PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carles Puigdemont (ranked 4537 p4p, 4598 weight class) and Tim Orsetti (ranked 509 p4p, 513 weight class). Tim Orsetti is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Puigdemont
vs
Orsetti

180 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
165
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carles Puigdemont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Orsetti!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orsetti misses with a body shot.
Orsetti throws a hook but Puigdemont blocks it.
Puigdemont slips under a jab from Orsetti.
Orsetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Puigdemont.

Puigdemont shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Puigdemont was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Orsetti can't do much from the bottom here.
Puigdemont knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Orsetti on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orsetti might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Puigdemont haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orsetti is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Orsetti manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Orsetti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Puigdemont is trying to control the action in half guard but Orsetti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Puigdemont is thwarting Orsetti's attempts to control the position.
Orsetti tries to get to full guard but Puigdemont has control of the leg.
Orsetti is controlling Puigdemont's trapped leg to prevent Puigdemont from advancing to side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Orsetti manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Puigdemont looking to sit in guard and control but Orsetti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Orsetti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Orsetti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Orsetti is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Orsetti drops back looking for a leg! Puigdemont is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Puigdemont manages to kick Orsetti off! Orsetti jumps back into Puigdemont's guard.
Orsetti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Orsetti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Orsetti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Puigdemont throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Orsetti with a flurry of punches that miss.
Orsetti works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Orsetti in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Puigdemont tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Orsetti!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tim Orsetti!
Tim Orsetti decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.