PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Batista de Guia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Guia comes to the cage accompanied by "Quilombo" by Soulfly. Saint Shamrock has chosen Here Come's Tha Thumper as his entrance music. Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

de Guia
vs
Thumper Saint Shamrock

180 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
148 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Batista de Guia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Shamrock throws a head kick that misses.
de Guia shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Saint Shamrock sprawls well. Saint Shamrock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. de Guia gets slowly back to his feet.

Saint Shamrock closes the distance and pushes de Guia back into the cage.
Saint Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but de Guia is blocking nicely.
Saint Shamrock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
de Guia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
de Guia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint Shamrock avoids it.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Guia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but de Guia blocks it with crossed arms.
de Guia trying to control the position but instead, Saint Shamrock has worked for underhooks and has pushed de Guia into the cage.
Saint Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Guia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saint Shamrock tries a knee to the head but de Guia blocks it.
de Guia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Saint Shamrock pulls his leg out and moves away.
Saint Shamrock stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Saint Shamrock wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Batista de Guia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A clash of legs there as de Guia blocks the low kick.

Saint Shamrock has closed the distance and engaged de Guia in a clinch.
Saint Shamrock prevents de Guia from breaking the clinch.
de Guia tries to land a knee to the head but Saint Shamrock blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Shamrock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
de Guia takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, de Guia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saint Shamrock's brow.
de Guia trying to land knees to the body.
Saint Shamrock misses with a knee strike.
de Guia tries to pull guard but Saint Shamrock holds him up against the cage and eventually de Guia drops back down to his feet.
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the body.
Saint Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Guia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saint Shamrock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has de Guia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Guia is breathing heavily.
Saint Shamrock crunches a lovely knee into de Guia's ribcage.
de Guia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saint Shamrock has him pressed against the cage.
Saint Shamrock landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Saint Shamrock.
de Guia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saint Shamrock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the head.
de Guia fails to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Guia wants to get back to striking at distance but Saint Shamrock won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Shamrock misses with a knee to the head.
de Guia trying to land knees to the body.
Saint Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but de Guia avoids the damage to the body.

de Guia jumps guard.
de Guia wants to stand up but Saint Shamrock is controlling him.
de Guia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saint Shamrock accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
de Guia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Saint Shamrock stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Saint Shamrock throws a low kick but it's checked well by de Guia.

Saint Shamrock closes the distance and pushes de Guia back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but de Guia is blocking nicely.
Saint Shamrock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
de Guia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saint Shamrock working de Guia over with knees to the body.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but de Guia blocks with his arms.
Saint Shamrock misses with a knee strike.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Guia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
de Guia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the head.
de Guia connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Saint Shamrock.
Saint Shamrock avoiding damage as de Guia throws knees to the body.
Saint Shamrock misses with a knee strike.
de Guia fails to pull guard.
de Guia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Saint Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but de Guia is blocking nicely.
de Guia misses with a knee to the head.
de Guia stalls.
de Guia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Saint Shamrock smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint Shamrock fails in his attempt to clinch.
de Guia throws a sloppy head kick and Saint Shamrock moves out of range easily.
de Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint Shamrock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de Guia blocks a head kick by Saint Shamrock.
de Guia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
de Guia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saint Shamrock can pounce on him.
Saint Shamrock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Saint Shamrock throws a quick head kick that skims the top of de Guia's head.
de Guia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saint Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whack! Saint Shamrock lands a heavy head kick that drops de Guia. The ref tackles Saint Shamrock to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because de Guia was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock!