PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Guy Monday (ranked 5209 p4p, 4264 weight class) and Pedro Equilibrium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedro Equilibrium has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Monday
vs
Equilibrium

162 cm
25
130
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
21
135
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guy Monday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Equilibrium!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Equilibrium decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Monday looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Monday is defending against the submission attempts here by Equilibrium.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Equilibrium looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Equilibrium is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Monday defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Equilibrium looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Monday with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Monday is defending against the submission attempts here by Equilibrium.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Equilibrium looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Equilibrium is looking for a kimura here.

Equilibrium is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Equilibrium 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. Monday tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Equilibrium!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pedro Equilibrium!