PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Floppy McPoppins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McPoppins
vs
Paiva

180 cm
20
168 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

179 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Floppy McPoppins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leandro Paiva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McPoppins darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
McPoppins is pressing down on Paiva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Paiva is holding on for now.
McPoppins controlling the pace.
Paiva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McPoppins controlling the action here.
McPoppins is looking to take a break and control but Paiva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paiva is looking for a sweep. McPoppins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McPoppins lands a nice short elbow.
McPoppins is looking to take a break and control but Paiva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paiva blocking the ground and pound attempt from McPoppins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPoppins slips a nice elbow through Paiva's hands, connecting with Paiva's forehead.
Paiva wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with McPoppins in particular looking to stall.
Paiva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paiva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
McPoppins chips away with some ground and pound.
McPoppins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
McPoppins postures up and lands a big shot to Paiva's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva looking for a sweep. Not yet Paiva, not yet.
McPoppins connects with a couple of short punches.
Paiva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paiva has momentary wrist control but McPoppins slips an elbow through the middle.
McPoppins chips away with some ground and pound.
McPoppins is in close to Paiva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Paiva looking to hit a scissor sweep but McPoppins is one step ahead there.
McPoppins connects with a couple of short punches.
McPoppins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Paiva tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins working the ground and pound from side control.
McPoppins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paiva keeps working.
McPoppins is chipping away with strikes.
Paiva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Check out the look on McPoppins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
McPoppins working the head and body with strikes.
Paiva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
McPoppins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paiva keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins scoring with punches and elbows.
McPoppins scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Paiva throws McPoppins to one side and escapes!
Paiva tries to bum rush McPoppins with a series of wild strikes but McPoppins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McPoppins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Paiva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paiva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McPoppins is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paiva throws a jab but it's blocked by McPoppins.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paiva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McPoppins was well out of range. Poor timing from Paiva.
Paiva misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

McPoppins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paiva.
Paiva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Paiva duly obliges.
McPoppins avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McPoppins is defended easily by Paiva.
Paiva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McPoppins shoots for a takedown but Paiva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Paiva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McPoppins was well out of range. Poor timing from Paiva.
Paiva misses with a double jab.
McPoppins avoids a punch combination nicely.

McPoppins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McPoppins showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McPoppins lands a nice short elbow.
Paiva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McPoppins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
McPoppins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Paiva tries to kick McPoppins off but McPoppins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
McPoppins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paiva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McPoppins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McPoppins passes to full mount!
Paiva is bucking up trying to escape but McPoppins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva really wants to buck McPoppins off and get back to his feet.
Paiva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Paiva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McPoppins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
McPoppins dominating with strikes here.
McPoppins prevents Paiva from getting the reversal.
McPoppins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McPoppins with good strikes from the mount here!
McPoppins landing strikes, looking to finish!
McPoppins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McPoppins looking to control but Paiva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins cracks Paiva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
McPoppins working Paiva over with strikes here.
McPoppins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Paiva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McPoppins lands a nice short elbow.
McPoppins throwing shots but Paiva is blocking nicely.
Paiva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paiva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McPoppins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McPoppins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Paiva is trying to get back to full guard.
McPoppins is nestled in close to Paiva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins working the head and body with strikes.
Paiva has a hand on McPoppins's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. McPoppins takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
McPoppins landing strikes from the mount and Paiva is in trouble!
McPoppins trying to control but Paiva is having none of it.
McPoppins lands a big shot there that rocks Paiva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paiva can't escape the position.
McPoppins is landing with some decent strikes but Paiva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McPoppins dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floppy McPoppins dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Paiva misses.
McPoppins fails to land the takedown.
McPoppins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Paiva swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Paiva. No joy for McPoppins on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Floppy McPoppins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

McPoppins throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Paiva was covering up waiting for the punch and McPoppins finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Floppy McPoppins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paiva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McPoppins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McPoppins with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva wants to sweep but no luck.

Paiva throws his legs up looking for a submission but McPoppins uses it to pass to side control.
Paiva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
McPoppins lands a few punches from side control.
Paiva is trying to buck McPoppins off.
Paiva is letting McPoppins control him for a moment.
McPoppins is working Paiva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Paiva sneaks back into half guard.
McPoppins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Paiva is trying to stand up here but McPoppins is controlling him well.
McPoppins controlling the pace.
McPoppins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paiva looks like he's trying to stand up.
McPoppins not doing much here.
Paiva wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Paiva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McPoppins lands strikes from half guard.
McPoppins 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.
McPoppins is trying to control the action in half guard but Paiva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Floppy McPoppins.
Paiva just misses with a punch to the body.
McPoppins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Paiva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McPoppins on the side of the head.
McPoppins tries to move into range but Paiva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paiva. McPoppins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paiva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Paiva.
Leandro Paiva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Floppy McPoppins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paiva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paiva throws a good cross that connects.
Paiva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McPoppins.
Paiva lands with a shot to the body.
McPoppins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab from Paiva.
Paiva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McPoppins.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Leandro Paiva.
I think McPoppins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floppy McPoppins!