PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goran Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Souza is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Schwarzeneg
vs
Souza

187 cm
44
210 lbs
22 - 72 - 1

185 cm
23
217 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 72 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Goran Schwarzeneg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Souza!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Schwarzeneg avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Schwarzeneg is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Schwarzeneg seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Souza for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
We've been hearing that Schwarzeneg has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Souza is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Schwarzeneg seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Souza looking for a guillotine here but Schwarzeneg defends easily.
Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schwarzeneg controls the pace.

Souza is looking for a triangle but Schwarzeneg pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Schwarzeneg is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Schwarzeneg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Schwarzeneg forces his way into half guard.

Souza 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 Schwarzeneg. Oh but Souza has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Schwarzeneg goes limp - he's gone! Souza jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gabriel Souza!
Gabriel Souza took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Namunamu Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.