PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guillermo Penderas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think da Costa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Da Boondocks. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

da Costa
vs
Penderas

181 cm
26
167 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio da Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guillermo Penderas!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penderas swings for the body but da Costa moves out of range.
Penderas checks the leg kick.
Penderas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
da Costa defending well as Penderas loads up on a big left hand.
Antonio da Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penderas throws out a loose jab but da Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
da Costa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Penderas drops da Costa with a beautiful combination! da Costa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Penderas is looking for the KO!

It looks like Antonio da Costa has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penderas takes a swing at da Costa's ribcage but misses.
da Costa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penderas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
da Costa lands with a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by da Costa.
da Costa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Costa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
da Costa lands with a thumping leg kick.
da Costa connects with a solid leg kick.
da Costa slips a jab from Penderas.
da Costa throws a low kick, looking for Penderas's leg but Penderas calmly moves out of range.
da Costa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penderas's calf.
da Costa staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penderas scores with a hook to the body. da Costa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
da Costa is breathing heavily.
da Costa slips a straight right by Penderas.
Penderas lands a head shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Penderas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from da Costa - the referee stops the clock and Penderas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says da Costa. Penderas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
da Costa takes one to the side of the head.
Penderas throws a hook to the side of da Costa's head but da Costa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
da Costa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penderas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Penderas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penderas avoids a kick to the body.
Penderas throws a looping overhand right but da Costa ducks down to avoid it.
Penderas misses with a two punch combination.
Penderas blocks a leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by da Costa!
da Costa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penderas was well out of range. Poor timing from da Costa.
da Costa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Penderas.
Penderas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract da Costa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penderas throws a hook but da Costa blocks it.
da Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
da Costa throws a head kick that misses.
Penderas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from da Costa.
Penderas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Penderas blocks a head kick by da Costa.
Penderas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Penderas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping da Costa at a distance.
Penderas looks to land a left hand but da Costa moved out of range nicely.
da Costa lands a high kick!
Penderas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
da Costa throws a nice inside leg kick.
da Costa ducks under a wild hook from Penderas.
Penderas misses with a wild combination.
da Costa lands with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Costa tried to score with a low kick but Penderas checks it.
da Costa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by da Costa.
Penderas checks the leg kick nicely there.
da Costa throws a head kick but Penderas moves out of range.
da Costa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
da Costa motions for Penderas to come forward. da Costa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penderas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
da Costa throws a leg kick but Penderas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Penderas fails to land with a series of punches.
da Costa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Penderas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
da Costa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Penderas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from da Costa.
Penderas thuds his right hand into da Costa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
da Costa moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from da Costa.
Penderas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penderas cracks da Costa with an open hand slap.
da Costa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Costa throws a head kick that misses.
da Costa tries to land a front kick but Penderas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
da Costa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Costa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Penderas blocks the body kick.
Penderas throws a jab but it's blocked by da Costa.
da Costa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penderas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penderas moves out of range of the body kick from da Costa.
Penderas scores with a decent looking hook.

da Costa is rocked!
A big left from Penderas misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by da Costa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guillermo Penderas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio da Costa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Penderas misses with an uppercut. da Costa saw that one coming.
da Costa slips a jab from Penderas.
A punch combination from Penderas misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for da Costa.
da Costa tries a head kick but it misses.
da Costa throws a nice outside leg kick.
da Costa throws a nice inside leg kick.

da Costa gets a clinch.
Penderas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Penderas managing to block the knees to the body from da Costa.

da Costa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Penderas has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from da Costa.
A good leg kick by da Costa.
da Costa connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Penderas misses.
da Costa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Penderas throws a nice looking combination but da Costa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penderas looks to land a right hand but da Costa moved out of range.
Guillermo Penderas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
da Costa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Penderas steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from da Costa. That one must have hurt.
Penderas swinging wildly here.
An inside leg kick from da Costa misses.
Penderas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Penderas drops da Costa with a beautiful combination! da Costa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Penderas is looking for the KO!
da Costa is looking to score with low kicks.
da Costa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penderas.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Costa.
da Costa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

