PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Guedes (ranked 1148 p4p, 174 weight class) and Sultan Yusupov (ranked 1362 p4p, 207 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guedes
vs
Yusupov

180 cm
25
213 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
208 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Guedes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sultan Yusupov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yusupov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guedes, pushing him back against the cage.
Guedes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yusupov backwards.
A right hand to the body from Guedes.
Guedes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yusupov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Guedes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Yusupov ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Yusupov no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Guedes wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Yusupov's closed guard. He's half up but Yusupov has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Yusupov pivots and extends the arm, Guedes falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Yusupov! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sultan Yusupov!
Sultan Yusupov is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Sultan Yusupov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.