PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tavalagi Umaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Umaga's choice of entrance music: Samoan Savage. Matt Edwards has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Edwards
vs
Umaga

185 cm
22
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

171 cm
18
186 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tavalagi Umaga!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Edwards shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Edwards can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Umaga is looking to escape.
Edwards will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Edwards lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Edwards is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Umaga has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Edwards looking for a guillotine from mount but Umaga is having none of it.
Umaga is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Edwards with the ground and pound from mount.
Umaga is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Edwards working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Umaga is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Umaga is trying to stand but he's just given Edwards his back.
Edwards wants to control but Umaga is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Umaga looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Edwards has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Umaga looks gassed!

Edwards is looking for the choke from the back position but Umaga is controlling his hands well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Edwards has his arm under Umaga's chin here. Game over son! Edwards squeezes tightly and Umaga is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Matt Edwards!