PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between F You Pay Me (ranked 4580 p4p, 24656 weight class) and Arley Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pay Me
vs
Paiva

175 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
143
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, F You Pay Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arley Paiva!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paiva moves into the clinch.

Pay Me's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Paiva shoots in and bounces Pay Me off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Paiva is standing up over Pay Me. Pay Me looks to escape but Paiva dives into side control.

Pay Me avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Paiva.
Paiva scoring with punches from side control.
Paiva landing a few strikes.
Paiva lands a few punches from side control.
Pay Me defending against the ground and pound.
Paiva is working Pay Me over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pay Me parries the strikes from Paiva easily there. Paiva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pay Me to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paiva creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pay Me sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Paiva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Paiva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Paiva scoring with punches from side control.
Pay Me defending against the ground and pound.
Paiva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Paiva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Pay Me, who protects the arm well.

Paiva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pay Me has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pay Me takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paiva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Paiva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pay Me is being controlled here.
Paiva landing a few strikes.
Paiva lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Paiva scoring with punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Check out the look on Paiva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Paiva landing strikes.
Pay Me is letting Paiva control him for a moment.
Pay Me is looking for a sweep.
Paiva working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiva in side control lands a decent elbow.
Paiva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paiva controls the position from side control.
Paiva landing strikes.
Paiva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paiva working the body and head with strikes.
Paiva grinds an elbow into Pay Me's temple.
Check out the look on Paiva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Paiva working the ground and pound.
Paiva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pay Me taking a bit of punishment here - Paiva scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pay Me taking a bit of punishment here - Paiva scoring with strikes.
Pay Me knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paiva on the ground.
Paiva lands a decent elbow from side control.
Paiva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pay Me to see if he's OK.
Paiva working the head with strikes.
Paiva cracks Pay Me with a big right hand but Pay Me just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pay Me taking a bit of punishment here - Paiva scoring with strikes.
Paiva lands a nice forearm strike.
Paiva scoring with punches from side control.

Pay Me is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pay Me trying to remain calm as Paiva controls from the top position.
Paiva scores with a couple of short elbows.
Paiva landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paiva is putting a hurting on Pay Me here, landing some big shots from side control.
Paiva grinds an elbow into Pay Me's temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arley Paiva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pay Me takes the fight into the clinch.
Paiva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pay Me is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Pay Me tightens his grip and picks Paiva up, before dumping him to the ground. Paiva manages to land in guard.
Pay Me is fighting to break Paiva's control of his arms but Paiva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Let's hope that Paiva 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 one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pay Me wants to control from the top but Paiva keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pay Me misses with a head kick.

Pay Me closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pay Me lands in his opponent's guard.
Paiva trying to control the position here.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Paiva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Pay Me is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Paiva is pulling down on Pay Me's head. It's preventing any offense from Pay Me, at least for the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Paiva shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pay Me manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pay Me working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Paiva has passed into half guard!
Pay Me is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Paiva connects with a nice short shot to Pay Me's temple.
Paiva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Arley Paiva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paiva drops an elbow to the side of Pay Me's head.
Paiva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paiva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Paiva connects with a nice short shot to Pay Me's temple.
Paiva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paiva lands with a punch from half guard.
Paiva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pay Me with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paiva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pay Me wants to improve his position but Paiva is controlling well.
Paiva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pay Me on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pay Me has hold of Paiva's hands but Paiva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Paiva seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Pay Me is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Arley Paiva!