PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Farias (ranked 979 p4p, 2670 weight class) and Justin Gaethje (ranked 127 p4p, 323 weight class). Farias comes to the cage accompanied by Notorious B.I.G - Juicy. Charles Farias has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Farias
vs
Gaethje

175 cm
25
166
11 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
165
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Farias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Gaethje!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farias tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Farias seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Farias slips under a jab from Gaethje.
Gaethje throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Farias sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Farias throws a front kick that sends Gaethje stumbling back into the cage.
Gaethje looks to land a right hand but Farias moved out of range.
Gaethje dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Farias. That did some damage!
Farias lands a jab to the head.
Gaethje gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gaethje lands a nice looking body shot.
Farias scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gaethje in his tracks.

It looks like Justin Gaethje has been cut.
We've been informed that Gaethje has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gaethje throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farias takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Gaethje. Beautiful body shot.
Farias connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethje tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Farias wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gaethje throws the left hand but Farias avoids the punch easily.
Farias appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gaethje lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick by Farias misses
and Gaethje counters with a good low kick that Farias was not able to check.
Gaethje lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body punch from Gaethje.
Gaethje misses with a hook to the body
and Farias counters with a stiff right hand.
Gaethje misses with a looping right.
Farias jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gaethje avoids the head kick by Farias.
Farias moves out of range of the strikes.
Gaethje throws a nice inside leg kick.
Justin Gaethje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farias scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farias keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaethje.
And Farias counters with a quick kick to the body but Gaethje blocks it.
Gaethje misses with a left hand
and Gaethje takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaethje walks into a straight right hand from Farias.
A low kick from Gaethje misses
and Farias counters with a two punch combo.
Gaethje wants to slow Farias down by chopping away at his legs.
Gaethje misses the shot to the body.
Gaethje on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Farias avoids a kick to the body.
Gaethje pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And Gaethje responds with a good body kick, but Farias manages to step out the way in time.
Farias throws a low kick, looking for Gaethje's leg but Gaethje calmly moves out of range.
Farias misses with a two punch combination.
Farias is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaethje misses with a body shot.
Farias fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gaethje swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Farias to counter with a crisp jab.
Farias takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Farias uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaethje.
A punch combination from Farias misses.
Gaethje swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Farias appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gaethje throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaethje missing with a left hand there. Farias was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farias takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gaethje misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Farias was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gaethje swings away with a body shot that misses
and Farias connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farias on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gaethje throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaethje turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gaethje moves out of range as Farias strikes.
Gaethje is looking to land body kicks.
Gaethje takes a swing at Farias's ribcage but misses.
Farias throws a lazy head kick
and Gaethje counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Farias's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gaethje connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Farias scrambles back to his feet.
Farias looks to land a left hand but Gaethje moved out of range nicely.
Gaethje throws a leg kick which misses Farias's front leg but catches the back leg as Farias tries to avoid it.
Farias throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gaethje counters with a low kick, right behind Farias 's knee.
Gaethje misses with a body shot
and Farias counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Justin Gaethje will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Justin Gaethje's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Farias goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gaethje lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Farias takes one to the side of the head.
Gaethje misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Farias.
Farias works over Gaethje's head and body with a nice combination.

Gaethje is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaethje glances at the clock... BAM! Farias nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Gaethje crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Gaethje is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Farias!
Charles Farias decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.