PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredrigo Ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Eibner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ruas
vs
Eibner

180 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Juce Wear

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fredrigo Ruas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brett Eibner!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Eibner throws a jab when Ruas was well out of range.

Eibner moves into the clinch.
Ruas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eibner wants to break free but Ruas has control.
Ruas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Brett Eibner has been cut.
Ruas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Eibner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruas tries to land a knee to the head but Eibner blocks with his arms.
Ruas misses with a knee strike.
Eibner can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ruas.
Ruas keeps control of Eibner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Eibner breaks from the clinch.
Eibner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ruas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Eibner scores with a spinning back kick!

Eibner gets the takedown into side control.
Ruas takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ruas gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eibner wants to take his opponent's back but instead Ruas manages to regain half guard.
Eibner takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Eibner stalling away here and it's allowed Ruas to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Eibner forces his way into half guard.
Eibner lands strikes from half guard.
Eibner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Eibner passes to side control.
Ruas is breathing heavily.
Eibner taking a breather here.
Eibner lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ruas down.
Ruas is looking for a sweep.

Eibner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ruas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eibner on the ground.
You can see the frustration on Ruas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eibner trying to control the action but Ruas is working from the bottom.
Eibner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ruas to see if he's OK.
Ruas wants to control but Eibner postures up.
Eibner is chipping away with strikes.
Ruas taking punishment in the form of punches.
Eibner wants to control but Ruas is keeping him busy.
Eibner scoring with punches and elbows.
Eibner trying to control the position but Ruas is working away.
Eibner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ruas to see if he's OK.
Ruas is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Eibner asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ruas is not content to let Eibner control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eibner working the body and head with strikes.
Eibner is chipping away with strikes.
Eibner working the ground and pound.
Eibner scoring with punches and elbows.

Ruas is rocked!

It looks like Fredrigo Ruas has been cut.
Eibner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Oh Ruas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eibner working the body and head with strikes.

Eibner is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Ruas is trying to escape and Eibner transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Ruas is forced to tap! Nice work there by Eibner! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brett Eibner!