PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aziznik Menschonebjon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menschonebjon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, kavkaz eta sila . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Menschonebjon
vs
Silva

180 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aziznik Menschonebjon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menschonebjon shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Menschonebjon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.

Menschonebjon drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Menschonebjon jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Menschonebjon stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Menschonebjon wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Menschonebjon is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Menschonebjon tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Menschonebjon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva is trying to control Menschonebjon's posture but Menschonebjon avoids it.
Menschonebjon is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Menschonebjon shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menschonebjon fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aziznik Menschonebjon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Menschonebjon tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Menschonebjon is breathing heavily.
Menschonebjon is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva is looking to stall here but Menschonebjon recovers full guard.

Menschonebjon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Menschonebjon is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.

Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Menschonebjon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva wants to stand but Menschonebjon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Menschonebjon is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aziznik Menschonebjon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Menschonebjon, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Menschonebjon against the cage but Menschonebjon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Menschonebjon has his takedown stuffed

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Menschonebjon is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Silva has his hands clasped together but Menschonebjon extends an breaks Silva's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Menschonebjon.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aziznik Menschonebjon!