PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Fouche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Amelia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fouche
vs
Amelia

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Fouche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Amelia!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amelia swats away the attempt to clinch by Fouche.
Amelia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gabriel Amelia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fouche shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Amelia napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Fouche tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fouche has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fouche wants to take a breather but Amelia manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Fouche.
Foucheis looking to pass into half guard but Amelia pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Amelia is in guard.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amelia wants to control from the top but Fouche keeps moving.
Fouche is trying to control the position but Amelia postures up.
Amelia trying to control the position from guard on top but Fouche is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fouche throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Amelia wants to control from the top but Fouche keeps moving.
Amelia stands and throws Fouche's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fouche is trying to control Amelia's posture but Amelia avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amelia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fouche is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fouche knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Amelia on the ground.

Amelia tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Amelia advances to full mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Amelia looking to finish with strikes here!
Fouche is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amelia looking to control but Fouche is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fouche is desperately trying to improve his position but Amelia has a good base and remains in mount.
Amelia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fouche wants to control but Amelia is having none of it.
Fouche keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fouche is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fouche tries to hold on but Amelia pushes him away.
Amelia is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Amelia tries to control but Fouche wriggling away.
Fouche is looking to get to half guard.

Amelia with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fouche is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fouche tries to reverse the position but Amelia maintains control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Amelia swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gabriel Amelia!