PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege comes into the arena with Will T. Bear: For a Few Dollars blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liege
vs
Bravo

183 cm
33
188 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

182 cm
30
180 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160
Ultra Fight Gear

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 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caeas Liege!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liege looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Liege drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Liege jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bravo keeping full guard, as Liege tries to pass.

Liege drops back looking for a leg! Bravo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bravo manages to kick Liege off! Liege jumps back into Bravo's guard.

Liege drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Liege jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Liege preventing the sweep.
Liege is looking to pass into half guard but Bravo pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bravo is in guard.
Liege working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bravo.

Liege working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bravo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bravo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bravo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Liege's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo is stalling here. Liege is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bravo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Liege has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Liege tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bravo tries to escape but Liege is in control.

Liege wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bravo, who protects the arm well.
Bravo tries to bench press Liege off him but Liege keeps the position.
Bravo can't do much from the bottom here.

Liege goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bravo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Liege's guard! Nice work there by Bravo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege is looking to stand up but Bravo isn't so interested in that idea.
Bravo wants to control from the top but Liege keeps moving.
Liege is trying to keep Bravo in close.
Liege keeping moving, preventing Bravo from controlling successfully.

Bravo sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Liege doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Bravo paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Liege - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Caeas Liege!
Caeas Liege spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.