PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and abbas shahid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Polo
vs
shahid

195 cm
20
263 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

194 cm
22
264 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, abbas shahid!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Polo drives through with a takedown into guard.
shahid can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Polo controls the pace.
Polo is looking to work some ground and pound but shahid has wrist control.
Polo stays in close to shahid's body and controls the position.
shahid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Polo.
Polo stops shahid from standing up.
Polo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as shahid works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Polo throwing strikes from guard but shahid blocks nicely.
Polo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. shahid is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Polo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. shahid manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo advances to half guard.
shahid is trying to stand back up but Polo is controlling him
Polo is trying to control. shahid wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Polo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. shahid defending well though.
Polo throwing shots but shahid is blocking nicely.
Polo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
shahid is trying to stand up here but Polo is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Polo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for shahid!

Polo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Polo controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Polo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns shahid that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo cracks shahid with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Polo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. shahid can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
shahid trying desperately to get to his feet.
shahid looks gassed!

Polo swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marco Polo!