PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Evangelista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Gustafsson
vs
Evangelista

191 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcos Evangelista!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustafsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gustafsson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Evangelista to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Evangelista drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evangelista jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gustafsson seems keen to control Evangelista's posture.

Evangelista drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evangelista jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Evangelista 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.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evangelista drops back looking for a leg! Gustafsson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gustafsson manages to kick Evangelista off! Evangelista jumps back into Gustafsson's guard.
Gustafsson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gustafsson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Evangelista won't allow Gustafsson to get back to his feet.
Gustafsson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Evangelista drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Evangelista seems to have locked his on tight now - Gustafsson screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Evangelista, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Marcos Evangelista!