PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erick Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Gi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Villar
vs
Gi

183 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erick Villar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kai Gi!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villar slaps away a takedown attempt from Gi, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Villar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Villar is thwarting Gi's attempts to control the position.

Gi is defending against the submission attempts here by Villar.

Villar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gi trying to hold on to Villar's head to control him but Villar postures up.
Gi tries to get to full guard but Villar has control of the leg.
Gi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Villar drops back looking for a leg! Gi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gi manages to kick Villar off! Villar jumps back into Gi's guard.

Villar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Gi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Villar, into his guard.
Villar is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar pulls Gi in close to his closed guard and prevents Gi from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gi thows a big elbow that misses.

Gi postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Villar is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gi, into his guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Villar looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Villar drops back looking for a leg! Gi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gi manages to kick Villar off! Villar jumps back into Gi's guard.

Gi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Villar defends well.
Gi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Villar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Villar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Villar is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Gi has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Villar is looking to defend but Gi has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Villar! Gi pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Villar taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kai Gi!