PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Vinicius Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darryl Fitzpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzpatrick is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Enter Sandman . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Vinicius Ii
vs
Fitzpatrick

185 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
173 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Vinicius Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darryl Fitzpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinicius Ii tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fitzpatrick swivels and escapes.
A countering left hand to the body from Fitzpatrick misses.
Fitzpatrick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vinicius Ii seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice takedown defense from Fitzpatrick. No joy for Vinicius Ii on that attempt.
Marcus Vinicius Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vinicius Ii scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vinicius Ii controlling the position.

Vinicius Ii tries for a kimura but Fitzpatrick is defending well.
Vinicius Ii tries to advance to mount but Fitzpatrick denies him.
Fitzpatrick isn't going anywhere.
Vinicius Ii wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzpatrick keeps working.

Vinicius Ii working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vinicius Ii tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vinicius Ii has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Vinicius Ii in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Fitzpatrick is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcus Vinicius Ii!
Darryl Fitzpatrick was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll take my loss as a man... congratulations...'.