PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Habanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Rua is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Rua
vs
Habanero

186 cm
19
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
20
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Non-Stop Nutrition
HARDCORE Fighting Brand

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinny Habanero!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Habanero moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Habanero blocks with his arms.
Habanero taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Habanero is blocking nicely.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Vinny Habanero has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Habanero is blocking nicely.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Habanero blocks with his arms.
Habanero lands a shoulder strike.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Habanero stalling against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee strike.

Habanero successfully pulls guard.
Habanero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rua's guard.
Habanero trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Habanero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Habanero looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Habanero loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Habanero trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Habanero throws a big right hand that misses.
Habanero postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Habanero slips nicely into half guard.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Habanero is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Habanero thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Habanero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Habanero thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Habanero thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.

Habanero is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rua defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habanero is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rua!
Habanero putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Habanero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee warns Rua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Habanero fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Habanero lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Habanero connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rua's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Rua defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Habanero.
Rua is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Rua bucks Habanero off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rua moves into range and clinches up with Habanero.

Habanero has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rua regains guard immediately.
Habanero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rua wants to stand and escape but Habanero is having none of it.
Habanero passes into half guard.

Habanero is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Habanero is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Rua pushes Habanero off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua looks to clinch

so Habanero counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rua is looking to stand up but Habanero isn't so interested in that idea.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Habanero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Habanero lands a couple of digs.
Habanero lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Habanero wants to control from the top but Rua keeps moving.
Habanero throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rua wants to stand and escape but Habanero is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Habanero misses with a wild combination.

Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Habanero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinny Habanero's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rua forces Habanero back against the cage and clinches.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Habanero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
A bit of stalling here from Habanero.
Rua is pressed up against the cage. Habanero has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rua down to the mat. Rua avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rua wants to clinch

and Habanero counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Habanero's face.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Habanero's face.
Habanero tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Habanero tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Habanero is blocking nicely.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Habanero blocks it with crossed arms.
Habanero lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Habanero is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua blocks an uppercut.

Habanero jumps guard.
Habanero lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rua!
Habanero landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Habanero on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Habanero raining down shots from the mount!
Habanero misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Habanero breaks from Rua's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rua tries to buck Habanero off but he can't manage it.

Habanero working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Habanero is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rua has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Habanero punching from mount but Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rua's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
A nice elbow there by Habanero.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Habanero connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Habanero lands with some strikes.
Habanero unloading with bombs!
Habanero lands with some strikes.

Rua is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Habanero unloading with bombs!
Oh Rua is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Habanero working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Rua looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Habanero! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Vinny Habanero!