PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Victor Bresciani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Riquelme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bresciani comes into the arena with Soulja Boy - Crank That (rock remix) blaring out of the sound system. Carlos Victor Bresciani looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Victor Bresciani
vs
Riquelme

186 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Victor Bresciani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Riquelme!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riquelme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riquelme walks into a left hand.
Riquelme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riquelme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riquelme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bresciani paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bresciani has closed the distance and engaged Riquelme in a clinch.

Bresciani has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Riquelme clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Bresciani looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Riquelme is controlling Bresciani 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Bresciani manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Riquelme is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riquelme is bucking up trying to escape but Bresciani cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bresciani can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Riquelme is looking to escape.
Riquelme tries to lock up and control but Bresciani gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Riquelme is bucking up trying to escape but Bresciani cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bresciani is breathing heavily.
Riquelme prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Riquelme is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bresciani looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresciani throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Riquelme is squirming around, avoiding Bresciani's attempts to control the action.
Bresciani is landing with some decent strikes but Riquelme is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bresciani prevents Riquelme from getting the reversal.
Riquelme really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bresciani. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Riquelme tries to hold on but Bresciani postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bresciani blocks Riquelme's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme is wriggling around trying to escape.
Riquelme regains half guard.
Riquelme tries to get to full guard but Bresciani has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Riquelme looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Riquelme wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bresciani not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bresciani seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Riquelme does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Riquelme trying to control from the bottom.
Riquelme is pressing down on Bresciani's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Riquelme has his foot on Bresciani's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bresciani works his way back into a safe position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riquelme closes the distance but Bresciani moves to the side
and Bresciani counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Riquelme closes the distance but Bresciani moves to the side

and Bresciani counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bresciani.
Bresciani stopping the sweep attempt from Riquelme.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Victor Bresciani dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Riquelme clinches up against the cage.
Bresciani tries to pull guard but Riquelme holds him up against the cage and eventually Bresciani drops back down to his feet.
Riquelme tries to land knees in the clinch but Bresciani avoids the damage to the body.
Bresciani working hard to break the clinch.
Bresciani fails to pull guard.
Riquelme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bresciani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bresciani has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Riquelme as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bresciani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riquelme tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Riquelme tries to land knees in the clinch but Bresciani avoids the damage to the body.
Bresciani avoiding damage as Riquelme throws knees to the body.
Riquelme is trying to force a seperation but Bresciani has the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Riquelme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bresciani is defending well for now.
Riquelme tries a knee to the head but Bresciani blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riquelme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carlos Victor Bresciani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bresciani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riquelme tries to clinch but Bresciani moves away
and Bresciani counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bresciani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riquelme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riquelme wants to clinch

and Bresciani counters with a nice double leg into side control. Riquelme won't be happy with that.
Riquelme is trying to buck Bresciani off.
The strikes coming from Bresciani are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Bresciani looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bresciani trying to control the position but Riquelme is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresciani working away.

Bresciani is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Riquelme knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riquelme tries to close the distance and clinch but Bresciani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bresciani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riquelme doesn't manage to clinch there - Bresciani circles away.
Riquelme tries to clinch but Bresciani moves away

and Bresciani counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Riquelme!
Riquelme can't escape the position.
Bresciani trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Riquelme wants to control but Bresciani is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresciani throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Riquelme gets back to half guard.
Bresciani not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Riquelme trying to hold on to Bresciani's head to control him but Bresciani postures up.
Bresciani looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Riquelme tries to get to full guard but Bresciani has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Victor Bresciani dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Riquelme tries to clinch there but Bresciani circles away.
Riquelme tries to clinch there but Bresciani circles away.
Riquelme tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bresciani counters with a three punch combo that has Riquelme backing up. Riquelme nods at Bresciani to acknowledge the strikes.
Riquelme tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bresciani counters with a two punch combo.
Riquelme tries to clinch

and Bresciani moves into the clinch.
Riquelme tries to land knees in the clinch but Bresciani avoids the damage to the body.
Riquelme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bresciani avoids it.
Riquelme wants to get back to striking at distance but Bresciani won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Bresciani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Riquelme blocks an elbow strike from Bresciani.
Bresciani managing to block the knees to the body from Riquelme.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riquelme wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riquelme tries to land knees in the clinch but Bresciani avoids the damage to the body.
Riquelme stalling.
Bresciani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bresciani lands with a left to the head.
Riquelme tries to land knees in the clinch but Bresciani avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bresciani turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Riquelme is looking for a sweep.
A control attempt from Riquelme but he's now mounted!

Bresciani working for a submission but Riquelme is keeping him at bay.
Bresciani postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riquelme looks a forlorn figure.
Bresciani will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bresciani throwing strikes here but Riquelme is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresciani thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Riquelme trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bresciani tries to control but Riquelme wriggling away.
Bresciani throwing strikes here but Riquelme is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Riquelme is trying desperately to improve position.

Bresciani jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Riquelme is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Riquelme and Bresciani has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bresciani wants to control but Riquelme is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Riquelme wants to improve his position but Bresciani is controlling well.
Bresciani throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Riquelme trying to hold on to Bresciani's head to control him but Bresciani postures up.
Riquelme is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bresciani blocks the strikes from Riquelme.

Bresciani gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Riquelme clinches but Bresciani breaks the clinch

and Bresciani counters with a takedown into side control.
Bresciani fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Riquelme is trying to buck Bresciani off.

Bresciani decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Diego Riquelme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carlos Victor Bresciani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bresciani checks the leg kick nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Victor Bresciani showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bresciani, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Victor Bresciani!