PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caio Victor (ranked 717 p4p, 1064 weight class) and Huena Ajuricaba (ranked 106 p4p, 152 weight class). Huena Ajuricaba will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Victor
vs
Ajuricaba

165 cm
37
164
30 - 19 - 0

180 cm
24
168
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fantasy Threads
NARCOS

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 30 - 19 - 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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huena Ajuricaba!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victor throws an overhand right that lands on Ajuricaba's shoulder, as Ajuricaba tries to avoid the shot.
Jab from Victor.
Victor slips under a jab.
Victor missing with a left hand there. Ajuricaba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Victor throws a poor cross that misses
and Ajuricaba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Victor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Victor fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ajuricaba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Victor.
Ajuricaba slips under a jab from Victor.
Ajuricaba misses with a hook.
Caio Victor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Victor.
Ajuricaba throws a lazy right hand but Victor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Victor.
Ajuricaba throws out a counter right but Victor avoids it with no problem.
Ajuricaba misses with a straight left.
Ajuricaba lands a glancing blow to the side of Victor's head.
Victor shoots in for a takedown but Ajuricaba shows good takedown defense.
Ajuricaba tries a quick counter leg kick but Victor is wise to it.
Victor misses with a looping right.
Victor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Victor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victor keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba blocks a jab.
Victor throws a hook but Ajuricaba avoids it easily.
Ajuricaba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ajuricaba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba swings and misses with a shot to the body

so Victor counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ajuricaba is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Victor is looking for a sweep. Ajuricaba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ajuricaba takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Victor wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Victor is trying to get back to full guard.
Victor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Victor.
Victor looking for a sweep. Not yet Victor, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ajuricaba is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ajuricaba is continuing to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Victor has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ajuricaba has passed into side control.
Victor tries to bench press Ajuricaba off him but Ajuricaba keeps the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Huena Ajuricaba dominated that round.
That's time! Victor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Victor swings widly with a right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ajuricaba motions for Victor to come forward. Ajuricaba throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ajuricaba throws a jab but it's blocked by Victor.
Victor throwing a counter right hand but Ajuricaba manages to avoid it.
Victor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba scores with a hook to the body. Victor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ajuricaba takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Victor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Ajuricaba drives through and clinches with Victor against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor fails to pull guard.
Ajuricaba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Ajuricaba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ajuricaba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ajuricaba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ajuricaba.
Victor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Victor moves away from the strike by Ajuricaba.
Victor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ajuricaba cracks a nice hook into Victor's ribs.
Ajuricaba throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Victor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ajuricaba wants to slow Victor down by chopping away at his legs.
Victor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ajuricaba missing with a left hand there. Victor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot by Ajuricaba.
The fighters circling - Victor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ajuricaba! But no joy.
Victor is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ajuricaba's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba ducks under a wild hook from Victor.
A punch combination from Victor misses.
Victor throws a poor cross that misses
and Ajuricaba counters with a left and a right that stings Victor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victor misses with a right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Huena Ajuricaba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Victor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Victor misses with a looping right.
Ajuricaba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Victor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ajuricaba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ajuricaba throws a head kick that misses.
Victor swings widly with a right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ajuricaba blocks a jab.
Huena Ajuricaba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ajuricaba throws a looping overhand right but Victor ducks down to avoid it.
Victor misses with a lunging right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a left to the body.
Ajuricaba leaves Victor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ajuricaba steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Victor misses with a right hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ajuricaba lands a leg kick that knocks Victor off balance momentarily.
Victor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Victor tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ajuricaba defends well and Victor ends up having to push Ajuricaba into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor goes for a takedown attempt but Ajuricaba pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Victor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ajuricaba counters with a left to the body.
Ajuricaba lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Victor moves out of range of the body kick from Ajuricaba.
Victor cracks Ajuricaba with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victor's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Victor duly obliges.
Ajuricaba throws an overhand right that lands on Victor's shoulder, as Victor tries to avoid the shot.
Victor is looking to counter punch.
Victor misses with a lunging right hand
and Ajuricaba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ajuricaba misses with an uppercut.
Ajuricaba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A low kick from Ajuricaba misses
and Victor counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Huena Ajuricaba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Victor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ajuricaba works Victor's body with a nice hook.
Victor staying out of range there.
It looked like Victor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ajuricaba throws a hook but Victor blocks it.
The fighters circling - Victor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victor slips under a jab from Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ajuricaba misses with a low kick.
Ajuricaba takes a swing at Victor's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ajuricaba misses with a body shot.
Victor misses with an uppercut
and Ajuricaba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ajuricaba scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor throws a big shot that misses.
Victor misses with a takedown attempt
and Ajuricaba counters with a two punch combo.
Victor tries for a takedown but Ajuricaba sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ajuricaba loads up on a big right hand but Victor slips the punch.
Ajuricaba fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Victor on the side of the head.
Ajuricaba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slow jab from Victor misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Ajuricaba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Victor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big left from Ajuricaba misses.
Nice jab there from Victor.
Huena Ajuricaba is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ajuricaba misses with a body kick.
Ajuricaba slips under a jab.
Victor misses with a left hand
and Victor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ajuricaba missing with a left hand there. Victor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Victor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ajuricaba leaves Victor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A nice side step and Ajuricaba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ajuricaba wants to clinch but Victor slips to the side

and Victor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Victor.
Victor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ajuricaba swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba has Victor pulled in close to control his posture.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Ajuricaba is retaining full guard.
Ajuricaba is controlling Victor's posture.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A low kick lands for Ajuricaba.
Nice sprawl there from Ajuricaba as Victor shoots in.
Nice shot lands for Ajuricaba.
Victor misses with a left hand
and Ajuricaba counters with a stiff right hand.
Victor misses with a takedown attempt
and Ajuricaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Ajuricaba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ajuricaba counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Huena Ajuricaba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ajuricaba 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Huena Ajuricaba!