PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victorio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorjao Buxudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buxudo has chosen Avassaladores - Sou Foda as his entrance music. Jorjao Buxudo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Victorio Nogueira's chin.

Nogueira
vs
Buxudo

193 cm
22
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
179 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victorio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorjao Buxudo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buxudo.
Nice uppercut there from Buxudo.
Nogueira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buxudo was well out of range. Poor timing from Nogueira.
Buxudo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nogueira counters with a thumping low kick.
Buxudo swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Victorio Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buxudo just misses with a punch to the body.
Buxudo swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Nogueira tries to move into range but Buxudo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
Nogueira throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Buxudo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Buxudo lands a nice hook to Nogueira's body. Nogueira takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nogueira attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Buxudo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nogueira.
Buxudo tries to clinch up but Nogueira circles away and keeps his distance.
Buxudo scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to work over Buxudo's front leg with a kick but Buxudo checks it.
Buxudo misses with a body shot.
A jab from Nogueira misses.

Nogueira closes the distance and clinches.
Nogueira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jorjao Buxudo has been cut.

Nogueira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buxudo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Buxudo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nogueira rather than just go for the knockout.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Buxudo misses with a shot to the body
and Nogueira counters with a nice kick to the body.
Buxudo throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira throws a push kick but Buxudo slaps the foot to one side.

Nogueira moves into the clinch.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Buxudo shrugs off.
Buxudo jumps guard but Nogueira stands there with Buxudo around his waist. Buxudo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Nogueira breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo avoids the head kick by Nogueira.
Buxudo scores with a jab to the body.

Nogueira gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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.
Buxudo won't allow Nogueira to get back to his feet.
Buxudo trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira wants to sweep here but Buxudo controlling him for the moment.
Buxudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nogueira looking for a sweep. Not yet Nogueira, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Buxudo trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jorjao Buxudo.
Buxudo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buxudo thows a body shot but no joy.
Victorio Nogueira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Buxudo with a jab.
Nogueira throws a nice head kick!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nogueira 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 Buxudo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Buxudo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Nogueira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Buxudo tries to pull guard but Nogueira won't allow it.
Buxudo tries to stall but Nogueira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buxudo fails to pull guard.
Victorio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorjao Buxudo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Buxudo 's eye.
Buxudo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nogueira controls his hands.
Buxudo tries to throw a body punch but Nogueira avoids it by throwing Buxudo back against the cage.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nogueira as Buxudo tries to tie him up.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buxudo is trying to maintain a safe position but Nogueira gets an underhook and turns Buxudo into the ropes.
Buxudo takes an elbow to the temple.
Buxudo avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the ropes.
Buxudo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nogueira controls his hands.
Buxudo takes an elbow to the temple.
Buxudo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.

Nogueira breaks from the clinch.
Buxudo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nogueira moves away.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
Some bone on bone action there as Buxudo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nogueira is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by Nogueira there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buxudo misses the shot to the body.
Buxudo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Buxudo moves out of range of the leg kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victorio Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorjao Buxudo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Buxudo blocks a head kick by Nogueira.
Buxudo throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Buxudo misses with a takedown attempt - Nogueira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buxudo.
Buxudo moves out of range of the leg kick from Nogueira.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buxudo. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buxudo shoots for a double leg takedown but Nogueira sprawls well. He's pushed Buxudo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Buxudo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Nogueira walks into a left hand.
Buxudo avoids a kick to the body.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Nogueira clinches.
Buxudo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nogueira's elbow.
Buxudo stalling in the clinch but Nogueira improves position.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Buxudo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Nogueira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira feints and then cracks Buxudo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buxudo down.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Buxudo moves out of range.
Nogueira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Buxudo misses with a takedown
and Nogueira counters with a head kick.
Victorio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorjao Buxudo.
Buxudo thuds a left hand into Nogueira's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buxudo. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buxudo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nogueira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Buxudo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nogueira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buxudo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nogueira counters with a head kick.
Buxudo dives in and grabs Nogueira's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nogueira pushes down on Buxudo's head and hops out.
Buxudo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nogueira is just out of range.
Buxudo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nogueira tries to land a leg kick but Buxudo saw it coming and moves away.
Nogueira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut. Buxudo saw that one coming.
Nogueira scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Buxudo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nogueira throws a body kick that misses.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Buxudo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buxudo fails to land with a series of punches.
A shot to the body from Buxudo misses
and Nogueira counters with a head kick.
Buxudo with a nice cross.
Buxudo scores with a body shot.
Buxudo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buxudo misses the body punch

