PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wellington Strich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Strich
vs
Vieira

173 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wellington Strich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vieira feints and as Strich raises his hands in defense, Vieira changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Strich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vieira preventing the sweep.
Vieira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Strich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vieira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Strich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vieira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vieira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strich keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Strich shoots in looking for a takedown. Vieira tries to sprawl out of it but Strich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vieira manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Strich is looking to clinch.

Vieira drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vieira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vieira sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vieira throwing strikes from guard but Strich blocks nicely.
Vieira showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Vieira postures up in Strich's guard and throws a big left but Strich blocks it.
Strich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vieira throwing strikes from guard but Strich blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strich looking for a sweep. Not yet Strich, not yet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vieira tries for a takedown but Strich circles away easily
and Strich counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vieira looks gassed!
Strich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Vieira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Vieira slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Strich is trying to control the position but Vieira postures up.
Vieira stays in close to Strich's body and controls the position.
Strich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vieira's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strich slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Strich has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vieira seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Strich preventing the sweep.
Strich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vieira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vieira managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Vieira dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vieira shoots in and bounces Strich off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Vieira pushing down on Strich's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Vieira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Still in half guard, Vieira seems content to control.
Vieira is breathing heavily.
Vieira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strich wants to control but Vieira passes into side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strich is trying to improve his position.

Vieira decides to stand back up.

Vieira scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Strich prevents Vieira from improving position.
Strich wants to control but Vieira postures up.
Check out the look on Vieira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strich defending against the ground and pound.
Vieira working the head with strikes.
Vieira controlling the position from side mount.
Vieira throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Vieira throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Vieira taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strich takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Vieira wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Strich, who protects the arm well.
Vieira working away.
Strich gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Strich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Vieira.
Vieira is thwarting Strich's attempts to control the position.
Vieira stalling.
Strich trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Vieira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Vieira gets the takedown into side control.
Strich is trying to get back to half guard.
Vieira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Strich keeps working.
Vieira controls the position.
Vieira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vieira in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Strich can't do much from the bottom here.
Gabriel Vieira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira controlling the position.
Vieira misses with the ground and pound.
Vieira staying calm.

That's two 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.
Vieira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vieira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Strich is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Vieira postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Vieira working the ground and pound from side control.
Vieira cracks Strich with a big elbow.
Vieira landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Strich to see if he's OK.
Vieira scores with punches from side control.
Vieira trying to control the position but Strich is working away.
Vieira lands a nice forearm strike.
Vieira looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Strich is avoiding damage well.
Wellington Strich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vieira controls the position from side control.
Vieira throws an elbow but Strich slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vieira slows the pace down.
Strich wants to control but Vieira postures up.
Vieira has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gabriel Vieira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vieira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vieira looking to finish Strich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Strich!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Vieira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vieira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Vieira!