PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hyury Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Freire
vs
Ferrari

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hyury Freire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Freire looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Ferrari looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Freire is trying to control the action in half guard but Ferrari is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ferrari has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Freire is working away from the top position though.
Freire is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Ferrari with the active half guard here but Freire passes nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Freire decides to stand back up. Freire steps back and let's Ferrari get back to his feet.
Ferrari sizes up Freire with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Freire.
Ferrari struggling a bit here.
Ferrari tries to buck Freire off but Freire is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Freire is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Ferrari throwing hammer fists to the chest of Freire. What's that going to do exactly?
Freire content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Freire tries to control but Ferrari wriggling away.
Freire landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari tries to hold on but Freire pushes him away.
Ferrari gets back to half guard.
Freire throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Freire is pressing down on Ferrari's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ferrari is holding on for now.
Freire thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ferrari's head.
Freire is breathing heavily.
Ferrari trying to hold on to Freire's head to control him but Freire postures up.
Ferrari slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Freire trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferrari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ferrari throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ferrari trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ferrari looking for a sweep. Not yet Ferrari, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyury Freire dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Freire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ferrari stuffs the takedown.
Ferrari just misses with a punch to the body.
Freire misses with a series of wild punches.
Ferrari misses with a few strikes there.
Ferrari just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Ferrari.
A solid leg kick lands there for Freire.
Ferrari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ferrari uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Freire takes one to the chin there.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ferrari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
No joy there for Ferrari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ferrari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freire was well out of range. Poor timing from Ferrari.
Freire tries to close the distance and clinch but Ferrari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferrari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freire moves away.
Ferrari throws a jab but it's blocked by Freire.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ferrari misses the shot to the body.
Freire shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Freire fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyury Freire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ferrari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Freire feints and then cracks Ferrari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferrari down.
Ferrari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freire was well out of range. Poor timing from Ferrari.
Ferrari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Freire fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ferrari sprawls well initially but Freire persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Freire trying to control from half guard but Ferrari is working away.

Ferrari looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ferrari looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ferrari is pressing down on Freire's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ferrari is trying to keep Freire in close.
Freire wanted to stand there but Ferrari had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ferrari lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Freire!

Ferrari is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Ferrari extends the arm and Freire is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vinicius Ferrari!