PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bittor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier comes to the cage accompanied by Jane's Addiction- Mountain Song. Brooks has chosen Some Bodies Gonna Get It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Xavier
vs
Brooks

180 cm
44
184 lbs
35 - 35 - 0

177 cm
27
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bittor Xavier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Brooks !
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Xavier drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Xavier is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Brooks knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Xavier tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Xavier has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xavier moves into full mount!
Brooks is looking to improve his position but Xavier isn't that keen on the idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks is still trying to improve position.

Xavier looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Brooks is looking to improve his position but Xavier isn't that keen on the idea.
Xavier looking to finish Brooks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Brooks !

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks is desperately trying to improve his position but Xavier has a good base and remains in mount.
Brooks sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Brooks looking for a kimura from the bottom but Xavier passes into side control!
Xavier creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Xavier tries to advance to mount but can't.
Xavier passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Brooks !
Brooks is controlling an arm, preventing Xavier from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Brooks keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Xavier sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Xavier has isolated one of Brooks 's arms. Brooks looking to fight him off but Xavier twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bittor Xavier!
Bittor Xavier seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.