PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hendrix Villareiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ronaldo Kaka has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ronaldo Kaka seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kaka
vs
Villareiz

190 cm
25
206 lbs
2 - 2 - 2

188 cm
25
222 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Kaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hendrix Villareiz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaka lands a jab.
Kaka is looking to clinch.
Kaka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaka tries to clinch up.
Kaka misses with a hook.
Villareiz lands with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo Kaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaka is looking to clinch.
Kaka wants to clinch.
Kaka tries to close the distance and clinch but Villareiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kaka is looking to clinch.
Villareiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villareiz misses with the combination.
Kaka slips a jab and a cross from Villareiz.
Villareiz throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villareiz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kaka.
Ronaldo Kaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kaka throws a jab but it's blocked by Villareiz.

Villareiz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Villareiz wants to control from the top but Kaka keeps moving.
Villareiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kaka swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Villareiz postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kaka is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Villareiz, into his guard.
Villareiz looks gassed!
Kaka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Villareiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Villareiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villareiz has a closed guard, preventing Kaka from standing up.
Kaka looking to pass the guard.
Kaka won't allow Villareiz to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kaka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Villareiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kaka wants to control from the top but Villareiz keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kaka scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Hendrix Villareiz has been cut.
Kaka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Villareiz.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villareiz moves out of range as Kaka strikes.
Kaka wants to clinch
and Villareiz counters with a good low kick that Kaka was not able to check.
Kaka misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hendrix Villareiz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hendrix Villareiz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Villareiz misses with a head kick.
Villareiz staying out of range there.
Kaka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ronaldo Kaka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Villareiz avoids the head kick by Kaka.
Kaka throws the left hand but Villareiz avoids the punch easily.
Kaka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kaka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Villareiz counters with a low kick, right behind Kaka 's knee.
Ronaldo Kaka is winning the standup battle so far.
Kaka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Villareiz.
Villareiz is looking to clinch.
Kaka tries to clinch
and Villareiz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villareiz lands a glancing blow to the side of Kaka's head.
Villareiz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Villareiz.

Kaka is rocked!
Villareiz seems to be stalking Kaka here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Kaka drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hendrix Villareiz!