PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between val garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Popo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). val garcia is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

garcia
vs
Popo

177 cm
25
154 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

168 cm
19
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Legal High's - 158+ Recovery And 159+ Stamina $40

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, val garcia!
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, Ace Popo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
garcia moves in looking to clinch but Popo pushes him off.
Popo fails with a takedown attempt.

Popo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with garcia, pushing him back against the cage.
garcia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Popo pulls his leg out and moves away.
garcia tries for a takedown but Popo circles away easily

and Popo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
garcia has Popo pulled in close to control his posture.
Popo is pushing down on garcia's leg trying to pass to half guard. garcia is fighting to maintain full guard but Popo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Popo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
garcia throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Popo manages to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Popo decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Popo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Popo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Popo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
garcia trying to hold on to Popo's head to control him but Popo postures up.
garcia tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
garcia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Popo on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popo passes into side control, despite garcia's attempt to control the position.

Popo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but garcia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
garcia wants to control but Popo postures up.

Popo decides to stand back up.
Popo tries to close the distance and clinch up but garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
garcia closes the distance looking to clinch

and Popo counters with a shoot takedown. garcia fights it but they end up in guard.
garcia is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
garcia keeping moving, preventing Popo from controlling successfully.
Popo stays in close to garcia's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
garcia is trying to hold Popo in close to prevent damage but Popo has managed to pass into half guard.

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.
garcia is concentrating on defense, preventing Popo from advancing position.
Popo slips a nice elbow through garcia's hands, connecting with garcia's forehead.
garcia is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Popo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Popo there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Popo in particular looking to stall.
Popo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Popo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Popo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Popo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

garcia throws a looping overhand right but Popo ducks down to avoid it.

Popo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Popo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, garcia has managed to free his arm - good work.
garcia tries to get to full guard but Popo has control of the leg.
Popo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Popo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Popo jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… garcia is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by garcia and Popo has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
garcia is letting Popo control him for a moment.

Popo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but garcia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Popo controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Popo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but garcia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
garcia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Popo.
garcia is trying to escape the position but Popo is controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ace Popo.

Popo instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
garcia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Popo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Popo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Popo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Popo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
garcia misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Popo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Popo 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.
Popo content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Popo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Popo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. garcia manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Popo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Popo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Popo trying to control the position from guard on top but garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
garcia wants to control but Popo passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
garcia wants to get back to full guard.

Popo decides to stand and escape the position.

Popo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Popo lands in his opponent's guard.
Popo scoring with some ground and pound.
Popo controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ace Popo.
garcia checks a low kick from Popo.
garcia has his takedown stuffed

and Popo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in garcia's guard now.
Popo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popo is working garcia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Popo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
garcia is trying to hold Popo in close to prevent damage but Popo has managed to pass into half guard.

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.

Popo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and garcia defends it well.
Still in half guard, Popo seems content to control.
Popo moves nicely into side control.
garcia tries to buck Popo off but Popo is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ace Popo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Popo 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ace Popo!