PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trayvon Lewis (ranked 1775 p4p, 3545 weight class) and Chance San (ranked 243 p4p, 435 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lewis
vs
San

180 cm
20
176
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
17
185
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trayvon Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chance San!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

San moves into the clinch successfully.
San drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lewis gets the underhooks and prevents it.

San is trying to trip Lewis. He has hold of a leg but Lewis is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. San persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lewis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
San wants to pass the guard but Lewis is keeping the position.

San drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lewis looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lewis looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lewis!

Lewis trying to control the action but San is working from the bottom.
San is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
San keeps trying to improve his position.
San looks to move to half guard but instead Lewis has passed into mount! Damn!
Lewis working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis controlling the pace for now.
San wants to hold on but Lewis pushes him away.
San is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
San is squirming around, avoiding Lewis's attempts to control the action.
San keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lewis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
San tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lewis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lewis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lewis controlling from mount.
Lewis lands a big elbow.
San really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis wants to control the pace but San is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
San is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. San manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
San keeping moving, preventing Lewis from controlling successfully.
Lewis controlling from the top position.
Lewis lands a couple of digs.
San is looking to sweep but instead, Lewis has passed into half guard.
San has a hand on Lewis's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Lewis takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Lewis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can San hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lewis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lewis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can San hang on?
San is trying desperately to improve position.
We've been hearing that Lewis has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

San tries to improve his position but Lewis has taken his back! Lewis has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will San tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Lewis pushes San away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Trayvon Lewis!