PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quiet Monkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimundo Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Monkey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Epic - Faith No More. Sobral has chosen The Baddest-Krispy Kreme 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.

Monkey
vs
Sobral

199 cm
36
199 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

180 cm
32
202 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quiet Monkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimundo Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey throws out a loose jab but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.

Sobral shoots in and gets a takedown into Monkey's guard.

Monkey is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sobral defends well.
Sobral works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Monkey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sobral is working away from the top position though.

Sobral is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Monkey is looking for a sweep. Sobral is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Monkey manages to get to full guard.

Monkey has his foot on Sobral's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sobral works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobral tries to free his leg and advance position but Monkey is retaining full guard.
Sobral keeps trying to improve his position.
Sobral working some strikes from top position.
Monkey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Monkey will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sobral pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Monkey is keeping the position for now.
Sobral throwing strikes from guard but Monkey blocks nicely.
Sobral advances to half guard.

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

Sobral is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Monkey is just riding it out for now. Sobral eventually gives up the hold.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sobral is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sobral missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey gets back to full guard.
Sobral trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sobral in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Monkey looking for a sweep. Not yet Monkey, not yet.
Sobral wants to pass the guard but Monkey is keeping the position.
Monkey is trying to keep Sobral in close.

Monkey is looking for a triangle but Sobral pushes his legs off easily.
Monkey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Monkey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Monkey working for a triangle but Sobral defends it easily.
Monkey seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Monkey working a defensive guard but Sobral passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral passes the guard and advances to mount!
Monkey is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sobral with good strikes from the mount here!
Sobral throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sobral lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sobral prevents Monkey from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sobral working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Monkey looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Sobral! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Raimundo Sobral!
Our winner, Raimundo Sobral, 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.
The defeated Quiet Monkey had this to say: 'Did I just poop my pants?'.