PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dimitre Pacheco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Pacheco
vs
Love

185 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dimitre Pacheco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Love!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacheco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pacheco off to one side.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pacheco pinned against the cage. Pacheco gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Love misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pacheco throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.

Love scores with a takedown into Pacheco's guard.
Love trying to control but Pacheco is working from the bottom.
Love won't allow Pacheco to get back to his feet.
Love 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.
Pacheco keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.
Pacheco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
Love throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Pacheco is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pacheco is on top in guard.
Pacheco stopping the sweep attempt from Love.
Love controls Pacheco momentarily but Pacheco frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pacheco kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Pacheco thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Love is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Pacheco wants to stand but Love is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pacheco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Love swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pacheco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacheco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Love looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pacheco!
Love lands a heavy elbow.
Pacheco is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pacheco is breathing heavily.
Pacheco has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Love's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Pacheco tries to roll but Love sticks to his back.
Pacheco trying to control the position but Love manages to sink in the hooks.
Pacheco grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Pacheco prevents Love from getting a body triangle.
Pacheco trying to control the position but Love manages to sink in the hooks.

Love is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Pacheco looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
You can see the frustration on Pacheco's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Love looking for the RNC.
Pacheco trying to control the position but Love manages to sink in the hooks.
Pacheco turns into Love and is now in his guard.
Love trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Love.
Dimitre Pacheco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Love.
Pacheco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Pacheco displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pacheco misses with a head kick.
Love looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacheco is fending him off so far but Love persists. Nope, Pacheco circles away and we're back to standing.

Love has Pacheco up against the cage in a clinch.
Love tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pacheco just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pacheco fails to pull guard.
Pacheco prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dimitre Pacheco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Love.
Come on Pacheco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pacheco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Love.
Love tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pacheco has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
Pacheco fails to pull guard.
Love tries to break the clinch but Pacheco is controlling the position.
Pacheco stalling in the clinch but Love improves position.
Pacheco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Love is working for takedown but Pacheco is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pacheco gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Love.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacheco pushes Love back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco has Love pushed against the cage.
Pacheco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Pacheco.

Pacheco jumps into guard, dragging Love to the mat.
Love wants to control from the top but Pacheco keeps moving.
Pacheco wants to sweep but no luck.

Pacheco wriggles free and stands up.
Pacheco throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Pacheco tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
Love misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pacheco wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love shoots in for a takedown but Pacheco shows good takedown defense.
Pacheco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pacheco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Love clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Love.
Pacheco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacheco has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.

Love has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Pacheco clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Love lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Pacheco can't escape the position.
Pacheco is keeping busy.
Pacheco manages to reverse the position and now he's in Love's guard. Nice work there by Pacheco.

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

Pacheco decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Pacheco fails with a takedown attempt.
Pacheco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacheco misses with a head kick.

Love gets a takedown into half guard.
Love is trying to control. Pacheco wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Love landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco is refusing to be controlled, as Love sits in half guard.
Pacheco moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Love looking to pass the guard.
Love preventing the sweep.

Pacheco is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Love frees his head nicely. Oh but Pacheco has switched to an armbar! Love is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Dimitre Pacheco!