PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro The Sith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Sith's entrance music is Star Wars- The Imperial March. A fine choice. Nunes has chosen Alive as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Sith
vs
Nunes

182 cm
19
167 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
158 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro The Sith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes throws a head kick that misses.
The Sith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nunes tries to clinch but The Sith moves out of range.
The Sith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The Sith scores with the left hand. Nunes knows he should have avoided that one.
The Sith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nunes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Sith pinned against the cage. The Sith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

The Sith shoots in and bounces Nunes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The Sith wants to pass the guard but Nunes is keeping the position.
The Sith is working hard here to advance position.

The Sith postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nunes is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of The Sith, into his guard.

The Sith working for a triangle but Nunes defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes trying to control the position from guard on top but The Sith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nunes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Sith's head.
The Sith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nunes's guard.

The Sith has gone for a leg lock! Nunes slips out almost immediately though and dives into The Sith's guard.

Nunes got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Sith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nunes has managed to get both his arms back between The Sith's legs - danger averted.

The Sith working for a triangle but Nunes defends it easily.

The Sith is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nunes is aware though and is defending well.

Nunes stands up and waves to The Sith to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes with a poor takedown

and The Sith counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Sith is breathing heavily.
Nunes is trying to get back to full guard.

The Sith seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nunes trying to control from the bottom.

The Sith is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

The Sith is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nunes has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nunes tries to get to full guard but The Sith has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes is trying to stand back up but The Sith is controlling him
The Sith moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Sith is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nunes has escaped the position, nice work there.

The Sith tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Sith has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

The Sith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nunes, who protects the arm well.
Nunes can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Sith is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nunes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nunes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

The Sith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nunes, who protects the arm well.

The Sith is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Nunes is trying to escape and The Sith transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Nunes is forced to tap! Nice work there by The Sith! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pedro The Sith!