PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coco Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coco Loco has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Xavier
vs
Loco

179 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Xavier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Coco Loco!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier ducks under a wild hook from Loco.
Loco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xavier.
Xavier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xavier throws a head kick but Loco moves out of range.
Xavier fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Xavier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Loco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xavier.
Mauricio Xavier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xavier scores with a shot to the body.
Xavier throws a wild body kick that Loco sees coming a mile off.
Xavier throws a right and a left that Loco avoids nicely.
Loco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Loco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xavier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xavier's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Xavier duly obliges.
Xavier is looking to clinch but Loco is avoiding it.
Loco looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Xavier misses with a double jab.
Loco blocks a head kick by Xavier.
Loco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Xavier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loco throws a low kick, looking for Xavier's leg but Xavier calmly moves out of range.
Xavier tries to clinch but Loco is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Xavier drops Loco with a beautiful combination! Loco stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Xavier is looking for the KO!

Loco is rocked!

It looks like Coco Loco has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Xavier.
Xavier throws a wild body kick that Loco sees coming a mile off.
Xavier throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Loco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Loco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xavier tries to clinch but Loco is having none of it.
Loco throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Xavier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Xavier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco tries a low kick but Xavier avoids it.
Xavier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xavier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Xavier.
Xavier lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Xavier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Xavier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Xavier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Xavier tries to clinch up but Loco circles away and keeps his distance.
Xavier tries to bum rush Loco with a series of wild strikes but Loco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Xavier moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Xavier fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Loco bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Loco in side control lands a decent elbow.
Loco tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Xavier tries to escape but Loco is in control.
Loco trying to control the action but Xavier is working from the bottom.
Xavier is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loco tries to move to mount but Xavier blocks the move with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Xavier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Coco Loco's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Xavier tries to clinch but Loco is having none of it.
Xavier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Loco closes the distance and clinches.
Loco prevents Xavier from breaking the clinch.
Xavier is trying to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Loco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier tries to land a knee to the head but Loco blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Loco.
Xavier is trying to maintain a safe position but Loco gets an underhook and turns Xavier into the cage.
Xavier looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier looking to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Xavier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Loco tries to score a body lock takedown but Xavier shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Xavier holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mauricio Xavier.

Xavier lands a left and a right that send Loco crashing to the mat, dazed. Xavier thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Xavier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Loco.
Xavier swinging wildly here.
Xavier moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier misses with a straight left.
Xavier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loco was well out of range. Poor timing from Xavier.
Mauricio Xavier is winning the standup battle so far.
Xavier takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Xavier tries to clinch
and Loco counters with a leg kick.
Xavier misses with a two punch combination.
Loco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xavier tries to clinch
and Loco counters with a thumping low kick.
Xavier throws a sloppy head kick
and Loco counters with a good low kick that Xavier was not able to check.
Xavier pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xavier throws a series of punches but Loco avoids them all with ease.
Xavier lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Xavier drops Loco with a beautiful combination! Loco stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Xavier is looking for the KO!
Loco is still on wobbly legs! Can Xavier finish him?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xavier wants to clinch

and Loco counters with a takedown into side control.
Loco cracks Xavier with a big elbow.
Loco seems to have recovered his senses.
Loco prevents Xavier from escaping the position.

Loco in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Xavier is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Coco Loco!