PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Qfc One (ranked 3589 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Saravia (ranked 6067 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

One
vs
Saravia

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Qfc One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enrique Saravia!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saravia lands with a cross.
Saravia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
One uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saravia.
Saravia scores with a hook to the body. One takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saravia scores with a one two! One had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Saravia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
One is looking to counter the offense by Saravia and move into the clinch.
Saravia misses with a straight left.
A jab from Saravia misses.
Saravia misses with a double jab

and One counters with a nice double leg into side control. Saravia won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saravia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but One has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Saravia seems a little lost for a moment, as One dominates the positioning.
One seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Saravia for as long as he can get away with.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Saravia can do anything to dispel that myth.
One lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Saravia's face as One controls the position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Qfc One!