PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juana Play (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cosme Capetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Play comes to the cage accompanied by Lil Wayne ft Chamillionaire - Rockstar. Juana Play has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Play
vs
Capetto

185 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

194 cm
26
217 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juana Play!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cosme Capetto!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capetto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Capetto blocks a head kick by Play.
Capetto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Capetto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Play moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Play fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Capetto ducks under a wild hook from Play.
Capetto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Play.
Capetto moves out of range of the body kick from Play.
An inside leg kick from Play misses.
Cosme Capetto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Play.
Capetto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Play's waist but Play gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Capetto off to one side.
Capetto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Capetto.

Play gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Capetto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Play has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Capetto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Play is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capetto content to stall in guard here.
Capetto has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Play is proving hard to escape from.
Capetto is pushing down on Play's leg trying to pass to half guard. Play is fighting to maintain full guard but Capetto has managed to sneak the leg through.

Capetto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Play missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Play is trying to get back to full guard.
Play connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Capetto tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Play looking for submissions off his back.
Play missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Capetto is thwarting Play's attempts to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Play shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Capetto as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juana Play. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capetto is looking to clinch but Play is avoiding it.
Capetto throws a series of punches but Play avoids them all with ease.
Play takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Play drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Play looking to pass the guard.
Play throwing strikes from guard but Capetto blocks nicely.
Play thows a big elbow that misses.

Capetto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Capetto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Capetto keeping moving, preventing Play from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Capetto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Play defends it easily.
Capetto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Play.
Play wants to control from the top but Capetto keeps moving.
Play working some strikes from top position.
Play chips away with some ground and pound.

Capetto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Play can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Play 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.
Capetto is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Capetto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Play is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Juana Play will probably get the nod.
That's time! Play's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some wild striking there from Play.
Capetto avoids the head kick by Play.
Capetto lands with a cross.
Capetto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Play as he jumps to the side.

Capetto closes the distance and clinches.

Play turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Capetto manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Play slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Play looking for a guillotine here but Capetto defends easily.

Capetto stands and steps away. Play gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Play closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Capetto to the mat! Capetto manages to get full guard.

Play drops back looking for a leg! Capetto is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Capetto manages to kick Play off! Play jumps back into Capetto's guard.
Play trying to control the position from guard on top but Capetto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Play working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Play scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Play lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Play lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Capetto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Capetto tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Play takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Play will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Play looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Capetto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Capetto gets a takedown into half guard.
Capetto wants to pass the guard but Play is defending well.
Play trying to control from the bottom.
Play gets full guard.
Play manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Play prevents Capetto from getting the reversal.
Capetto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Play wants to control the pace but Capetto is squirming around nicely.
Play fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Play has hold of Capetto's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Capetto manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Play is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Capetto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Play working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Play lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

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.

Play with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Play avoids the attempt from Capetto to control.

Play is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Capetto is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Capetto flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Play anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Capetto and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Play slips an arm under Capetto chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Play has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Play is squeezing on Capetto like an anaconda would it's prey. Capetto fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Juana Play!