PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edson Conterraneo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Balboa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Linkin Park - Bleed It Out . 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.

Balboa
vs
Conterraneo

191 cm
20
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edson Conterraneo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Balboa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conterraneo is trying to keep Balboa in close.
Conterraneo is looking to stand up but Balboa isn't so interested in that idea.
Conterraneo keeping moving, preventing Balboa from controlling successfully.

Conterraneo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Conterraneo wants to stand but Balboa is controlling the position.
Balboa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Balboa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Conterraneo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Balboa advances to half guard.
Conterraneo trying to control here.
Ground and pound from Balboa.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Balboa stands up and beckons Conterraneo to join him on the feet.

Balboa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Balboa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Conterraneo sees it coming and defends easily.
Conterraneo is trying to get back to full guard.
Balboa trying to control from half guard but Conterraneo is working away.
Balboa throwing shots but Conterraneo is blocking nicely.

Balboa is looking for a kimura here.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Conterraneo is looking to control Balboa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Conterraneo avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Conterraneo is defending against the submission attempts here by Balboa.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Conterraneo is trying to maintain the position but Balboa is very close to passing his half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Conterraneo clinches.
Conterraneo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balboa blocks it with crossed arms.

Balboa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Conterraneo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Balboa counters with a shoot takedown. Conterraneo fights it but they end up in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conterraneo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Conterraneo keeping moving, preventing Balboa from controlling successfully.
Balboa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Conterraneo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Balboa thows a big elbow that misses.
Balboa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Balboa trying to control but Conterraneo is working from the bottom.
Balboa is really struggling to control Conterraneo but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Conterraneo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Conterraneo tries to keep at a distance but Balboa has taken the fight into the clinch.

Conterraneo breaks from the clinch.

That's four 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balboa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Conterraneo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Balboa tries to improve position but can't.
Balboa is working hard here to advance position.
Balboa is trying to work for a sweep but Conterraneo has mounted him!
Balboa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Balboa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Balboa trying to control but Conterraneo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Excellent takedown into side control there by Conterraneo.
Balboa manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Balboa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Balboa is pressing down on Conterraneo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Balboa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Conterraneo defends well.
Conterraneo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Balboa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Balboa is looking for a triangle here but Conterraneo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conterraneo advances nicely into full mount.
Conterraneo wants to control the pace but Balboa is squirming around nicely.
Balboa is trying desperately to improve position.
Conterraneo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Balboa is looking to escape.
Balboa working to try and regain half guard.

That's two 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.
Balboa is just holding on here. Conterraneo manages to take his back.
Conterraneo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Balboa is looking for a way out.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet.

Conterraneo looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Balboa taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Edson Conterraneo!