PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emilio Bustamante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Arantes Do Nascimento
vs
Bustamante

210 cm
21
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
223 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emilio Bustamante!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do Nascimento shoots in but no luck this time.
Do Nascimento tries to clinch but Bustamante is having none of it.
Bustamante swings widly with a right hand
and Do Nascimento counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Do Nascimento shoots in and drives through. Bustamante sprawls well.
Nice body punch from Do Nascimento.
Bustamante throws an off balance right hand
and Do Nascimento counters with a big head kick but Bustamante shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bustamante throws an off balance right hand

and Do Nascimento counters with a shoot takedown. Bustamante fights it but they end up in guard.
Do Nascimento with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do Nascimento accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bustamante has control of Do Nascimento's left arm, preventing Do Nascimento from doing any damage.
Do Nascimento wants to control from the top but Bustamante keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bustamante can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bustamante preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bustamante utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Nascimento is looking to advance position but Bustamante has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bustamante controlling the position easily from mount.
Bustamante's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Bustamante gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Do Nascimento shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bustamante defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bustamante defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Do Nascimento.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Do Nascimento.
Bustamante throws a lazy uppercut

and Do Nascimento decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bustamante's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante looking for a sweep. Not yet Bustamante, not yet.
Do Nascimento stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bustamante swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Do Nascimento in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bustamante 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.
Bustamante pulls Do Nascimento in close to prevent any damage.

Do Nascimento is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bustamante is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bustamante has escaped and now he's on top!
Bustamante stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Do Nascimento swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bustamante stands up and waves to Do Nascimento to follow him.
Bustamante throws a lazy uppercut
and Do Nascimento counters with a left and a right that stings Bustamante.
Good standup being displayed there by Do Nascimento as he connects with a hook.
Do Nascimento fails to land the takedown.
Bustamante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Do Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
Bustamante dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Do Nascimento is breathing heavily.
Do Nascimento has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Edson Arantes Do Nascimento has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bustamante looks to land a left hand but Do Nascimento moved out of range nicely.
Bustamante misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante jabs Do Nascimento to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bustamante is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bustamante is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Bustamante gets a clinch.
Bustamante lands a shoulder strike.

Bustamante breaks the clinch.
Bustamante swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Do Nascimento counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bustamante throws a body punch but Do Nascimento moves out of range.
Bustamante throws a poor cross that misses

and Do Nascimento counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Do Nascimento is looking to take a break and control but Bustamante is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Do Nascimento sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bustamante defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do Nascimento lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Do Nascimento is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edson Arantes Do Nascimento's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bustamante swings widly with a right hand

and Do Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Do Nascimento looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Bustamante escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bustamante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bustamante throws a hook but Do Nascimento blocks it.
Bustamante throws a combination that misses

and Do Nascimento counters by moving into the clinch.

Do Nascimento jumps guard and drags Bustamante to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bustamante gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A low kick from Bustamante misses

and Do Nascimento counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Do Nascimento.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Do Nascimento is trying to trip Bustamante. He has hold of a leg but Bustamante is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Do Nascimento persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bustamante looking to hit a scissor sweep but Do Nascimento is one step ahead there.
Do Nascimento postures up in Bustamante's guard and throws a big left but Bustamante blocks it.
Do Nascimento throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do Nascimento really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Nascimento throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bustamante works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Do Nascimento will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Do Nascimento postures up and lands a big shot to Bustamante's brow.
Do Nascimento with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do Nascimento is looking to work some ground and pound but Bustamante has wrist control.
Do Nascimento loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bustamante bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Do Nascimento's guard.
Bustamante is breathing heavily.
Do Nascimento 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.
Bustamante wants to get up but he can't break Do Nascimento's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Do Nascimento is trying to control the position but Bustamante postures up.
Do Nascimento wants to sweep but no luck.
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Do Nascimento being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento wants to sweep here but Bustamante controlling him for the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Do Nascimento takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bustamante misses with an uppercut
and Do Nascimento connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bustamante throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emilio Bustamante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do Nascimento with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bustamante throws a right hand that misses
and Do Nascimento counters with a two punch combo.
Do Nascimento shoots in for a double leg but Bustamante sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bustamante throws a poor cross that misses

and Do Nascimento counters by moving into the clinch.
Bustamante pushes Do Nascimento back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bustamante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bustamante stops a takedown attempt from Do Nascimento.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Bustamante fails to land.
Do Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Bustamante breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento connects with a body shot.
Emilio Bustamante is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bustamante swats him away and circles back towards the center.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bustamante enables Do Nascimento to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bustamante manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Do Nascimento pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bustamante is keeping the position for now.
Do Nascimento trying to control but Bustamante is working from the bottom.
Do Nascimento throwing strikes but missing.
Do Nascimento is looking to work some ground and pound but Bustamante has wrist control.
Do Nascimento is looking to work some ground and pound but Bustamante has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento throws and elbow that misses. Bustamante uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do Nascimento's guard. Nice move by Bustamante!
Do Nascimento controls Bustamante momentarily but Bustamante frees himself.
Do Nascimento looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Do Nascimento is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bustamante is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Bustamante stands and steps away. Do Nascimento gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bustamante misses with a right hand
and Do Nascimento counters with a series of strikes. Bustamante will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bustamante misses with a lunging right hand

and Do Nascimento counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Edson Arantes Do Nascimento's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bustamante swats away the attempt to clinch by Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento wants to clinch up but Bustamante keeps it at a distance.
Do Nascimento tries to clinch up but Bustamante circles away and keeps his distance.
Bustamante misses with an uppercut. Do Nascimento saw that one coming.
Bustamante misses with a right hand

and Do Nascimento counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Do Nascimento has gone for a leg lock! Bustamante slips out almost immediately though and dives into Do Nascimento's guard.
Do Nascimento can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bustamante controls the pace.
Bustamante pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Do Nascimento is keeping the position for now.
Bustamante takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante 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.
Do Nascimento trying to control the position here.

Emilio Bustamante has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bustamante fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Bustamante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bustamante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Do Nascimento tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bustamante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Do Nascimento is looking to clinch.
Bustamante throws a poor cross that misses
and Do Nascimento counters with a stiff right hand.
Do Nascimento swinging wildly here.
Bustamante rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Do Nascimento counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento with a nice head shot there.
Do Nascimento is pushing down on Bustamante's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bustamante is fighting to maintain full guard but Do Nascimento has managed to sneak the leg through.
Emilio Bustamante has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Do Nascimento thows a huge punch but Bustamante dodges it nicely.

Do Nascimento looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Do Nascimento sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bustamante defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bustamante avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bustamante's head.
Do Nascimento tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Bustamante.
Do Nascimento throwing shots but Bustamante is blocking nicely.
Bustamante is holding on to half guard well.
Do Nascimento looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Do Nascimento performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four 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.
Bustamante desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Bustamante avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento looks to land a strike but Bustamante avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Do Nascimento tries to free his leg and advance position but Bustamante is retaining full guard.
Do Nascimento is looking to work some ground and pound but Bustamante has wrist control.
Bustamante keeping full guard, as Do Nascimento tries to pass.
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Do Nascimento 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edson Arantes Do Nascimento!