PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Demaestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Ulriksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Demaestri
vs
Ulriksen

185 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Demaestri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Ulriksen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Demaestri clinches with his opponent.
Demaestri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Demaestri.
Ulriksen has Demaestri pushed against the cage.
Demaestri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demaestri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ulriksen blocks it with crossed arms.
Demaestri tries to land a knee to the head but Ulriksen blocks with his arms.
Demaestri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demaestri tries a knee to the head but Ulriksen blocks it.
Ulriksen avoiding damage as Demaestri throws knees to the body.
Ulriksen misses with a body punch.
Ulriksen goes for a takedown attempt but Demaestri pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ulriksen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Demaestri is fending him off so far but Ulriksen persists. Nope, Demaestri circles away and we're back to standing.

Ulriksen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Demaestri is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ulriksen scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulriksen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ulriksen controlling the action here.
Ulriksen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ulriksen sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Victor Ulriksen was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Ulriksen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Demaestri is trying to defend but Ulriksen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ulriksen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ulriksen wants to stand but Demaestri has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ulriksen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demaestri is trying to stand up here but Ulriksen is controlling him well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Ulriksen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Demaestri has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ulriksen moves into full mount! Demaestri won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulriksen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ulriksen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ulriksen lands a big elbow.
Ulriksen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ulriksen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ulriksen controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demaestri is in a horrible position here. Ulriksen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ulriksen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ulriksen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Demaestri that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Demaestri really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ulriksen lands a big shot there that rocks Demaestri but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Demaestri really wants to buck Ulriksen off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demaestri is breathing heavily.
Ulriksen raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Ulriksen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ulriksen looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Demaestri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ulriksen tries to circle away but Demaestri has him pinned against the cage.
Demaestri misses with a knee to the head.
Ulriksen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demaestri misses with a knee strike.
Demaestri looking to throw knees to the head but Ulriksen is blocking nicely.
Ulriksen stalling against the cage.

Ulriksen pulls guard successfully.
Ulriksen pulls Demaestri in to control the position.

Ulriksen pushes a forearm under Demaestri's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Demaestri is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Victor Ulriksen!