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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fyodor Pending (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fyodor Pending looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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130 lbs
41 - 60 - 0 |
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141 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
41 - 60 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fyodor Pending!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcelo Souza !
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pending sprawls well. Pending wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pending tries to avoid it but Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pending to the ground. Pending escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pending is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Souza .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza tries for a takedown but Pending circles away easily
so Pending counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fyodor Pending has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Souza .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pending looking for submissions off his back.
Pending could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pending is breathing heavily.
Souza is trying to control the action in half guard but Pending is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Souza might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pending haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Souza looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Souza tries to pass to full mount but Pending defends it.
Pending is staying active underneath Souza , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Souza is pressing down on Pending's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pending is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza works his way into side control.
Souza works to advance to full mount. Pending defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Souza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Souza is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pending is surviving well by controlling Souza 's body position as best he can.
Souza wants to take Pending's back here but Pending is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Souza trying to control but Pending is having none of it.
Souza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pending is looking to escape.
Pending tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Souza controlling from the full mount.
Pending is trying to escape the mount but Souza keeps good control and instead manages to take Pending's back.
Souza is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Pending won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Souza off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcelo Souza !
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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