PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armando Paracuelles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pino Scintilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paracuelles's entrance music is El Mariachi-Desperado. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paracuelles
vs
Scintilla

187 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armando Paracuelles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pino Scintilla!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

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

Paracuelles pushes Scintilla up against the cage in a clinch.
Scintilla holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paracuelles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Paracuelles can't get the takedown.

Paracuelles has hold of one of Scintilla's legs. Scintilla is fighting the takedown attempt but Paracuelles gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Scintilla looking for a sweep. Not yet Scintilla, not yet.
Paracuelles postures up in Scintilla's guard and throws a big left but Scintilla blocks it.
Paracuelles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Paracuelles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paracuelles is looking to work some ground and pound but Scintilla has wrist control.
Paracuelles prevents Scintilla from getting back to his feet.
Scintilla is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Paracuelles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paracuelles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Scintilla's head.
Scintilla utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scintilla lands a decent shot there.
Paracuelles's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Paracuelles might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Paracuelles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paracuelles stands up over Scintilla, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paracuelles postures up.
Paracuelles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scintilla works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paracuelles wants to control from the top but Scintilla keeps moving.
Paracuelles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scintilla works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paracuelles throws a big right hand that misses.
Scintilla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Scintilla looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Scintilla looks gassed!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Paracuelles shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Paracuelles showed some decent athleticism there.
Paracuelles lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scintilla tries to roll over but Paracuelles keeps him under control.
Paracuelles thows a huge punch but Scintilla dodges it nicely.
Paracuelles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scintilla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paracuelles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paracuelles winds up and cracks Scintilla with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paracuelles scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Paracuelles winds up and cracks Scintilla with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paracuelles lands strikes from half guard.
Paracuelles scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Paracuelles working over Scintilla with some ground and pound. Scintilla looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Paracuelles takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scintilla has hold of Paracuelles's hands but Paracuelles slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Paracuelles scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Paracuelles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Scintilla does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paracuelles lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paracuelles is nestled in close to Scintilla, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paracuelles lands with a punch from half guard.
Paracuelles working Scintilla over with strikes.
Paracuelles looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Scintilla tries to roll over but Paracuelles keeps him under control.

Scintilla looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paracuelles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paracuelles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Scintilla wants to control but Paracuelles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Paracuelles working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Scintilla taking some punishment here, with Paracuelles in his half guard.
Paracuelles is nestled in close to Scintilla, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paracuelles takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paracuelles lands with a punch from half guard.

Scintilla looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Paracuelles connects with a nice short shot to Scintilla's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armando Paracuelles dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paracuelles shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Scintilla tries to get to full guard but Paracuelles has control of the leg.
Paracuelles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Scintilla has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paracuelles is working away from the top position though.
Paracuelles throwing shots but Scintilla is blocking nicely.
Paracuelles prevents Scintilla from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paracuelles lands a nice short elbow.
Scintilla is breathing heavily.
Paracuelles is trying to control the action in half guard but Scintilla is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Armando Paracuelles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Paracuelles.
Paracuelles drops an elbow to the side of Scintilla's head.
Paracuelles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Paracuelles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scintilla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paracuelles is nestled in close to Scintilla, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Scintilla has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paracuelles is working away from the top position though.
Paracuelles working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paracuelles takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paracuelles lands strikes from half guard.
Paracuelles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scintilla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scintilla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paracuelles lands with a punch from half guard.
Paracuelles is nestled in close to Scintilla, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paracuelles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paracuelles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Scintilla wants to control but Paracuelles is keeping busy.
Paracuelles lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paracuelles working over Scintilla with some ground and pound. Scintilla looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paracuelles controlling the action here.
Scintilla wants to get back to full guard.
Paracuelles controlling the action here.
Paracuelles has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Paracuelles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scintilla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

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.
Nice strikes from Paracuelles there.
Paracuelles lands with a punch from half guard.
Paracuelles winds up and cracks Scintilla with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paracuelles is thwarting Scintilla's attempts to control the position.
Paracuelles lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Scintilla has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paracuelles is working away from the top position though.
Paracuelles working over Scintilla with some ground and pound. Scintilla looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armando Paracuelles dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Scintilla with a poor takedown

and Paracuelles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Scintilla's guard.
Scintilla working a defensive guard here.
Paracuelles postures up and lands a big shot to Scintilla's brow.
Scintilla working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paracuelles.
Paracuelles working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Paracuelles's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Paracuelles stands and throws Scintilla's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Scintilla takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Paracuelles is putting a hurting on Scintilla here, landing some big shots from side control.
Paracuelles scores with a couple of short elbows.
Paracuelles working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paracuelles is chipping away with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paracuelles in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paracuelles trying to control the position but Scintilla is working away.
Paracuelles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scintilla can do to turn this around?
Paracuelles working the ground and pound from side control.
Scintilla takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Paracuelles works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Paracuelles working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Paracuelles's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Scintilla is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Paracuelles asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Paracuelles is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paracuelles scores with a couple of short elbows.
Scintilla is not content to let Paracuelles control the position.
Paracuelles landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Scintilla takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Paracuelles's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Scintilla wants to control but Paracuelles postures up.
Paracuelles grinds an elbow into Scintilla's temple.
Scintilla takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Scintilla tries to buck Paracuelles off but Paracuelles is having none of it.
Scintilla is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paracuelles works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Paracuelles in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paracuelles grinds an elbow into Scintilla's temple.
Paracuelles is trying to ground and pound but Scintilla uses the momentary lack of control by Paracuelles to regain half guard.
Scintilla is refusing to be controlled, as Paracuelles sits in half guard.
Armando Paracuelles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scintilla is trying to stand up here but Paracuelles is controlling him well.
Paracuelles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Paracuelles is trying to control the action in half guard but Scintilla is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four 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.
Paracuelles is thwarting Scintilla's attempts to control the position.
Still in half guard, Paracuelles seems content to control.
Paracuelles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Scintilla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Scintilla on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Paracuelles seems content to control.
Scintilla wants to control but Paracuelles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Paracuelles not doing much here.
Pino Scintilla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Scintilla is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Paracuelles pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Armando Paracuelles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paracuelles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armando Paracuelles!