PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Needham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Needham's choice of entrance music: Youll Never Walk Alone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Luiz
vs
Needham

178 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adriano Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Needham!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Needham throws a nice looking combination but Luiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Needham.

Needham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Needham manages to break the clinch.
Needham fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Needham misses with a two punch combination.

Needham drives through with a takedown into Luiz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Needham throwing strikes but missing.

Luiz has his foot on Needham's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Needham works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Needham is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Luiz has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Needham is looking to defend but Luiz has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Needham! Luiz pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Needham taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Adriano Luiz!
Adriano Luiz was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.