PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brock Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Rialdo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Mitchell
vs
Rialdo

185 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brock Mitchell!
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, Paul Rialdo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rialdo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rialdo throws a series of punches but Mitchell moves out of range.

Mitchell closes the distance and clinches.
Rialdo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rialdo has had enough of the clinch but Mitchell keeps him there for the moment.
Mitchell tries to pull guard but Rialdo won't allow it.
Mitchell goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rialdo prevents it.

Mitchell gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Mitchell is looking to work some ground and pound but Rialdo has wrist control.
Rialdo working a defensive guard here.
Mitchell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rialdo pulls Mitchell in close to prevent any damage.
Rialdo is trying to control the position but Mitchell postures up.
Mitchell slips nicely into half guard.
Rialdo trying to control but Mitchell postures up.
Rialdo preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rialdo trying to control but Mitchell postures up.
Rialdo preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

Despite being in the dominant position, Paul Rialdo just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mitchell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rialdo fails to land with a series of punches.
Rialdo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rialdo wants to clinch but Mitchell slips to the side

and Mitchell counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.

Mitchell thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rialdo wants to control but Mitchell postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rialdo tries to improve position but can't.
Mitchell trying to control the position but Rialdo is working away.
Rialdo wants to control but Mitchell postures up.
Rialdo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mitchell trying to control the position but Rialdo is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rialdo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mitchell at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Rialdo.

Mitchell looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mitchell is looking to stand up but Rialdo won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mitchell trying to control but Rialdo is working from the bottom.
Rialdo trying to strike off his back.
Rialdo wants to sweep but no luck.
Rialdo keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Mitchell wants to stand but Rialdo is controlling his posture from full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rialdo throws the kick towards the body but Mitchell avoids it.
Rialdo throws a combination that misses

and Mitchell holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

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.
Rialdo tries to break the clinch but Mitchell is controlling the position.

Mitchell breaks from the clinch.

Mitchell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rialdo gets back to full guard.
Rialdo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mitchell tries to free his leg and advance position but Rialdo is retaining full guard.
Mitchell controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rialdo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mitchell's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rialdo slips nicely into half guard.
Mitchell trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Mitchell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mitchell closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mitchell lands in his opponent's guard.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.
Rialdo controls Mitchell momentarily but Mitchell frees himself.
Mitchell is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Rialdo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mitchell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rialdo is keeping the position for now.
Mitchell tries to stand but Rialdo is controlling from the bottom.

Mitchell gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rialdo throws a right and a left that Mitchell avoids nicely.

Mitchell instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Rialdo is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mitchell is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Rialdo to the mat. Rialdo regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rialdo working a defensive guard here.
Mitchell postures up in Rialdo's guard and throws a big left but Rialdo blocks it.
Rialdo striking off his back but it's not causing Mitchell any problems.
Rialdo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rialdo looking for a sweep. Not yet Rialdo, not yet.
Rialdo trying to control the position.
Mitchell tries to stand but Rialdo is controlling from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rialdo falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mitchell counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rialdo keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Rialdo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mitchell puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying to control the action in half guard but Rialdo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rialdo is trying to control but can't.

Mitchell is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rialdo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Mitchell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rialdo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rialdo is pulling down on Mitchell's head to control his posture.
Rialdo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rialdo has his hands on Mitchell's head, controlling the position.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Rialdo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rialdo is trying to keep Mitchell in close.
Mitchell cracks Rialdo with a solid left hand.

Mitchell gets to his feet. Rialdo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Mitchell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Mitchell looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rialdo!

Mitchell has hold of Rialdo's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rialdo manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rialdo tries to hold on but Mitchell pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell trying to control but Rialdo is having none of it.
Rialdo is looking to improve his position but Mitchell isn't that keen on the idea.
Rialdo is squirming around, avoiding Mitchell's attempts to control the action.
Mitchell controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Mitchell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mitchell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Mitchell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rialdo trying to control here.
Mitchell trying to control the pace.

Rialdo is defending against the submission attempts here by Mitchell.
Rialdo is staying active underneath Mitchell, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rialdo is looking to control Mitchell's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rialdo avoid being mounted?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rialdo regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell trying to control the position from guard on top but Rialdo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.
Brock Mitchell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mitchell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mitchell works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mitchell trying to control from half guard but Rialdo is working away.
Mitchell sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mitchell working the head and body with strikes.
Mitchell wants to free his trapped foot but Rialdo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Mitchell is keen to just control but Rialdo is a slippery customer.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brock Mitchell just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rialdo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rialdo swinging wilding here.

Mitchell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mitchell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rialdo misses with a series of wild punches.

Mitchell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rialdo wants to control but Mitchell postures up.
Rialdo regains half guard.
Mitchell controlling the action here.
Rialdo tries to roll over but Mitchell keeps him under control.

Mitchell is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rialdo defends it well.
Mitchell working over Rialdo with some ground and pound. Rialdo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rialdo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rialdo is trying to control the position but Mitchell postures up.

Rialdo looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Mitchell is defending well. Rialdo quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Mitchell has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Rialdo celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Rialdo!