PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Govan Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ion Creanga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ion Creanga has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Govan Aerts's chin.

Aerts
vs
Creanga

193 cm
28
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Machine Fight Gear

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Govan Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ion Creanga!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aerts moves into the clinch.
Aerts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aerts goes for a takedown attempt but Creanga pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Creanga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Aerts moves into the clinch.
Creanga has had enough of the clinch but Aerts keeps him there for the moment.

Aerts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Creanga throws a combination that misses

and Aerts decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Creanga's guard.
Aerts throws a big right hand that misses.
Aerts pushes down on Creanga's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Aerts passes to side control.
The strikes coming from Aerts are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Aerts is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Creanga is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aerts creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Creanga sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Aerts are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Aerts throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Creanga defending against the ground and pound.
Aerts tries to score with some ground and pound. Creanga controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Aerts is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Creanga has escaped the position, nice work there.
Aerts misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Aerts.
Aerts tries to score with some ground and pound. Creanga controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aerts throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Creanga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aerts is chipping away with strikes.

It looks like Ion Creanga has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aerts tries to score with some ground and pound. Creanga controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aerts throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Aerts postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Creanga can do anything to dispel that myth.
Check out the look on Aerts's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aerts misses with the ground and pound.
Creanga avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Aerts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Creanga dodges the ground and pound from Aerts.
Aerts 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.
Sloppy strikes there by Aerts.
Aerts in side control, throwing shots but Creanga defends.
Aerts 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.
Sloppy strikes there by Aerts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aerts sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Creanga is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Aerts tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Aerts has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Aerts working the ground and pound but Creanga is defending the strikes.
Aerts misses with the ground and pound.
Creanga is trying to buck Aerts off.
Aerts 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.

Aerts is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Creanga is trying to escape and Aerts transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Creanga is forced to tap! Nice work there by Aerts! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Govan Aerts!
During a confident post fight interview, Govan Aerts thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.