PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Couture
vs
Brandao

186 cm
22
225 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

195 cm
28
252 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randy Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ramon Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Couture tries to work over Brandao's front leg with a kick but Brandao checks it.

Brandao shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Couture throwing hammer fists to the chest of Brandao. What's that going to do exactly?
Couture blocking the ground and pound.
Brandao looking to control and managing it successfully.
Couture throwing hammer fists to the chest of Brandao. What's that going to do exactly?
Couture throwing hammer fists to the chest of Brandao. What's that going to do exactly?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Couture tries to reverse the position but Brandao maintains control.
Couture knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brandao on the ground.

Brandao is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Couture is surviving well by controlling Brandao's body position as best he can.
Couture throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Couture is trying to escape the mount but Brandao keeps good control and instead manages to take Couture's back.
Brandao controlling well, preventing Couture from escaping the position.
Couture tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brandao is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Brandao!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ramon Brandao!