PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aecio Neves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janusz Andrzej (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neves's entrance music is Aécio Neves Jingle. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Andrzej's choice of entrance music: Paluch - Wracam do domu. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Neves
vs
Andrzej

180 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
174 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aecio Neves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Janusz Andrzej!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Andrzej. Those never looked like landing.
Andrzej misses with a double jab
and Neves counters with a right hand to the body.
Andrzej swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Neves counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Andrzej looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neves passes to side control.
Neves staying calm.
We've been hearing good reports from Neves's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neves lands a nice forearm strike.
Neves throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neves misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Andrzej wants to get back to his feet but Neves drags him back down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Neves's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Neves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Andrzej is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Neves misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Andrzej is letting Neves control him for a moment.
Neves in side control, throwing shots but Andrzej defends.
Neves tries to move to mount but Andrzej blocks the move with his legs.
Andrzej is not content to let Neves control the position.

Neves has hold of Andrzej's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Andrzej seems comfortable defending it but Neves has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Andrzej is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Andrzej is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Neves couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aecio Neves!
Our winner, Aecio Neves, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.