PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy Fresh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blitz Ugen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fresh
vs
Ugen

173 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Fresh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blitz Ugen!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ugen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fresh tries to roll over but Ugen keeps him under control.
Ugen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Ugen seems to be working for a kimura but Fresh defends the submission attempt.
Fresh wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresh slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fresh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ugen manages to get himself to full guard.
Ugen seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Fresh wants to pass the guard but Ugen is keeping the position.
Fresh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fresh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ugen keeping moving, preventing Fresh from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Ugen has his foot on Fresh's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fresh works his way back into a safe position though.
Fresh trying to control the position from guard on top but Ugen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ugen has Fresh pulled in close to control his posture.
Fresh trying to control but Ugen is working from the bottom.
Ugen is pulling down on Fresh's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ugen being controlled here, momentarily.
Ugen pulls Fresh in close to his closed guard and prevents Fresh from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fresh wants to stand but Ugen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ugen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fresh trying to control but Ugen is working from the bottom.
Ugen looking for a sweep. Not yet Ugen, not yet.
Fresh looking to sit in guard and control but Ugen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fresh looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ugen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blitz Ugen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fresh throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fresh with a poor takedown

so Ugen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ugen postures up.
Fresh wants to stand and escape but Ugen is having none of it.
Ugen controls from within his opponent's guard.

Fresh working for submissions but it's allowed Ugen to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresh is trying to control but can't.
Fresh tries to get to full guard but Ugen has control of the leg.
Fresh wants to get back to his feet.
Ugen slows the pace down in half guard.
Let's hope that Ugen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Ugen is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Fresh is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Blitz Ugen!