PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Pepinhos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rojo Sangria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pepinhos comes into the arena with Macaco - Hacen Falta Dos blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pepinhos
vs
Sangria

183 cm
25
199 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

181 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Pepinhos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rojo Sangria!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pepinhos fails with a takedown attempt.
Sangria with a poor takedown

and Pepinhos counters by clinching up.

Sangria jumps guard.
Pepinhos trying to control but Sangria is working from the bottom.
Pepinhos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sangria pulls Pepinhos in close to his closed guard and prevents Pepinhos from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sangria lands a good elbow from the bottom.

Sangria escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pepinhos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sangria lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pepinhos!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepinhos wants to control but Sangria is having none of it.
Sangria controlling the pace for now.
Sangria looking to finish with strikes here!
Pepinhos manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sangria is just content to waste time from the top position. Pepinhos takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Sangria with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sangria cracks Pepinhos with a solid left hand.
Pepinhos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sangria seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sangria has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sangria trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepinhos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepinhos trying to keep a closed guard but Sangria is proving a slippery customer.
Sangria is looking to work some ground and pound but Pepinhos has wrist control.

Pepinhos has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Sangria is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pepinhos.

Sangria tries for a kimura but Pepinhos is defending well.
Sangria controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sangria wants to control but Pepinhos is keeping him busy.
Pepinhos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pepinhos wants to control but Sangria postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pepinhos is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rojo Sangria dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sangria lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pepinhos tries for a takedown but Sangria circles away easily
and Sangria makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sangria catches Pepinhos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Sangria shoots in and bounces Pepinhos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pepinhos looking to control.
Sangria is in close to Pepinhos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sangria scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sangria throws and elbow that misses. Pepinhos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sangria's guard. Nice move by Pepinhos!
Sangria pulls Pepinhos in close to prevent any damage.
Pepinhos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sangria works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sangria scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Pepinhos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sangria not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pepinhos tries to free his leg and advance position but Sangria is retaining full guard.

Pepinhos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Sangria is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Sangria has escaped and now he's on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sangria controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sangria trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepinhos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pepinhos looking to control but Sangria passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sangria seems to be working for a kimura but Pepinhos defends the submission attempt.
Sangria tries to pass to full mount but Pepinhos defends it.
Pepinhos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sangria.
Pepinhos trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pepinhos keeping moving, preventing Sangria from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sangria cracks Pepinhos with an open hand slap.
Sangria cracks Pepinhos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pepinhos with a poor takedown
and Sangria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pepinhos staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rojo Sangria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pepinhos moves out of range of the strikes.
Pepinhos misses with a takedown attempt
and Sangria counters with a straight right hand.
A leg kick checked by Sangria.

Sangria closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sangria lands in his opponent's guard.
Sangria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sangria pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pepinhos is keeping the position for now.
Sangria throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sangria works over Pepinhos with some ground and pound from guard.
Pepinhos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sangria is one step ahead there.
Sangria slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pepinhos has momentary wrist control but Sangria slips an elbow through the middle.
Pepinhos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sangria controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pepinhos keeping full guard, as Sangria tries to pass.
Sangria trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepinhos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sangria tries to free his leg and advance position but Pepinhos is retaining full guard.
Sangria wants to control from the top but Pepinhos keeps moving.

Sangria drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Pepinhos manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sangria has Pepinhos in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sangria looking to control but Pepinhos passes into half guard.
Sangria has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pepinhos is working away from the top position though.
Pepinhos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sangria defending well though.

Pepinhos is looking for a kimura here.
Rojo Sangria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pepinhos prevents Sangria from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pepinhos is thwarting Sangria's attempts to control the position.
Sangria is trying to get back to full guard.
Marco Pepinhos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pepinhos blocks the strikes from Sangria.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sangria bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pepinhos tries to clinch but Sangria moves out of range.
Sangria scores with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rojo Sangria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sangria winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rojo Sangria!