PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Efran Zenofeli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jmainet Twymanj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zenofeli
vs
Twymanj

189 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Efran Zenofeli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jmainet Twymanj!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zenofeli scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Zenofeli controlling the pace.
Twymanj wants to sweep but Zenofeli has passed to side control!

Zenofeli tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zenofeli has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Twymanj is trying to get back to half guard.

Zenofeli wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Twymanj, who protects the arm well.
Zenofeli controlling from side mount.
Zenofeli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Twymanj is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zenofeli controlling the position.

Zenofeli wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Twymanj, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Twymanj's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Zenofeli landing strikes.
Zenofeli advances to mount.
Twymanj is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Twymanj has left one of his arms exposed and Zenofeli doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Twymanj screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Efran Zenofeli!