PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blaster Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagner Amore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Master
vs
Amore

174 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blaster Master!
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, Wagner Amore!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Amore looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Amore in particular looking to stall.
Master is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amore takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Wagner Amore wasn't active enough on the ground.
Master swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Amore throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Master was covering up waiting for the punch and Amore finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Amore stays in close to Master's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Amore is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Amore scores a takedown into full mount!
Amore fails to advance to Master's back.
Master is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wagner Amore dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Master swinging wildly here.
Master throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blaster Master is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Master misses with a head kick.

Amore fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Master sprawls well initially but Amore persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Master wants to improve his position but Amore is controlling well.
Master is trying to stand up here but Amore is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amore perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Wagner Amore.
Amore fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Master avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Master. No joy for Amore on that attempt.
Amore misses with a takedown attempt - Master sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blaster Master has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wagner Amore.
Amore closes this distance looking for a takedown but Master circles away.
Wagner Amore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Master throws a head kick that half lands.
Master misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master misses with a jab, cross combination.
Master stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Master wants it to stay on the feet.
Master misses with a two punch combination.
Amore fails to land the takedown.
Master's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Master duly obliges.
Master defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Amore.
Amore has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Amore misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Amore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Master moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Amore shoots in and drives through. Master sprawls well.
Master throws a right hand that Amore ducks under and follows up with a left that Amore also avoids with ease.
Amore fails with a takedown attempt.
Master misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blaster Master is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Master fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaster Master dominated that second round.
That's time! Master's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Amore dives in and grabs Master's left leg, looking for a takedown. Master pushes down on Amore's head and hops out.
Master misses with a few strikes there.
Amore shoots in looking for a takedown. Master tries to sprawl out of it but Amore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Master manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Master throws a right hand that Amore ducks under and follows up with a left that Amore also avoids with ease.
Master throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amore fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blaster Master has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wagner Amore.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Amore.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amore moves out of range of the strikes.
Master works over Amore's head and body with a nice combination.
Master defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Amore.
Amore misses with a takedown attempt - Master sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Master throws a head kick that misses.
Amore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Master.
Amore closes the distance and clinches up with Master, looking for a takedown. Amore pushes Master against the cage but Master circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two 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.
Amore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Master wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Amore throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Master was covering up waiting for the punch and Amore finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Amore controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
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.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

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.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Wagner Amore hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Amore shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Master as he jumps to the side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Master throws a looping overhand right but Amore ducks down to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wagner Amore.
I think Amore has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wagner Amore!