PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mestre Fadda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denerson Laje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fadda
vs
Laje

189 cm
18
209 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mestre Fadda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Denerson Laje!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laje dives in and grabs Fadda's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fadda pushes down on Laje's head and hops out.
Laje changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fadda tries to avoid it but Laje manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fadda to the ground. Fadda escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Laje bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laje keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Fadda.
Fadda avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Laje shoots in for a takedown but Fadda shows good takedown defense.
Mestre Fadda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Denerson Laje.

Fadda tries to keep at a distance but Laje has taken the fight into the clinch.
Laje is trying to pull guard but Fadda turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Laje manages to break the clinch.
Fadda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laje manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Fadda.
Laje has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fadda finds it's way round the side to connect with Laje's head.
Laje misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fadda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laje instigates a clinch.
Laje has Fadda pressed against the cage, preventing Fadda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Laje manages to pull guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Fadda trying to stand up but can't free himself from Laje's guard.
Laje has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fadda wants to control from the top but Laje keeps moving.
Laje throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Laje has his feet on Fadda's thighs here. He's pushed Fadda off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Fadda screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Denerson Laje!