PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Andreev (ranked 600 p4p, 78 weight class) and Eduardo Vieira (ranked 1063 p4p, 143 weight class). Vieira is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bullet The Blue Sky. Alexey Andreev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Andreev
vs
Vieira

175 cm
33
188 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

185 cm
31
185 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Andreev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andreev misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.
Vieira walks into a jab.
Andreev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vieira.
Andreev blocks a head kick by Vieira.
A jab from Vieira misses.

Vieira tries to sprawl but Andreev drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Andreev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vieira works his way to full guard. Good work.

Vieira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Vieira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Andreev defends it easily.
Vieira seems keen to control Andreev's posture.
We've been hearing good reports from Andreev's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Andreev scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andreev is working Vieira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Andreev cracks Vieira with a solid left hand.
Andreev trying to control the position from guard on top but Vieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vieira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andreev trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.

Vieira has his foot on Andreev's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Andreev works his way back into a safe position though.
Vieira trying to control the position.
Andreev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Andreev sitting in guard here, content to control.
Andreev postures up in Vieira's guard and throws a big left but Vieira blocks it.
Vieira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andreev scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andreev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vieira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Andreev has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vieira can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Andreev keeping moving, preventing Vieira from controlling successfully.
Vieira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andreev swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vieira trying to control but Andreev is working from the bottom.
Vieira preventing the sweep.

Vieira drops back, looking for a kneebar! Andreev looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Andreev looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Andreev!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vieira keeps working.
Andreev lands some shots froms side control.
Vieira takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Vieira taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andreev lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Andreev lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vieira down.
Andreev lands an elbow.
Vieira felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Vieira is looking to regain half guard here but Andreev keeps moving and retains side control.
Vieira takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andreev controlling from side mount.
Vieira is looking for a sweep.
Vieira manages to work his way to half guard, despite Andreev's best efforts.
Vieira moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Andreev lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Vieira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Andreev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vieira controls Andreev momentarily but Andreev frees himself.
Vieira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Andreev dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Andreev swings widly with a right hand
and Vieira counters with a stiff right hand.
Vieira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Vieira misses the target.
Andreev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vieira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andreev throws a hook but Vieira blocks it.
Andreev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vieira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Andreev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vieira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Andreev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vieira can do to turn this around?
Andreev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vieira checks a leg kick.
Andreev throws a looping overhand right but Vieira ducks down to avoid it.
Vieira lands with a hook. Andreev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andreev takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Andreev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vieira manages to avoid it.
Andreev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vieira circles away quickly and effectively.
Donk. Vieira catches Andreev right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Alexey Andreev has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Andreev.
Vieira tests Andreev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vieira has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira misses with an uppercut

and Andreev moves into the clinch.
Andreev is trying to stall.
Andreev scores with a shoulder strike.
Andreev stalling.
Vieira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Andreev tries to work over Vieira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Vieira breaks from the clinch.
Andreev throws a lazy right hand but Vieira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eduardo Vieira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Andreev lands a lovely overhand right.
Eduardo Vieira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vieira throws a body shot but no joy.
Vieira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vieira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vieira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Andreev tries to clinch up but Vieira circles away and keeps his distance.
Vieira misses with a straight right.
Andreev is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vieira lands with a shot to the body.
Vieira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andreev manages to avoid it.
Andreev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vieira circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Andreev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andreev tries to clinch but Vieira is having none of it.
Nice jab there from Vieira.
Andreev throws a poor cross that misses
and Vieira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Andreev throws a right and a left that Vieira avoids nicely.
Vieira looks to score with a jab to the body but Andreev is just out of range.
Vieira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Andreev is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Andreev connects with a nice looking jab.
Andreev with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vieira to score with a decent uppercut.
Andreev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vieira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vieira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Vieira.
Andreev misses with a straight left.
Andreev throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vieira cracks Andreev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vieira takes a swing at Andreev's ribcage but misses.
Andreev swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vieira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vieira there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev scores with a jab to the head.
Andreev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vieira.
Andreev tries to bum rush Vieira with a series of wild strikes but Vieira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vieira misses with a body punch
and Andreev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Andreev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Andreev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vieira.
Vieira scores with a nice head shot.
Vieira staying out of range there.
Andreev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vieira gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vieira throws a shot from downtown. Andreev moves away and avoids it.
Andreev connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vieira ducks under a wild hook from Andreev.
Andreev swings widly with a right hand
enabling Vieira to counter with a crisp jab.
Vieira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Andreev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andreev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vieira.
Vieira throws a looping overhand right but Andreev ducks down to avoid it.
Vieira scores with a jab to the head.
Vieira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vieira slips under a jab.
Andreev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vieira's hands.
Vieira looks to score with a jab to the body but Andreev is just out of range.
Andreev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Andreev lands with a right hand.
Vieira looks to land a combination but Andreev avoids it well.
Andreev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Andreev clinches up with Vieira and pushes him back against the cage.
Vieira wants to break free but Andreev has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vieira throws a head punch that misses.
Andreev unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vieira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Vieira.
Vieira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Andreev's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexey Andreev will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexey Andreev's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Vieira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andreev looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vieira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Andreev doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vieira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Andreev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vieira in his tracks.
Andreev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Andreev misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.
Vieira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vieira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vieira digs a good body shot into Andreev's ribs.
Vieira misses with an uppercut. Andreev saw that one coming.
Andreev avoids the body shot from Vieira.

Andreev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vieira digs a right hand into Andreev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Andreev's gas tank.
Vieira blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Andreev.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vieira.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vieira breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Andreev misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Andreev.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vieira! But no joy.
Vieira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andreev throws a low kick but Vieira avoids it.
Vieira misses with a looping left.
Vieira throws a lazy right hand but Andreev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Andreev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vieira throws a hook but Andreev avoids it easily.
Andreev throws a poor cross that misses
letting Vieira counter with a right hand.
Nice shot lands for Vieira.
Vieira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andreev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vieira ducks right into an uppercut from Andreev.
Vieira throws a body punch but Andreev moves out of range.
Vieira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vieira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eduardo Vieira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andreev throws a shot from downtown. Vieira moves away and avoids it.
Vieira misses with a body punch
letting Andreev counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Andreev feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Andreev from controlling successfully.
Andreev working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Andreev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Andreev distracts Vieira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Andreev won't allow Vieira to sweep him here.

Vieira working for a triangle but Andreev defends it easily.
Vieira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Andreev lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Andreev seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Andreev trying to control the position from guard on top but Vieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andreev scoring with some ground and pound.
Vieira manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Andreev manages to get himself to full guard.

Vieira postures up.

Vieira is sitting in close to Andreev's body. Andreev has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Vieira is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Vieira is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Andreev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alexey Andreev!
Alexey Andreev 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.