PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Lobato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Monster Magnet - Powertrip kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Lucas Carvalho will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lobato
vs
Carvalho

178 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Cage Wars: Rocha Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Lucas Lobato!
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, Lucas Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lobato misses with the combination.

Lobato moves into the clinch successfully.
Lobato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carvalho backwards.

Carvalho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carvalho waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Lobato.
Lobato lands a head shot.
Lobato scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carvalho has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carvalho checks a leg kick.
Carvalho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carvalho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Carvalho misses the target.
Carvalho takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Lobato shoots in and bounces Carvalho off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lobato looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobato stops Carvalho from standing up.

Lobato drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lobato jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carvalho wants to sweep here but Lobato controlling him for the moment.
Carvalho being controlled here, momentarily.
Carvalho wants to stand up but Lobato is controlling him.

That's two 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.
Lobato's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lobato has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lobato pushing down on Carvalho's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Carvalho is looking to get back to is feet but Lobato passes into side control.

Lobato decides to stand up, so the ref orders Carvalho to his feet.
Carvalho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carvalho looks gassed!
Lobato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lobato slaps away a takedown attempt from Carvalho, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Lobato darts in and clinches Carvalho up against the cage.
Lobato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carvalho is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lobato pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Lobato turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lobato is chipping away with strikes.
Lobato works to advance to full mount. Carvalho defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carvalho takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lobato controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lobato scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carvalho?
Lobato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lobato seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Carvalho for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lobato scores with a takedown into Carvalho's guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucas Lobato just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lobato circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lobato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Carvalho gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lobato to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lobato could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lobato content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho keeping moving, preventing Lobato from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carvalho can't keep his opponent in guard - Lobato advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lobato content to control rather than advance.

Carvalho kicks off Lobato and gets to his feet.
Lobato circles away from the clinch attempt

and Lobato counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carvalho manages to break the clinch.

Lobato closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lobato.
Carvalho throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lobato wants to break free but Carvalho has control.

Carvalho breaks from the clinch.

Lobato darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lobato is controlling the pace.
Lobato trying to mount his opponent but Carvalho defends it.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobato perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Carvalho is looking to get back to full guard here but Lobato has managed to pass to side control instead.
Carvalho can't escape the position.
Lobato controlling from mount.
Carvalho swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lobato controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucas Lobato just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Carvalho tries to clinch but Lobato is having none of it.

Lobato darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lobato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Lobato decides to return to a standing position.
Carvalho stuffs the takedown.
Lucas Lobato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carvalho lands a head kick!
Lobato scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Lobato 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!

Lobato misses with a few strikes there.

Lobato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carvalho is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Lobato has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carvalho's face.
Lobato controlling from the full mount.
Carvalho tries to buck Lobato off but he can't manage it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lobato content just to control the position here.
Carvalho is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lobato working for a submission but Carvalho is keeping him at bay.
Carvalho is trying to stand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Lobato is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Carvalho has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lobato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Lobato takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lucas Lobato overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carvalho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lucas Lobato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho is trying desperately to improve position.
Lobato controlling his opponent.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet.
Lobato controlling his opponent.
Lobato blocks Carvalho's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lobato content just to control the position here.
Carvalho really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Carvalho tries to lock up and control but Lobato gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lobato controlling his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucas Lobato just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carvalho wants a takedown.
Lucas Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carvalho stops a takedown attempt from Lobato.
Lobato blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Lobato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lobato has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Lobato!