PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juliano Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Roballes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hernandez
vs
Roballes

185 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juliano Hernandez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Roballes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roballes lands with a right hand.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roballes.
Roballes throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Roballes.
Hernandez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hernandez dives in and grabs Roballes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Roballes pushes down on Hernandez's head and hops out.
Roballes throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roballes. Hernandez does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Roballes both land. Nice combination.
Roballes cracks Hernandez with a good jab.
Roballes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roballes throws a series of strikes that have Hernandez backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roballes throws a series of punches but Hernandez avoids them all with ease.
Hernandez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juliano Hernandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roballes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Roballes.
Hernandez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Roballes pinned against the cage. Roballes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Roballes scores with a jab.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hernandez. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hernandez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Roballes tries to buck Hernandez off but he can't manage it.
Hernandez looking to ground and pound but Roballes is blocking nicely.
Hernandez 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.
Hernandez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roballes blocking the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roballes is trying to stand up.
Hernandez misses with a head shot.
Roballes trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roballes looks gassed!
Hernandez with good strikes from the mount here!
Roballes taking shots to the head.
Hernandez cracks Roballes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hernandez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hernandez content just to control the position here.
Hernandez looking to finish Roballes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Roballes!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez controlling the pace for now.
Hernandez throws some wild stikes that Roballes manages to avoid easily.
Roballes really wants to buck Hernandez off and get back to his feet.
Hernandez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Roballes wants to get back to his feet.
Roballes is squirming around, avoiding Hernandez's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roballes is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hernandez landing strikes from the mount and Roballes is in trouble!

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.
Hernandez tries to control but Roballes wriggling away.
Hernandez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Roballes wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez landing strikes from the mount.
Roballes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hernandez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hernandez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez working Roballes over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roballes scores with a three punch combo!
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roballes cracks a nice hook into Hernandez's ribs.
Hernandez shoots in for a double leg but Roballes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roballes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roballes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hernandez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hernandez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roballes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roballes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hernandez slips a jab from Roballes.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roballes as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juliano Hernandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roballes takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hernandez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hernandez lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hernandez looking to pass the guard.
Roballes wants to stand and escape but Hernandez is having none of it.

Roballes scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Roballes connects with a body shot.
Andre Roballes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roballes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Roballes lands a jab-cross combination.
Roballes throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt - Roballes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roballes connects with a crisp jab.
Hernandez walks into a stiff left hand from Roballes.
A jab from Roballes finds it's way through Hernandez's defenses.
Hernandez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hernandez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roballes.
Roballes misses the shot to the body.
Andre Roballes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roballes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roballes throws a looping overhand right but Hernandez ducks down to avoid it.
Roballes thows a body shot but no joy.

Hernandez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Roballes was covering up waiting for the punch and Hernandez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Roballes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Roballes wants to stand but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Hernandez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Roballes is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Roballes manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez shoots in looking for a takedown. Roballes tries to sprawl out of it but Hernandez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Roballes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Roballes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hernandez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roballes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Roballes throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roballes.
Hernandez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Roballes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roballes scores with the left hand. Hernandez knows he should have avoided that one.
Roballes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hernandez doesn't seem bothered though.
Roballes works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roballes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Roballes jabs at Hernandez's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Roballes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Roballes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roballes stuffs the takedown.
Roballes scores with a sloppy right hand. Hernandez should have avoided that one.
Roballes misses with a series of wild punches.
Roballes lands with a cross.
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roballes scores with the left hand. Hernandez knows he should have avoided that one.
Roballes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hernandez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juliano Hernandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roballes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roballes looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Hernandez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roballes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andre Roballes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez takes one to the side of the head.
Roballes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roballes misses with a double jab.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Roballes.
Roballes misses with a few strikes there.
Roballes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hernandez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Roballes is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Roballes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hernandez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roballes wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hernandez cracks Roballes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roballes hang on?
Hernandez won't let Roballes get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Hernandez has control of Roballes's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Roballes regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Roballes's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roballes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hernandez.
Roballes tries to buck Hernandez off but he can't manage it.
Hernandez landing punches.
Roballes trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hernandez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Roballes bucks Hernandez off and manages to get back to his feet!
Hernandez fails with a takedown attempt.
Roballes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez shoots in and drives through. Roballes sprawls well.
Roballes scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roballes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roballes connects with the punch.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown but Roballes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hernandez dives in and grabs Roballes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Roballes pushes down on Hernandez's head and hops out.
Juliano Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roballes throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Roballes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hernandez shoots in but Roballes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Roballes lunges at Hernandez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hernandez's hand.
Hernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roballes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Roballes really dominated that round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Roballes.
Roballes throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roballes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Roballes moves out of range.
Hernandez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Roballes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hernandez somewhat.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Roballes sprawls well. Roballes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hernandez gets slowly back to his feet.
Roballes cracks a nice hook into Hernandez's ribs.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roballes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hernandez shoots in looking for a takedown. Roballes tries to sprawl out of it but Hernandez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Roballes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juliano Hernandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roballes.
Roballes looks to land a combination. Hernandez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Roballes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hernandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hernandez tries for a takedown but Roballes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Roballes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roballes.
Roballes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roballes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hernandez has time to react.
No joy there for Roballes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roballes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roballes leaves Hernandez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hernandez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hernandez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice uppercut there from Roballes.
Roballes misses with a few strikes there.
Roballes misses with a few strikes there.
Hernandez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roballes tries to avoid it but Hernandez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roballes to the ground. Roballes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roballes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hernandez. Hernandez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jab from Roballes.

Hernandez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Roballes's half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roballes is looking to escape.
Juliano Hernandez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roballes wants to stand back up but Hernandez manages to pass into side control.
Roballes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hernandez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roballes is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hernandez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Roballes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hernandez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hernandez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Roballes tries to escape but Hernandez is in control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hernandez stands up and beckons Roballes to his feet.
Roballes throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.

Hernandez gets the takedown into side control.
An elbow from Hernandez crashes against the mat.
Roballes taking punishment in the form of punches.

Hernandez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Roballes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hernandez is trying to ground and pound but Roballes uses the momentary lack of control by Hernandez to regain half guard.
Hernandez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Andre Roballes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Roballes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roballes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hernandez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Roballes really wants to buck Hernandez off and get back to his feet.
Hernandez landing strikes from the mount.
Hernandez with shots to the head and body - Roballes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roballes is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roballes hang on?
Roballes is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hernandez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hernandez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Roballes is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hernandez with shots to the head and body - Roballes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roballes hang on?
Roballes wants to get back to his feet.

Hernandez working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Roballes looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Hernandez! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Juliano Hernandez!
Juliano Hernandez is the new welterweight champion!