PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Zaremba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Zaremba
vs
Souza

180 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 Rio de Janeiro, Pawel Zaremba!
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, Anderson Souza!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaremba takes one to the chin there.
Zaremba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Souza.

Zaremba has closed the distance and engaged Souza in a clinch.

Souza jumps guard and drags Zaremba to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Souza is on top in guard.
Zaremba wants to stand but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza stays in close to Zaremba's body and controls the position.
Zaremba can't keep his opponent in guard - Souza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Souza is looking for a kimura but Zaremba is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Souza to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Souza seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Zaremba is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Anderson Souza!
Anderson Souza tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.