PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone comes to the cage accompanied by BLACK HAWK DOWN. Bruno Falcone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Falcone
vs
Boy

183 cm
23
213 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Boy!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy swinging wilding here.

Falcone drives through with a takedown into guard.
Falcone landing with the ground and pound.
Falcone trying to control the position from guard on top but Boy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Falcone slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Check out the look on Falcone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Boy is looking to reverse the position.

Falcone tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Falcone has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Falcone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcone looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Boy is avoiding damage well.
Falcone trying to control the position but Boy is working away.
Boy takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Falcone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Falcone tries to score with some ground and pound. Boy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Falcone looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Boy is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone in side control, throwing shots but Boy defends.
Falcone trying to control the action but Boy is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Falcone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Falcone tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Falcone is breathing heavily.
Boy tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

Falcone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Boy tries to escape but Falcone is in control.

Falcone tries for a kimura but Boy is defending well.

Falcone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone working the ground and pound but Boy is defending the strikes.
Falcone wants to control but Boy is keeping him busy.

Falcone tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Falcone is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Boy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Boy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Falcone dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Boy stuffs the takedown attempt from Falcone. Falcone gets slowly back to his feet.

Boy gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Falcone to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Falcone throws and elbow that misses. Boy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Falcone's guard. Nice move by Boy!
Falcone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Falcone is looking for a triangle but Boy pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Falcone is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Boy is aware though and is defending well.

Falcone is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Falcone is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Boy defends well.
Falcone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy wants to stand but Falcone has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Falcone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Boy is looking to stand up but Falcone won't let him.

Falcone working for a triangle but Boy defends it easily.
Boy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Falcone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Falcone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Boy pushing down on Falcone's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Falcone makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Falcone.

Falcone looking for a triangle here. Boy is fighting it but it looks tight! Falcone pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Boy is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bruno Falcone!