da Costa takes the fight into the clinch.
Penderas is trying to break the clinch but da Costa is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Costa looking to throw knees to the head but Penderas is blocking nicely.
da Costa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penderas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Penderas gets underhooks to prevent da Costa's takedown attempt.
da Costa working Penderas over with knees to the body.
da Costa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penderas avoids it.
da Costa prevents Penderas from breaking the clinch.
da Costa wants to stall.
da Costa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
da Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penderas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
da Costa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Penderas pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Costa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Costa.
Penderas throws a hook but da Costa avoids it easily.
da Costa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
da Costa misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Penderas sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
da Costa wants to land a leg kick but Penderas is out of range.
Penderas lands the left hand.
da Costa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Penderas moves out of range easily.
da Costa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Penderas's head.
da Costa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Costa throws a leg kick but Penderas moved away.
da Costa looks to land a body kick but Penderas moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Costa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
da Costa throws and low kick but Penderas moves out of range easily.
Nice body kick from da Costa.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Costa.
da Costa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
da Costa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Penderas. That did some damage!
Penderas blocks a leg kick.
da Costa connects with a high kick.
da Costa slips under a jab.
da Costa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
da Costa scores with a leg kick.
Penderas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penderas throws a jab but it's blocked by da Costa.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penderas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
da Costa lands with a thumping leg kick.
da Costa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oh da Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Costa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Guillermo Penderas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Antonio da Costa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

da Costa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
da Costa slips a jab from Penderas.
A big left from Penderas misses.
da Costa seems to have got his legs back now.
da Costa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Penderas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Penderas misses the jab.
Penderas misses with an uppercut. da Costa saw that one coming.
Penderas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but da Costa circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Penderas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penderas swinging wildly here.
da Costa lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice combination there by Penderas.
da Costa blocks a jab.
da Costa delivers a nice body kick.
Penderas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
da Costa slips under a jab from Penderas.
Penderas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Costa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Penderas's head.
A head kick misses from da Costa.
Penderas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by da Costa. da Costa obviously looking to wear him down.
da Costa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penderas misses with a few strikes there.
da Costa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Penderas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from da Costa.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Costa.
Penderas connects with the punch.
Penderas throws a hook to the side of da Costa's head but da Costa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guillermo Penderas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by da Costa.
da Costa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
da Costa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
da Costa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
da Costa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penderas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Costa slips a jab from Penderas.
da Costa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Penderas's sensitive parts.
da Costa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Penderas.
da Costa throws a nice outside leg kick.
da Costa throws a nice inside leg kick.
da Costa throws a nice head kick!
da Costa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid leg kick lands there for da Costa.
da Costa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
da Costa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from da Costa. Penderas shrugs it off though.
A nice leg kick lands there from da Costa.
da Costa throws a leg kick which misses Penderas's front leg but catches the back leg as Penderas tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by da Costa. That's going to slow Penderas down.
da Costa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Penderas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from da Costa - the referee stops the clock and Penderas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says da Costa. Penderas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Costa throws a front kick aimed at Penderas's knee but Penderas avoids it well.
Penderas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penderas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Penderas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
da Costa throws a leg kick but Penderas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice body kick there by da Costa.
Penderas misses with a wild combination.
Penderas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
da Costa throws a leg kick which misses Penderas's front leg but catches the back leg as Penderas tries to avoid it.
da Costa slips under a jab from Penderas.
da Costa lands a head kick!
Penderas misses with a straight left.
A solid leg kick lands there for da Costa.
da Costa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penderas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
da Costa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Penderas.
Penderas moves out of range of the body kick from da Costa.
Penderas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Penderas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. da Costa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Penderas steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from da Costa. That one must have hurt.
Penderas blocks a low kick nicely.
Penderas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from da Costa.
Penderas missing with a left hand there. da Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penderas checks a leg kick.
A jab from Penderas misses.
Penderas misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
da Costa throws a low kick, looking for Penderas's leg but Penderas calmly moves out of range.
da Costa scores with a head kick.
Penderas just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio da Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Penderas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Guillermo Penderas!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Guillermo Penderas!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Guillermo Penderas!

Guillermo Penderas wins by unanimous decision!