PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between aerial voyager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Ayala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ayala's choice of entrance music: Nore - Cocaine Cowboys. Jorge Ayala acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

voyager
vs
Ayala

170 cm
24
172 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
179 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, aerial voyager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Ayala!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ayala lands a jab to the head.
voyager fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ayala is out of range.

Ayala closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ayala lands in his opponent's guard.

voyager is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ayala defends well.
Ayala postures up.
voyager throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ayala slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
voyager controls Ayala momentarily but Ayala frees himself.
Ayala looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ayala stopping the sweep attempt from voyager.
Ayala working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayala controlling from the top position.
Ayala throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as voyager works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
voyager wants to sweep but no luck.
voyager is working hard here to advance position.
Ayala seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
voyager looking for a sweep. Not yet voyager, not yet.
Ayala showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
voyager is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
voyager is looking to take a break and control but Ayala is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
voyager missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
voyager thows a huge punch but Ayala dodges it nicely.
voyager throws a strike but Ayala avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

voyager drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ayala manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now voyager has Ayala in his guard.
Ayala lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ayala preventing the sweep.
voyager looking to control.
Ayala is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayala postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
voyager is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ayala postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ayala postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ayala is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
voyager is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ayala blocking the ground and pound attempt from voyager.
Ayala wants to improve his position but voyager is controlling well.
voyager is nestled in close to Ayala, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

voyager has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Ayala defend it? voyager steps over the head and cranks it - Ayala is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for voyager!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). aerial voyager!