PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Faife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xhorez Psylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faife
vs
Psylo

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 Rio de Janeiro, Rowan Faife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xhorez Psylo!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faife lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Psylo at a distance.
Psylo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Psylo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Faife avoids it really well and circles away.

Faife gets caught flat footed, as Psylo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faife throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Psylo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

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

Psylo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Psylo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Psylo has gone for a leg lock! Faife slips out almost immediately though and dives into Psylo's guard.

Psylo looking for a guillotine here but Faife defends easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Psylo is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Faife has his hands clasped together but Psylo extends an breaks Faife's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Psylo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Xhorez Psylo!