PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between EF Hutton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lima has chosen Enter Sandman, Metallica as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hutton
vs
Lima

186 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

187 cm
27
177 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, EF Hutton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Lima!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hutton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lima wants to get back to full guard.
Hutton wants to stand up but Lima has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Hutton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hutton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lima trying to hold on to Hutton's head to control him but Hutton postures up.
Lima manages to get to full guard.
Lima lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hutton!
Lima misses with a head shot.
Hutton is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hutton trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hutton defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lima.
A nice elbow there by Lima.
Lima tries to control but Hutton wriggling away.
Lima is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hutton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lima looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hutton's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Lima lands a big shot there that rocks Hutton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hutton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hutton bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hutton is breathing heavily.
Lima thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lima wants to sweep here but Hutton controlling him for the moment.
Hutton wants to stand but Lima is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hutton!
Lima lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hutton hang on?
Lima trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lima landing strikes from the mount.
Lima raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hutton wants to get back to his feet.
Lima trying to control but Hutton is having none of it.
Lima looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutton really wants to buck Lima off and get back to his feet.
Lima has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lima looking to finish Hutton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hutton!
Hutton wants to control but Lima is having none of it.
Hutton is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
BOOM! Lima connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hutton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lima trying to control but Hutton is having none of it.
Hutton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hutton tries to hold on but Lima postures up.

Lima with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutton squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Lima pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hutton tries to reverse the position but Lima maintains control.
Hutton is working hard here to advance position.

Lima is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Hutton is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Hutton flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Lima anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Hutton and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Lima slips an arm under Hutton chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Lima has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Lima is squeezing on Hutton like an anaconda would it's prey. Hutton fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fabio Lima!