PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Brugnolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juanito Estavan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brugnolo
vs
Estavan

182 cm
21
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Brugnolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juanito Estavan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brugnolo forces Estavan back against the ropes and clinches.
Estavan keeps control of Brugnolo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Brugnolo has picked Estavan up - he's going for a ride! Brugnolo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Brugnolo moves into full mount! Estavan won't be happy about that!
Brugnolo trying to control but Estavan is having none of it.
Estavan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brugnolo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Estavan wants to control but Brugnolo is having none of it.

Brugnolo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Estavan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Estavan is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estavan regains half guard there - taking advantage of Brugnolo's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Estavan wants to improve his position but Brugnolo is controlling well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Estavan looks to land a combination. Brugnolo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brugnolo lands a jab-cross combination.

Estavan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Estavan showed some decent athleticism there.
Brugnolo wants to improve his position but Estavan is controlling well.

Brugnolo actively working from the bottom here.
Estavan trying to mount his opponent but Brugnolo defends it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estavan seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Estavan working over Brugnolo with some ground and pound. Brugnolo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brugnolo is looking to improve his position.

Estavan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Estavan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Estavan is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Brugnolo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brugnolo tries to get to full guard but Estavan has control of the leg.
Brugnolo wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo is looking to improve his position.
Brugnolo is breathing heavily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Brugnolo connects with a jab.
Brugnolo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brugnolo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Brugnolo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Estavan wants to break free but Brugnolo has control.
Estavan tries to break the clinch but Brugnolo is controlling the position.
Brugnolo prevents the takedown attempt.
Estavan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brugnolo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Estavan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Estavan is looking to break free of the clinch but Brugnolo has double underhooks.

Brugnolo manages to break the clinch.
Brugnolo throws a combination. Estavan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estavan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brugnolo counters with a head kick.
Estavan shoots and misses
and Brugnolo counters with a head kick.
Kevin Brugnolo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juanito Estavan.
Estavan tries to clinch but Brugnolo moves away
and Brugnolo counters with a thumping low kick.
Estavan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Estavan throws a head kick that misses.
Estavan fails with the takedown
and Brugnolo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brugnolo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brugnolo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brugnolo feints and then cracks Estavan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Estavan down.
Brugnolo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Juanito Estavan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brugnolo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Brugnolo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Brugnolo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Brugnolo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Estavan as he jumps to the side.
Estavan throws a head kick that misses
and Brugnolo counters with a good low kick that Estavan was not able to check.

Brugnolo instigates a clinch.
Estavan tries for a takedown but Brugnolo manages to get underhooks.
Brugnolo can't break the clinch.

Brugnolo pulls guard effortlessly.
Brugnolo seems keen to control Estavan's posture.
Brugnolo looking for a sweep. Not yet Brugnolo, not yet.
Brugnolo is looking to stand up but Estavan isn't so interested in that idea.
Brugnolo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brugnolo wants to get back to his feet but Estavan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Estavan trying to control but Brugnolo is working from the bottom.
Estavan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brugnolo's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estavan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Estavan is pushing down on Brugnolo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brugnolo is fighting to maintain full guard but Estavan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brugnolo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Brugnolo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Estavan stands up and waves to Brugnolo to follow him.
Estavan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Estavan misses with a takedown
and Brugnolo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Estavan's head.
Brugnolo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Brugnolo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Estavan throws a body kick the misses
and Brugnolo counters with a good low kick that Estavan was not able to check.
Brugnolo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Brugnolo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Brugnolo trying to control from half guard but Estavan is working away.
Brugnolo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Estavan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brugnolo wants to control but Estavan is keeping him busy.
Brugnolo scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Estavan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brugnolo is nestled in close to Estavan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estavan gets back to full guard.
Estavan keeping full guard, as Brugnolo tries to pass.

Estavan pushes Brugnolo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Estavan falls off balance throwing a combination

so Brugnolo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Brugnolo is fighting to break Estavan's control of his arms but Estavan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Brugnolo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Estavan had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Brugnolo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Estavan Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Brugnolo's back instead.
Estavan avoiding Brugnolo 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Estavan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Brugnolo defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Estavan keeps control of the position as Brugnolo tries to break free.

Estavan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Brugnolo is defending well though. Estavan let's go of the attempt for now.
Brugnolo wants to get back to his feet.
Will Estavan go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Kevin Brugnolo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Estavan not allowing Brugnolo to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Brugnolo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Estavan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Brugnolo!
Estavan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Estavan with a couple of short strikes.
Brugnolo wants to hold on but Estavan pushes him away.
Brugnolo tries to improve his position but instead Estavan has taken his back!
Brugnolo is in bad spot here.
Estavan softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Brugnolo is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Estavan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Brugnolo up.

Estavan is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Brugnolo knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Brugnolo for a finish.
Estavan biding his time, controlling Brugnolo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estavan has the hooks in. Brugnolo is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Brugnolo trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Brugnolo manages to reverse the position and now he's in Estavan's guard. Nice work there by Brugnolo.
Brugnolo postures up.
Estavan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Estavan holds on and takes a little breather.
Brugnolo wanted to stand there but Estavan had control of the position.
Brugnolo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brugnolo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Estavan with a poor takedown
and Brugnolo counters with a low kick, right behind Estavan 's knee.

That's two 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.

Brugnolo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Estavan has a closed guard, preventing Brugnolo from standing up.
Estavan keeping moving, preventing Brugnolo from controlling successfully.
Brugnolo is looking to work some ground and pound but Estavan has wrist control.
Brugnolo postures up.
Brugnolo trying to control the position from guard on top but Estavan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brugnolo wants to pass the guard but Estavan is keeping the position.
Brugnolo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brugnolo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brugnolo lands a glancing blow to the side of Estavan's head.
Estavan takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estavan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Brugnolo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Estavan keeping moving, preventing Brugnolo from controlling successfully.
Brugnolo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brugnolo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Estavan wants to sweep here but Brugnolo controlling him for the moment.
Brugnolo slips nicely into half guard.

Brugnolo stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Estavan to get to his feet.

Brugnolo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Estavan, pushing him back against the ropes.
Brugnolo lands an elbow inside.

Brugnolo pulls guard successfully.
Brugnolo seems keen to control Estavan's posture.
Estavan trying to control the position from guard on top but Brugnolo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo punching from the bottom.
Brugnolo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brugnolo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Estavan wants to control from the top but Brugnolo keeps moving.
Estavan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Brugnolo working a defensive guard here.
Juanito Estavan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brugnolo wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Estavan manages to pass to side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Brugnolo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brugnolo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Kevin Brugnolo!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Kevin Brugnolo!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Kevin Brugnolo!

Kevin Brugnolo wins by unanimous decision!