PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Neill (ranked 4489 p4p, 23927 weight class) and Simon Cuesta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Neill has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Neill
vs
Cuesta

188 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
200
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Neill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Cuesta!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Neill gets a takedown into half guard.
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.
Neill is looking to pass Cuesta's guard but actually Cuesta recovers to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cuesta has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Neill doesn't defend quickly enough and Cuesta has managed to lock this one up! Can Neill escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Cuesta on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Simon Cuesta!