PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Pyke (ranked 456 p4p, 57 weight class) and Gilberto Simeone (ranked 1285 p4p, 160 weight class). Pyke comes to the cage accompanied by Magnus Pyke. Gilberto Simeone has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pyke
vs
Simeone

190 cm
25
193 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction
THE END 32

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Magnus Pyke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gilberto Simeone!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simeone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pyke.

Pyke gets a clinch.
Simeone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simeone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simeone has a couple of punches blocked by Pyke.
Simeone throws a head punch that misses.
Pyke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pyke misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Simeone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pyke misses with some punches.
Pyke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Simeone backwards.

Pyke pulls guard successfully.

Pyke has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Simeone can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Simeone stopping the sweep attempt from Pyke.
Pyke is working hard here to advance position.
Simeone must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Simeone is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Pyke has his feet on Simeone's thighs here. He's pushed Simeone off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Simeone screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Magnus Pyke!
A very excited looking Magnus Pyke made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.