and Nogueira counters by clinching up.
Buxudo misses with a punch to the body.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow.

Nogueira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buxudo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A leg kick checked by Buxudo.
Buxudo misses with a body shot.
Buxudo misses the body punch
and Nogueira counters with a low kick, right behind Buxudo 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.

Nogueira closes the distance and clinches.
Buxudo blocks an elbow strike.
Buxudo tries to work over Nogueira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Buxudo's defenses.
Buxudo blocks an elbow strike.

Nogueira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buxudo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nogueira misses with a looping left.

Nogueira rushes Buxudo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Nogueira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nogueira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buxudo misses with a wild body shot.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
Nogueira misses with a body kick.
Buxudo misses with a wild body shot.
Nogueira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Buxudo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Buxudo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nogueira connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Buxudo scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buxudo.
Nogueira throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Buxudo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nogueira's waist but Nogueira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buxudo off to one side.
Buxudo misses with a jab to the body
and Nogueira counters with a low kick, right behind Buxudo 's knee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buxudo. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nogueira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buxudo.
Nogueira misses with a leg kick.
Buxudo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nogueira is just out of range.
Buxudo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Buxudo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nogueira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buxudo throws a sloppy body shot
and Nogueira counters with a body kick that stops Buxudo in his tracks momentarily.
Victorio Nogueira is winning the standup battle so far.
Nogueira takes a swing at Buxudo's ribcage but misses.
Buxudo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victorio Nogueira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jorjao Buxudo's cut.
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!

Nogueira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nogueira throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Nogueira lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Buxudo blocks the body kick.
Nogueira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Buxudo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nogueira's head.
Buxudo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body kick there by Nogueira.
Buxudo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
Nogueira lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buxudo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nogueira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nogueira throws a solid leg kick but Buxudo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nogueira.
Buxudo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Nogueira.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nogueira!
Good exchange - Buxudo coming out on top.
Buxudo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Buxudo cracks a nice hook into Nogueira's ribs.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Buxudo avoids the head kick by Nogueira.
Buxudo blocks a head kick by Nogueira.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Nogueira throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Buxudo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nogueira.
Buxudo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a leg kick that misses.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nogueira throws the kick towards the body but Buxudo avoids it.
Nogueira misses with a low kick.
Buxudo throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Buxudo's head.

Buxudo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Buxudo from controlling successfully.
Nogueira wants to stand but Buxudo is controlling the position.

Nogueira wriggles free and stands up.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo scores with a hook to the body. Nogueira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Buxudo takes a swing at Nogueira's ribcage but misses.
Nogueira lands with a kick to the temple. Buxudo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nogueira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Buxudo works Nogueira's body with a nice hook.
Buxudo shoots and misses
and Nogueira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jorjao Buxudo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buxudo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Nogueira scores with a spinning back kick!
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buxudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buxudo.
Nogueira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buxudo was well out of range. Poor timing from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a nice leg kick that just misses Buxudo's sensitive parts.
Nogueira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Buxudo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Buxudo misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buxudo throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses

and Buxudo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Buxudo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Buxudo wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Buxudo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Buxudo throws and elbow that misses. Nogueira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Buxudo's guard. Nice move by Nogueira!
Buxudo is trying to keep Nogueira in close.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buxudo wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Victorio Nogueira.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nogueira, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Victorio Nogueira!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Victorio Nogueira!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Victorio Nogueira!

Victorio Nogueira wins by unanimous decision!