PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Techo Alaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monkey Business (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alaga comes to the cage accompanied by shaban shaulich. Monkey Business will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Alaga
vs
Business

197 cm
29
270 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

225 cm
19
300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

MB Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Techo Alaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Monkey Business!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Business with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alaga counters with a nice body kick.
Business defending well as Alaga loads up on a big left hand.
Business throws a right and a left that both miss.
Business has a takedown stuffed.

Business gets a takedown into half guard.

Alaga kicks Business off and gets back to his feet.
Business shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alaga as he jumps to the side.
Techo Alaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Monkey Business.

Business shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alaga napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Business sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Alaga is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Business is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alaga knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Alaga's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Business is trying to get an arm triangle but Alaga is defending well.
Business lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Alaga down.
Alaga tries to buck Business off but Business is having none of it.
Alaga taking a bit of punishment here - Business scoring with strikes.
Business has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Business looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Business's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Business tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Business has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The strikes coming from Business are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Business looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Business looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
You can see the frustration on Alaga's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Business is trying to get an arm triangle but Alaga is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Business tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Monkey Business!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Monkey Business made sure he mentioned MB Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.