PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Give Vip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Wolfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vip
vs
Wolfe

175 cm
24
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Give Vip!
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, Ray Wolfe!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vip dives in and scores a takedown into Wolfe's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wolfe being controlled here, momentarily.

Wolfe is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vip is aware though and is defending well.
Vip won't allow Wolfe to sweep him here.
Vip works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wolfe is looking for a sweep. Vip is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Wolfe looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vip works his way into full mount!
Wolfe keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vip controlling from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolfe tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vip lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wolfe is squirming around, avoiding Vip's attempts to control the action.
Vip cracks Wolfe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vip lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vip lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vip lands a big shot there that rocks Wolfe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wolfe is desperately trying to improve his position but Vip has a good base and remains in mount.
Vip controlling the pace for now.
Wolfe taking shots to the head.
Wolfe is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vip landing strikes from the mount and Wolfe is in trouble!
Vip is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vip lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wolfe tries to hold on but Vip postures up.
Vip unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vip cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vip landing strikes from the mount.
Wolfe is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wolfe looks winded!
Vip with a couple of short strikes.
Vip lands a heavy elbow.
Vip lands a big elbow.
Vip raining down shots from the mount!
Vip controlling the position easily from mount.
Vip is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vip looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vip takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wolfe can't escape the position.
The referee warns Wolfe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wolfe taking shots to the head.
Vip with the ground and pound from mount.
Vip controlling from the full mount.
Wolfe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Vip lands a big shot there that rocks Wolfe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wolfe tries to reverse the position but Vip maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vip sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vip fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vip content just to control the position here.
Vip lands a nice shot to the head.
Vip with good strikes from the mount here!
Vip is landing with some decent strikes but Wolfe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Vip landing strikes from the mount and Wolfe is in trouble!
Wolfe really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wolfe is still trying to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vip working the ground and pound effectively.
Wolfe is working to get back to half guard.
Vip controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Give Vip dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wolfe tries to sprawl but Vip drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wolfe wants to control but Vip is keeping busy.
Wolfe has hold of Vip's hands but Vip slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vip winds up and cracks Wolfe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Give Vip overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vip lands strikes from half guard.

Wolfe has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Vip. Oh but Wolfe has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Vip goes limp - he's gone! Wolfe jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ray Wolfe!