PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tapater Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Pavanelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua's entrance music is Hordes Of Chaos. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rua
vs
Pavanelli

175 cm
25
140 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

170 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tapater Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Pavanelli!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua wants to clinch up but Pavanelli keeps it at a distance.
Pavanelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Rua forces Pavanelli back against the cage and clinches.
Pavanelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pavanelli.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Pavanelli missing with knees to the body.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavanelli's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rua takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pavanelli being controlled against the cage.
Pavanelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua avoids the elbow strike from Pavanelli, against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pavanelli misses with an elbow over the top.
Pavanelli throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pavanelli.
Rua is struggling to control the position.
Rua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pavanelli looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pavanelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rua's brow.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavanelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks it.
Pavanelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pavanelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rua's brow.
Pavanelli is trying to break free.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.

Pavanelli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pavanelli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pavanelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pavanelli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Rua rushes Pavanelli and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Pavanelli manages to break the clinch.
Pavanelli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.

Rua moves into the clinch.
Pavanelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Pavanelli's ribcage.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pavanelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavanelli blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua avoiding damage as Pavanelli throws knees to the body.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua avoiding damage as Pavanelli throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavanelli throws an elbow but misses.
Pavanelli trying to land knees to the body.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Pavanelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
Rua with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavanelli has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavanelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Pavanelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
Pavanelli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavanelli blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua blocks the elbow strike.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Pavanelli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Pavanelli's ribcage.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavanelli avoids the damage to the body.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pavanelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavanelli's face.
Rua dodges an elbow strike from Pavanelli.

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.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks it.
Pavanelli misses with an elbow strike.
Pavanelli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua blocks the elbow strike.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua blocks an elbow strike.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks with his arms.
Rua avoids a wild elbow strike from Pavanelli.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks it.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks with his arms.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavanelli's face.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavanelli's face.
Pavanelli has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pavanelli.
Rua dodges an elbow strike from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pavanelli trying to land knees to the body.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pavanelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavanelli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavanelli lands a head shot.

Rua pushes Pavanelli up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavanelli wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavanelli throws an elbow but misses.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Pavanelli misses with an elbow strike.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Pavanelli misses with an elbow strike.
Pavanelli missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pavanelli trying to land knees to the body.
Pavanelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pavanelli.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.
Pavanelli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rua blocks an elbow strike.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua dodges an elbow strike from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pavanelli.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavanelli throws an elbow but misses.
Rua prevents Pavanelli from breaking the clinch.
Rua managing to block the knees to the body from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli throws an elbow that misses.
Pavanelli misses with an elbow strike.
Pavanelli throws an elbow that misses.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua avoiding damage as Pavanelli throws knees to the body.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua blocks the elbow strike.

Pavanelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua avoids the body shot from Pavanelli.

Rua forces Pavanelli back against the cage and clinches.
Rua avoids the elbow strike from Pavanelli, against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pavanelli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.

Pavanelli breaks the clinch.

Rua moves into the clinch successfully.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Pavanelli lands an elbow inside that Rua shrugs off.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks it.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.

Pavanelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavanelli avoids the head kick by Rua.
Pavanelli throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
Rua wants to clinch up but Pavanelli keeps it at a distance.
Pavanelli misses with a wild combination.
Pavanelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Pavanelli blocks a head kick by Rua.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavanelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Pavanelli pushes him off.
A punch combination from Pavanelli misses.
Pavanelli stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pavanelli wants it to stay on the feet.
Pavanelli throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.

Rua darts in and clinches Pavanelli up against the cage.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Pavanelli's ribcage.
Rua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.
Rua avoiding damage as Pavanelli throws knees to the body.
Pavanelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pavanelli wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pavanelli letting Rua take a breather here.
Pavanelli can't break the clinch.
Pavanelli is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavanelli throws an elbow but misses.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.

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.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks it.
Pavanelli trying to land knees to the body.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavanelli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pavanelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rua's defenses.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pavanelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Rua avoids the damage to the body.
Pavanelli missing with knees to the body.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavanelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Pavanelli missing with knees to the body.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Pavanelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Pavanelli blocks with his arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rua blocks the elbow strike.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pavanelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua has Pavanelli pushed against the cage.
Rua managing to block the knees to the body from Pavanelli.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tapater Rua dominated that second round.
That's time! Rua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pavanelli throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavanelli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pavanelli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pavanelli lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pavanelli.
Pavanelli scores with a shot to the body.

Pavanelli gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rua to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rua throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pavanelli works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rua loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pavanelli is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rua slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throwing shots but Pavanelli is blocking nicely.

Rua decides to return to a standing position.
Rua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pavanelli.
Pavanelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavanelli looks to throw the jab but Rua is out of range.
Rua wants to clinch up but Pavanelli keeps it at a distance.

Rua scores a takedown into full mount!
Rua prevents Pavanelli from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rua cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pavanelli defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rua.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavanelli is wriggling around trying to escape.

Pavanelli tries to control Rua's head but Rua pushes him back down and moves quickly to lock up an arm here - he's swung around for an armbar! Will he get it??? Yes! Pavanelli is tapping out! Lovely Jiu Jitsu there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (armbar). Tapater Rua!