PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gideon Abieezer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ra Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abieezer
vs
Maya

181 cm
23
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gideon Abieezer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ra Maya!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maya misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Maya misses.
Maya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abieezer.
Maya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Abieezer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Maya as he avoids it easily.
Abieezer tries for a takedown but Maya sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Maya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Abieezer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Abieezer showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Abieezer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Abieezer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Maya defends it well.

Abieezer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Maya sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maya is defending against the submission attempts here by Abieezer.
Abieezer stops Maya from getting back to his feet.

Abieezer is looking for submissions but instead, Maya has regained full guard.
Maya wants to stand and escape but Abieezer is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Abieezer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Abieezeris looking to pass into half guard but Maya pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Maya is in guard.
Abieezer looking for a sweep. Not yet Abieezer, not yet.
Maya tries to stand but Abieezer is controlling from the bottom.

Maya gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abieezer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gideon Abieezer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maya scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Danga de danga de dang - Maya scores with a four punch combination!
Maya misses with a double jab.
Maya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abieezer circles away quickly and effectively.

Maya lands a left and a right that send Abieezer crashing to the mat, dazed. Maya thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Abieezer is rocked!
Ra Maya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abieezer is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abieezer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oh Abieezer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maya lands with a big left! Abieezer is wobbled badly! Maya comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Abieezer to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ra Maya!