PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorjao Buxudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buxudo comes into the arena with Pé na Porta, Soco na Cara - Matanza blaring out of the sound system. Jorjao Buxudo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Buxudo
vs
Barrera

183 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorjao Buxudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Barrera!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buxudo scores with a body shot.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buxudo doesn't manage to clinch there - Barrera circles away.
Barrera bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Buxudo's head.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buxudo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrera.
Buxudo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrera moves away.
Barrera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dave Barrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buxudo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrera moves away.
Buxudo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Buxudo thows a body shot but no joy.
Buxudo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrera manages to avoid it.
Buxudo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
Barrera scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Buxudo misses the shot to the body.
Buxudo misses with a hook to the body

and Barrera counters with a nice double leg into side control. Buxudo won't be happy with that.
Buxudo prevents Barrera from improving position.
You can see the frustration on Buxudo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buxudo is looking for a sweep.
Buxudo is trying to escape the position but Barrera is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buxudo is looking for a sweep.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Barrera throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Buxudo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Buxudo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrera manages to avoid it.
Buxudo moves out of range of the strikes.
Buxudo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrera lands a glancing blow to the side of Buxudo's head.
Barrera dips to his left and cracks Buxudo with an uppercut!
Buxudo is looking to wear down Barrera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barrera thuds a left hand into Buxudo's body.
Buxudo drops his hands momentarily and Barrera takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Barrera throws a body punch but Buxudo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barrera counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Barrera misses.
Buxudo misses with a straight right.
Buxudo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Buxudo throws a series of punches but Barrera avoids them all with ease.
Barrera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buxudo misses with a wild body shot.
Barrera misses the body punch
and Buxudo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Buxudo takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.
Buxudo misses with a hook to the body

and Barrera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Buxudo wants to get back to full guard.
Barrera takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Buxudo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Buxudo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barrera is looking to work some ground and pound but Buxudo has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo keeping moving, preventing Barrera from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Buxudo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Barrera has picked Buxudo up and slammed him! Buxudo can't keep hold of the triangle and Barrera manages to pass to side control!
Barrera remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Barrera really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buxudo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Buxudo trying to control but Barrera flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Barrera really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Buxudo.
Barrera throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Buxudo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Buxudo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Buxudo regains half guard.
Barrera seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Buxudo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Buxudo misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Buxudo tries to roll over but Barrera keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buxudo is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Barrera dominated that 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.

Buxudo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrera manages to avoid it.
Buxudo misses the shot to the body.
Buxudo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrera.
Barrera lands with a right hand.
Barrera connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barrera throws a jab but it's blocked by Buxudo.
Buxudo fails with the takedown
enabling Barrera to counter with a crisp jab.
Barrera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barrera scores with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Buxudo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buxudo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrera moves away.
Barrera moves out of range as Buxudo strikes.
Buxudo misses with a wild body shot.
Buxudo shoots in for a takedown but Barrera shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Buxudo or perhaps it was just good defense by Barrera which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorjao Buxudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buxudo scores with a nice head shot.
The fighters circling - Barrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Buxudo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Buxudo shoots in and drives through. Barrera sprawls well.
Buxudo throws the left hand but Barrera avoids the punch easily.
Barrera misses with a hook to the body
and Buxudo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barrera misses with a looping left.
Buxudo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrera lands a jab.
Barrera takes a swing at Buxudo's ribcage but misses.
Buxudo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buxudo tries to move into range but Barrera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Barrera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barrera swings for the body but Buxudo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Buxudo momentarily.
Barrera looks to land a right hand but Buxudo moved out of range.
Buxudo misses with a body punch

and Barrera counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Barrera 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.

Buxudo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Buxudo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Buxudo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barrera must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Barrera preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Buxudo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Buxudo is looking to sinch up a triangle. Barrera throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Buxudo's body to avoid the submission. Buxudo has instead reached around Barrera's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Buxudo arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jorjao Buxudo!