PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares has chosen Black Sabbath - Iron Man as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pan
vs
Soares

177 cm
25
152 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

174 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Pan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Soares!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soares scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Soares has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pan!
Pan can't escape the position.
Soares controlling from the full mount.
Pan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Soares is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Pan is in real trouble.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pan is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Soares.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soares has his arm under Pan's chin here. Game over son! Soares squeezes tightly and Pan is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Andre Soares!
After the fight, Andre Soares was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.