PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Naitsyrk Akpreic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juliano Teive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teive has chosen Mc Japa - Perereca Suicida as his entrance music. Juliano Teive has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Akpreic
vs
Teive

170 cm
26
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)
MB Nutrition

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Naitsyrk Akpreic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juliano Teive!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akpreic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Teive sprawls well. Teive wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Akpreic gets slowly back to his feet.
Teive is looking to clinch but Akpreic is avoiding it.
Akpreic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Akpreic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Teive sprawls well. Teive wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Akpreic gets slowly back to his feet.
Akpreic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Akpreic decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Akpreic is working for a kimura but Teive is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Akpreic is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Akpreic is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Akpreic is working for a kimura but Teive is defending it quite comfortably.

Akpreic is looking for a kimura but Teive is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Akpreic to get the leverage.
Teive is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Akpreic is looking to take a break and control but Teive is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Akpreic seems to be looking for submissions.

Akpreic is trying to work for a kimura but Teive is defending well.

Akpreic is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Teive sees it coming and defends easily.
Teive is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Akpreic is working for a kimura but Teive is defending it quite comfortably.
Teive is trying to stand back up but Akpreic is controlling him

Akpreic looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Teive looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Akpreic is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Akpreic is looking for a kimura but Teive is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Akpreic to get the leverage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Akpreic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Akpreic has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Teive defend it? Akpreic steps over the head and cranks it - Teive is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Akpreic!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Naitsyrk Akpreic!
A very excited looking Naitsyrk Akpreic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.