PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ham Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Torquemada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torquemada has chosen Anthrax - 1000 Points of Hate as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Xu
vs
Torquemada

180 cm
29
215 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

185 cm
28
208 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ham Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Xavier Torquemada!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xu misses with a hook

and Torquemada counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Xu trying to control here.
Torquemada trying to mount his opponent but Xu defends it.
Torquemada wants to take a breather but Xu is having none of it.
Torquemada trying to control the pace.
Xu is trying to stand up here but Torquemada is controlling him well.
Xu makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Xu.
Torquemada is pushing down on Xu's leg trying to pass to half guard. Xu is fighting to maintain full guard but Torquemada has managed to sneak the leg through.
Xu tries to get to full guard but Torquemada has control of the leg.
Torquemada passes to side control.
Xu tries to bench press Torquemada off him but Torquemada keeps the position.
Xu is not content to let Torquemada control the position.
Torquemada just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Xu is looking to reverse the position.
Xu regains half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Torquemada in particular looking to stall.

Torquemada wants to work for an arm triangle but Xu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Torquemada wants to free his trapped foot but Xu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Xu pushes Torquemada off looking to stand but Torquemada dives back in and keeps control.
Torquemada with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Torquemada is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Torquemada looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Xu squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Torquemada cracks Xu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Torquemada controlling the pace for now.
Xu is squirming around, avoiding Torquemada's attempts to control the action.
Xu keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Torquemada looking to control and managing it successfully.
Xu tries to reverse the position but Torquemada maintains control.
Torquemada sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Xu is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torquemada tries to control but Xu wriggling away.
Xu really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Torquemada has hold of Xu's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Xu manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Torquemada tries to control but Xu wriggling away.
Torquemada takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Xu has left one of his arms exposed and Torquemada doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Xu screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Xavier Torquemada!