PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joao Amaral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Blanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Blanc has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joao Amaral's chin.

Amaral
vs
Blanc

189 cm
21
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Amaral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Blanc!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Amaral.
Blanc is trying to improve his position.
Amaral wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blanc keeps working.
Amaral working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Blanc tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Amaral wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Amaral working the ground and pound.
Blanc taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amaral connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Blanc some visible discomfort.
Amaral trying to control the action but Blanc is working from the bottom.
Amaral advances to mount.
Amaral controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanc tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Amaral can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Blanc is looking to escape.
Amaral lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A nice elbow there by Amaral.
Blanc tries to reverse the position but Amaral maintains control.
Amaral is breathing heavily.
BOOM! Amaral connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Amaral content just to control the position here.
Blanc is bucking up trying to escape but Amaral cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanc really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Blanc is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Amaral landing strikes from the mount.
Blanc is looking to improve his position but Amaral isn't that keen on the idea.
Amaral tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blanc tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Amaral thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

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.
Amaral throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Amaral punching from mount but Blanc doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Amaral postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Blanc looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Amaral connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Blanc tries to reverse the position but Amaral maintains control.
Amaral lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Blanc hang on?
Amaral sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Blanc that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Amaral 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.

Blanc misses with a takedown

and Amaral counters with a single leg into guard. Blanc didn't expect that.
Amaral trying to control but Blanc is working from the bottom.
Blanc has momentary wrist control but Amaral slips an elbow through the middle.
Amaral postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Amaral postures up and lands a big shot to Blanc's brow.

Blanc is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Amaral is aware though and is defending well.
Blanc has momentary wrist control but Amaral slips an elbow through the middle.
Amaral pushing down on Blanc's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Blanc looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amaral scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amaral takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Joao Amaral overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Amaral drops an elbow to the side of Blanc's head.
Blanc tries to get to full guard but Amaral has control of the leg.
Blanc won't allow Amaral to pass to mount.
Amaral not doing much here.
Amaral lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Amaral 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Blanc is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Amaral pulls his head out easily.
Blanc is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Amaral scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amaral controlling the pace.
Amaral lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Amaral thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Blanc to regain full guard.
Amaral trying to control but Blanc is working from the bottom.

Blanc looking for a guillotine here but Amaral defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Amaral is sitting in close to Blanc's body. Blanc has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Amaral is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Amaral is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Blanc.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ricardo Blanc!