PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Pato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Warrior might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Korn-Freak on a leash. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Warrior
vs
Pato

186 cm
27
211 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

189 cm
27
211 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Pato!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pato takes a swing at Warrior's ribcage but misses.
Pato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Warrior fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab from Pato.

Warrior shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Warrior tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Warrior trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pato holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Warrior tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pato is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pato is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pato in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Warrior tries to control but Pato wriggling away.
Pato wants to try and get back to his feet.
Warrior breaks from Pato's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Warrior tries to control but Pato wriggling away.
Warrior thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Warrior lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Warrior throwing strikes here but Pato is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Warrior punishing his opponent with strikes.
Warrior trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Warrior controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pato squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior looking to finish with strikes here!
Warrior 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.
Warrior lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Warrior tries to control but Pato wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Warrior content just to control the position here.
Pato is squirming around, avoiding Warrior's attempts to control the action.

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.
Pato blocking the ground and pound.
You get the feeling that Pato really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pato manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Warrior sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pato defending well though.
Pato wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Warrior looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pato is fending him off so far but Warrior persists. Nope, Pato circles away and we're back to standing.
Warrior will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pato tries to clinch up but Warrior circles away and keeps his distance.
Warrior fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ultimate Warrior 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.

Pato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Warrior circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Warrior avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Warrior fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pato stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pato wants it to stay on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Warrior.
Pato thuds his shin into the meat of Warrior's side.
Pato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warrior throws out the jab.
Ultimate Warrior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Warrior shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pato tries to buck Warrior off but he can't manage it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warrior thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Warrior trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pato wants to try and get back to his feet.
Warrior controlling the position easily from mount.
Warrior has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Warrior trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pato is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Warrior goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Pato turns into him and now he's in Warrior's guard.
Pato wanted to stand there but Warrior had control of the position.

Pato avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pato trying to stand up but can't free himself from Warrior's guard.

Pato gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Pato moves into range and clinches up with Warrior.
Pato is pushing Warrior up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Warrior prevents Pato from breaking the clinch.

Pato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Warrior fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ultimate Warrior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pato is looking to clinch but Warrior is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warrior fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pato lands with a slapping head kick.
Warrior shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pato as he jumps to the side.
Warrior fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pato avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warrior shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pato defends it nicely.

Pato clinches with his opponent.

Pato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alex Pato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Warrior paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Warrior misses with a few strikes there.
Pato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Warrior takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ultimate Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warrior fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Pato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Warrior will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pato is looking to clinch.
Warrior misses with a two punch combination.
Pato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Warrior. That did some damage!
Pato lands with a nice body kick.
Pato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Warrior doesn't seem bothered though.

Pato gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Pato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Warrior misses with a few strikes there.

Pato closes the distance and pushes Warrior back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Pato - that landed with a thud.
Pato digs a right hand into Warrior's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warrior's gas tank.

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

Pato has Warrior up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Pato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pato.
A punch combination from Warrior misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Warrior.
Pato lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Pato closes the distance and pushes Warrior back into the cage.
Warrior tries to circle away but Pato has him pinned against the cage.
Pato cracks Warrior with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pato.
A knee to the head by Pato.
Pato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pato unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warrior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pato lands with an uppercut that bounces Warrior off the cage and back into rage.
Warrior on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pato's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pato duly obliges.
Pato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Warrior is rocked!

Pato has closed the distance and engaged Warrior in a clinch.
Oh Warrior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pato just leaning against Warrior, taking a breather.
A short left from Pato.

Pato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pato lands with a right and another and another! Warrior is in big trouble! Pato lands again and this time it's lights out for Warrior! A quality knockout there for Pato.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alex Pato!
Alex Pato is the new light heavyweight champion!