PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poraido Brando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brando is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Showdown. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Angel
vs
Brando

185 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

189 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Uriel Angel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Poraido Brando!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brando throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Brando. Those never looked like landing.
Brando will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Angel shoots in for a double leg but Brando sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brando swats away the attempt to clinch by Angel.
Brando cracks Angel with a good jab.
Angel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Angel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brando looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brando misses with a series of wild punches.
Brando throws a right and a left that Angel avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brando scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Brando looks to land a combination but Angel avoids it well.
Brando misses with a few strikes there.
Brando blocks a low kick nicely.
Brando misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Brando as he connects with a hook.
Brando misses with the combination.
Brando with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brando!
Brando misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brando.
Brando lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A left and a right from Brando both land. Nice combination.
A punch lands to the side of Brando 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brando lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Angel circles away quickly and effectively.
Brando looks to land a combination but Angel avoids it well.
Brando throws a hook to the side of Angel's head but Angel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Some wild striking there from Brando.
Brando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Brando both land. Nice combination.
Angel misses with a hook. Brando ducked under it nicely.
Poraido Brando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brando misses the shot to the body.
Angel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brando defends it nicely.
Brando moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brando fails to land with a series of punches.
Angel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brando falls off balance throwing a combination
and Angel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brando misses with a double jab

and Angel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brando tries to circle away but Angel has him pinned against the ropes.
Angel lands a good knee to the midsection. Brando won't want to take too many of those.
Brando is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Brando breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brando is working the combinations to good effect here.
Brando stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriel Angel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brando.
Brando throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Angel moves into the clinch.
Brando keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Angel's efforts to push away.
Angel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brando dodges an elbow strike from Angel.
Angel is trying to force a seperation but Brando has the dominant position.

Brando breaks from the clinch.
Brando moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poraido Brando dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brando works Angel's body with a nice hook.
Brando throws a combination that misses
and Angel counters with a nice body shot.
Brando misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brando looks to land a combination. Angel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Angel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brando.
Brando works Angel's body with a nice hook.
Brando swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brando will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brando scores with a jab to the jaw.
Brando throws a right hand that Angel ducks under and follows up with a left that Angel also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brando misses with a series of wild punches.
Brando lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brando misses with a jab, cross combination.
Angel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brando misses with a wild combination.
Angel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Angel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brando sprawls well. Brando wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Angel gets slowly back to his feet.
Brando displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brando!
Angel is looking to clinch but Brando is avoiding it.
Brando throws a left and a right that both miss
and Angel counters with a left and a right that stings Brando.
Brando misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Brando misses.
Brando throws a lazy right hand but Angel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brando throws a right and a left that Angel avoids nicely.
Brando fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brando throws a combination that misses
and Angel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Angel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brando.
Brando misses with a series of wild punches.
Brando throws a right and a left that both miss.
Angel lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Angel misses its intended target.
Brando swats away the attempt to clinch by Angel.
Brando tries to bum rush Angel with a series of wild strikes but Angel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Brando misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Brando misses.
Brando will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Angel misses with an uppercut. Brando saw that one coming.
Brando checks a low kick from Angel.
Brando misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brando looks to land a combination but Angel avoids it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Brando as he connects with a hook.
Angel misses with a series of wild punches.
Brando looks to land a combination. Angel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Poraido Brando will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brando swinging wildly here.
Angel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brando.
Brando lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Angel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brando has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brando and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brando. Angel does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Brando, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Angel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Angel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Angel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brando.
A right-left combo lands from Brando.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brando keeps the fight on the outside.
Brando throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brando falls off balance throwing a combination
and Angel counters with a nice kick to the body.
Brando displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Angel.
Angel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Angel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Angel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brando.
Brando throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Angel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angel wants to get back to striking at distance but Brando won't allow it.
Angel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brando has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Angel tries to work over Brando's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brando is trying to break the clinch but Angel is controlling him.
Angel crunches a lovely knee into Brando's ribcage.
Angel has a couple of punches blocked by Brando.
Angel has had enough of the clinch but Brando keeps him there for the moment.
Brando working hard to break the clinch.
Brando is trying to force a seperation but Angel has the dominant position.
Angel throws a head punch that misses.
Angel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Angel breaks the clinch.
Angel moves in looking to clinch but Brando pushes him off.
Angel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brando cracks Angel with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brando misses with a wild combination.
Brando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brando misses with the combination.
Brando falls off balance throwing a combination
and Angel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brando throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brando misses with a double jab.
Brando scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brando throws a nice looking combination but Angel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Angel wants to clinch up but Brando keeps it at a distance.
Angel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Brando throws a left and a right that both miss

and Angel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Brando tries to break the clinch but Angel is controlling the position.
Angel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Angel is trying to break the clinch but Brando is controlling him.
Angel jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brando walks away with a smile on his face. Angel gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brando throws a right hand that Angel ducks under and follows up with a left that Angel also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Angel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danga de danga de dang - Brando scores with a four punch combination!
Uriel Angel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poraido Brando is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Brando does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Poraido Brando.
I've got Brando 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poraido Brando!