PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xervian Naciamento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and knowm sayin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Naciamento
vs
sayin

180 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
177 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xervian Naciamento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, knowm sayin!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sayin doesn't manage to clinch there - Naciamento circles away.
Naciamento shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has sayin pinned against the cage. sayin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Naciamento fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
sayin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Naciamento.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xervian Naciamento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
sayin tries to bum rush Naciamento with a series of wild strikes but Naciamento uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Naciamento takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

sayin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

sayin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Naciamento tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but sayin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

sayin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

sayin is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Naciamento looks calm but he's in trouble here. sayin gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Naciamento is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! sayin lets go of the hold and Naciamento can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). knowm sayin!