PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between braga neto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice Irvin (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.

neto
vs
Irvin

182 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 Rio de Janeiro, braga neto!
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, Maurice Irvin!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Irvin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

neto looking for a guillotine here but Irvin defends easily.
Irvin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
neto has a closed guard, preventing Irvin from standing up.
neto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Irvin is one step ahead there.
neto manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Irvin wants to hold on but neto pushes him away.
neto won't let Irvin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Irvin has given up his back here.
Irvin is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Irvin fending off the submission attempt from neto.
Irvin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with neto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvin tries to break free.

neto working for a choke but Irvin is defending well.
neto trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

neto looking for the choke from the back.
neto is breathing heavily.
Irvin holding both neto 's hands and preventing any damage.
Irvin is really stuck here.
Irvin looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
neto missing with punches from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irvin has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Irvin wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.

neto is looking for the choke from the back position but Irvin is controlling his hands well.
Irvin is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Irvin showing good submission defense here.
Irvin trying to control the hands but neto won't let him.
neto doesn't have the hooks in and Irvin manages to turn into his guard.
neto wants to sweep but no luck.
neto is working hard here to advance position.
neto keeping moving, preventing Irvin from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvin wanted to stand there but neto had control of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Irvin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Irvin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Irvin tries a low kick but neto avoids it.
neto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Irvin lands a glancing blow to the side of neto's head.
neto closes the distance and clinches up with Irvin, looking for a takedown. neto pushes Irvin against the cage but Irvin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
neto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Irvin throws a body punch but neto moves out of range.
A combination from neto does no damage.
Irvin stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for braga neto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irvin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
neto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Irvin as he jumps to the side.

neto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
neto advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

neto working for a submission but Irvin is keeping him at bay.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Irvin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Irvin is squirming around, avoiding neto's attempts to control the action.
Irvin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Irvin is in all sorts of trouble here.

neto is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Irvin can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
neto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Irvin is looking to escape.
neto cracks Irvin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
neto lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

neto looking for a guillotine from mount but Irvin is having none of it.

neto wants to finish this one by submission but Irvin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from neto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

braga neto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

neto misses with a takedown
and Irvin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice shot lands for Irvin.
Maurice Irvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irvin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
neto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
neto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Irvin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Irvin tries to stand but neto is controlling his head.

Irvin decides to stand back up.
Irvin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt neto.
Irvin connects with a nice looking jab.

Irvin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Irvin showed some decent athleticism there.
neto slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

neto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Irvin sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

neto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Irvin trying to control but neto is working from the bottom.
braga neto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Irvin trying to stand up but can't free himself from neto's guard.
neto looking for a sweep. Not yet neto, not yet.

neto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Irvin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Irvin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Irvin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of neto is proving hard to escape from.
Irvin trying to control the position from guard on top but neto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
neto wants to sweep here but Irvin controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Irvin wants to stand but neto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
neto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
neto throws a nice looking combination but Irvin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
neto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Irvin but Irvin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for braga neto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irvin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Irvin lands a jab-cross combination.

neto is rocked!
Irvin connects with a nice cross there... neto is looking wobbly and Irvin recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send neto to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Irvin jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Maurice Irvin!