PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baby Feast (ranked 4567 p4p, 4568 weight class) and Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cain Velasquez will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Feast
vs
Velasquez

178 cm
18
158
1 - 0 - 0

221 cm
20
132
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baby Feast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cain Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Velasquez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Feast quickly recovers to half guard.

Velasquez is looking for a kimura but Feast is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Velasquez to get the leverage.
Feast is looking to get back to full guard here but Velasquez has managed to pass to side control instead.
The ground and pound from Velasquez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Feast seems a little lost for a moment, as Velasquez dominates the positioning.
Velasquez working the head and body with strikes.

Velasquez has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Feast is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Velasquez yanks on the arm and Feast is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Velasquez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cain Velasquez!