PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caio Victor (ranked 536 p4p, 766 weight class) and Pete Kiloe (ranked 70 p4p, 99 weight class). Kiloe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boys Noize - Lava Lava kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Victor
vs
Kiloe

165 cm
30
164
17 - 6 - 0

173 cm
30
160
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear

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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Victor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Kiloe!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiloe misses with a series of wild punches.
Victor circles away from the clinch attempt

and Victor counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Victor trying to control but Kiloe is working from the bottom.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Kiloe is retaining full guard.
Kiloe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Victor trying to control but Kiloe is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor passes Kiloe's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Victor is thwarting Kiloe's attempts to control the position.
Kiloe moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiloe wants to control the position but Victor says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kiloe wants to control but Victor is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Victor is working for a kimura but Kiloe is defending it quite comfortably.
Victor looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Victor's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Victor wants to free his trapped foot but Kiloe is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kiloe trying to get back to full guard but Victor takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiloe tries to hold on but Victor postures up.

Kiloe defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Victor.
Kiloe wants to control but Victor is having none of it.

Victor is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kiloe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kiloe shrugs it off.
Victor is looking to work his way around to Kiloe's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Victor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kiloe tries to lock up and control but Victor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kiloe has given up his back. Will we see Victor going for some submissions?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor controls the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Victor's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Victor is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kiloe defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Victor is looking for the choke from the back position but Kiloe is controlling his hands well.
Victor is trying to stick to Kiloe's back but Kiloe is turning into Victor. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Victor's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kiloe.
Kiloe is fighting to break Victor's control of his arms but Victor is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kiloe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Victor keeping moving, preventing Kiloe from controlling successfully.
Kiloe pushing down on Victor's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor trying to hold on to Kiloe's head to control him but Kiloe postures up.
Kiloe trying to control the action but Victor is working from the bottom.
Victor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Victor.
Kiloe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Victor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kiloe manages to get himself to full guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victor looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Kiloe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Victor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kiloe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Caio Victor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Victor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kiloe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kiloe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victor.
Victor drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kiloe sprawls and moves away.
Kiloe misses with a body shot.
Victor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kiloe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Victor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kiloe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A big right from Victor misses.
Kiloe scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiloe misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiloe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Victor changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Some wild striking there from Kiloe.
Victor appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Victor misses with a hook. Kiloe ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kiloe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kiloe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Victor on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Victor.
Kiloe misses with a hook

and Victor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Victor.
Kiloe working a defensive guard here.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kiloe keeps moving.
Caio Victor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Victor pushes down on Kiloe's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Victor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Victor trying to control from half guard but Kiloe is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiloe is trying to maintain the position but Victor is very close to passing his half guard.
Kiloe manages to get to full guard.
Victor looking to pass the guard.
Victor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiloe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Victor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Victor slows the pace down in half guard.
Victor wants to take a breather but Kiloe is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiloe is trying to get back to full guard.
Kiloe trying to control here.
Victor wants to free his trapped foot but Kiloe is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kiloe tries to kick Victor off but Victor keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kiloe wants to control but Victor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Victor trying to pass the guard but Kiloe defending well.

Victor is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Victor tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kiloe knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Victor controlling the pace.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Victor seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kiloe for as long as he can get away with.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fighters circling - Kiloe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kiloe is fending him off so far but Victor persists. Nope, Kiloe circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victor just misses with a punch to the body.
Victor misses with a head kick.
Victor looks to land a right hand but Kiloe moved out of range.
Victor misses with a hook.
Pete Kiloe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Victor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kiloe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kiloe tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Victor easily slips into full mount!
Victor wants to take Kiloe's back here but Kiloe is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Caio Victor will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Victor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Victor lands in his opponent's guard.
Kiloe wants to sweep but no luck.
Victor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kiloe is keeping the position for now.
Victor is working hard here to advance position.
Kiloe controlling the position.
Victor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor is pressing down on Kiloe's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kiloe is holding on for now.
Kiloe is trying to get back to full guard.
Victor passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiloe wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Kiloe stops Victor from passing to mount.
Kiloe tries to control but Victor manages to take his back.
Kiloe trying to get back to his feet but Victor is in full control for now.
Kiloe tries to roll but Victor sticks to his back.

Kiloe showing good submission defense here.
Kiloe is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Victor off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Kiloe showing good submission defense here.
Kiloe rolls, trying to escape but Victor keeps control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Victor is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kiloe has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Victor avoiding Kiloe 's attempts to control his hands.
I really don't envy Kiloe right now.
Kiloe is keeping busy.
Kiloe wants to escape the position.

Victor is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Victor has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiloe wants to escape the position.

Victor is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Kiloe knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Kiloe for a finish.

Kiloe fending off the submission attempt from Victor.
Kiloe is keeping busy.
Victor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kiloe can do to turn this around?
Kiloe is really stuck here.

Victor working for a choke but Kiloe is defending well.
Pete Kiloe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Victor working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Kiloe is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Victor has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Kiloe taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Caio Victor!
An out of breath and clearly excited Caio Victor thanked Savage Fightwear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Pete Kiloe spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back!'.