov defending well though.
Devankov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fazio.
Fazio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Devankov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fazio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fazio throws a big elbow that misses.
Fazio with a nice head shot there.
Fazio throws a big right hand that misses.
Fazio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Devankov wants to stand but Fazio is controlling the position.
Fazio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fazio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fazio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fazio passes Devankov's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fazio working Devankov over with strikes.
Fazio winds up and cracks Devankov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fazio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice strikes from Fazio there.
Fazio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fazio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Devankov tries to kick Fazio off but Fazio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Devankov looks winded!
Fazio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Devankov's head.
Fazio 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.
Fazio stops Devankov from getting back to his feet.
Fazio passes to full mount!
Fazio fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fazio lands a heavy elbow.
Fazio looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fazio working the ground and pound effectively.
Fazio lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fazio lands a big elbow - Devankov is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Devankov is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ed Fazio!
An out of breath Ed Fazio thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.