PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Pow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Domingos Rezende Agostinho
vs
Pow

178 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kung Pow!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pow wants to clinch.
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.
Agostinho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pow connects with a high kick.

It looks like Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho has been cut.
Pow throws a right and a left that Agostinho avoids nicely.
Agostinho stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Agostinho wants it to stay on the feet.
Agostinho avoids the body shot from Pow.
Pow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Agostinho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Agostinho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pow is looking to clinch.
Pow lands a head kick!
Agostinho shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pow tries to clinch up.
Pow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kung Pow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pow shoots in but Agostinho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Agostinho avoids the head kick by Pow.

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.
Agostinho stuffs the takedown attempt from Pow. Pow gets slowly back to his feet.
Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kung Pow.
Agostinho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Agostinho fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pow.
Pow tries to clinch there but Agostinho circles away.
Agostinho misses with a low kick.
Pow throws a head kick that misses.
Agostinho misses with a straight right.
Pow moves in looking to clinch but Agostinho pushes him off.
Pow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Agostinho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Agostinho tries to work over Pow's front leg with a kick but Pow checks it.
Pow's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pow duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Agostinho.
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Pow is looking to clinch but Agostinho is avoiding it.
Agostinho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pow.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.
Pow tries a head kick but it misses.
A clash of legs there as Pow blocks the low kick.
Pow tries to clinch but Agostinho is having none of it.
Pow wants to clinch.
Pow fails with an attempt to clinch.

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.
Pow tries to clinch there but Agostinho circles away.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.
Pow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Agostinho can pounce on him.
Agostinho misses with a combination
and Pow counters with a three punch combo that has Agostinho backing up. Agostinho nods at Pow to acknowledge the strikes.
Agostinho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pow tries to clinch up but Agostinho circles away and keeps his distance.
Pow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Agostinho counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kung Pow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Agostinho scores with the left hand. Pow knows he should have avoided that one.
Agostinho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pow sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Agostinho takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Pow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pow tries to land a front kick but Agostinho steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pow tries a head kick but it misses.
Agostinho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Agostinho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pow is looking to clinch.
Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho is winning the standup battle so far.
Agostinho thumps Pow with a low kick.
Pow is breathing heavily.
Pow tries to clinch but Agostinho moves out of range.

Pow shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Agostinho is trying to defend but Pow finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Agostinho looking for submissions off his back.

Agostinho looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Agostinho is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pow throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Agostinho might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Agostinho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Agostinho actively working from the bottom here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pow lands a nice short elbow.
Agostinho moves into full guard.

Agostinho looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pow's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Pow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Agostinho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pow throws a big right hand that misses.

Pow gets to his feet. Agostinho looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Pow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pow misses the shot to the body.
Pow is looking to clinch.
Pow misses with a kick to the body.
Pow misses with a double jab
and Agostinho counters with a nice leg kick.
Pow tries to close the distance and clinch but Agostinho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Agostinho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pow lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pow lands a head kick!
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.
Agostinho lands a jab-cross combination.
Pow throws a head kick that half lands.
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Agostinho throws a leg kick
and Pow counters with a head kick. That will keep Agostinho thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pow wants to clinch up but Agostinho keeps it at a distance.
Pow fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gilson Domingos Rezende Agostinho's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A telegraphed right hand from Pow misses the target.
Nice shot by Agostinho.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pow - that will leave a mark!
Pow thows a leg kick but Agostinho checks it
and Agostinho counters with a good low kick that Pow was not able to check.
Pow tries to clinch up but Agostinho circles away and keeps his distance.
Pow tries to clinch up.
Pow throws a front kick aimed at Agostinho's knee but Agostinho avoids it well.
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.
Pow wants to clinch.
Pow fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Agostinho is looking to score with low kicks.
Pow tries to clinch but Agostinho is having none of it.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.
Agostinho misses with a wild body shot.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.
Pow lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Agostinho misses with a leg kick

and Pow counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pow.
Pow is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pow trying to control but Agostinho is working from the bottom.

Pow gets to his feet. Agostinho looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Agostinho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pow throws a front kick that sends Agostinho stumbling back into the ropes.
Pow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pow tries to clinch but Agostinho is having none of it.
Pow walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Agostinho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agostinho swats away the attempt to clinch by Pow.
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.
Agostinho staying out of range there.
Pow moves in looking to clinch but Agostinho pushes him off.
Agostinho keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Agostinho, right into the meat.
Pow throws a sloppy head kick and Agostinho moves out of range easily.
Agostinho looks to land a combination but Pow avoids it well.
Pow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pow throws a right and a left that both miss.

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.
Pow doesn't manage to clinch there - Agostinho circles away.
Pow throws a sloppy head kick and Agostinho moves out of range easily.
Agostinho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pow tries to clinch but Agostinho moves out of range.
Pow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Agostinho throws a series of punches but Pow avoids them all with ease.
Agostinho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pow wants to clinch.
Pow slips a jab and a cross from Agostinho.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kung Pow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pow has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kung Pow!