PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Padeiro Chucro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barack Obina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chucro comes to the cage accompanied by Nikolay Emelin - Rus. Obina is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cio da Terra - Pena Branca & Xavantinho e Renato Teixeira. Barack Obina told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Chucro
vs
Obina

175 cm
23
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

172 cm
24
162 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Padeiro Chucro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barack Obina!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chucro misses with a wild body shot.
Chucro loads up on a big right hand but Obina slips the punch.
Chucro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obina throws a hook but Chucro avoids it easily.
Obina throws a lazy uppercut
and Chucro counters with a left to the body.
Chucro throws an overhand right that lands on Obina's shoulder, as Obina tries to avoid the shot.
Obina catches Chucro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Obina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a nice body shot.
Obina throws a right hand that misses
and Chucro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Obina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Obina moves out of range of the body kick.
Chucro moves out of range of the strikes.
Obina swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Obina swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chucro counters with a nice low kick that buckles Obina's knee momentarily.
Obina misses the body punch
and Chucro counters with a nice body shot.
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!
Chucro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chucro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obina.
Obina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chucro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obina moves away.
Chucro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Obina falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chucro counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Obina looks gassed!
Chucro just misses with a punch to the body.
Chucro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Obina misses with a combination
and Chucro counters with a thumping low kick.
Chucro scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chucro tests Obina's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Obina looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obina bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chucro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Obina doesn't seem bothered though.
Chucro throws a body punch but Obina moves out of range.
Obina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chucro.
Chucro lands a nice hook to Obina's body. Obina takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chucro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Obina takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chucro throws a right hand that Obina ducks under and follows up with a left that Obina also avoids with ease.
Obina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chucro.
Obina misses with a hook
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Chucro swings for the body but Obina moves out of range.
Chucro lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chucro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chucro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obina was well out of range. Poor timing from Chucro.
A big right from Chucro misses.
Chucro throws a hook to the side of Obina's head but Obina sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Obina takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Good exchange - Chucro coming out on top.
Obina takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab lands there for Chucro.
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!
Chucro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chucro scores with a body shot.
Chucro misses the shot to the body.
Chucro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obina manages to avoid it.
Barack Obina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obina walks into a straight right hand from Chucro.
Chucro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chucro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chucro digs a good body shot into Obina's ribs.
Obina lands a nice shot that snaps Chucro's head back.
Obina might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Obina has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Obina there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chucro misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chucro. Obina does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Obina does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obina takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chucro thows a body shot but no joy.
Obina throws a right hand that misses
and Chucro makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Obina really felt that one!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Padeiro Chucro dominated that round.
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.

Obina throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Obina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Padeiro Chucro is winning the standup battle so far.
Obina fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chucro manages to avoid it.
Chucro throws a shot from downtown. Obina moves away and avoids it.
Obina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chucro moves away.
Obina misses with a straight left.
Chucro throws out a loose jab but Obina uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obina misses with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a three punch combo that has Obina backing up. Obina nods at Chucro to acknowledge the strikes.
Obina connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Chucro misses its intended target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Obina in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Obina fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chucro manages to avoid it.
Obina swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a stiff right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Obina might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chucro has got the better of the exchanges.
Chucro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Obina tries to bum rush Chucro with a series of wild strikes but Chucro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obina misses with an uppercut. Chucro saw that one coming.
Obina throws a looping overhand right but Chucro ducks down to avoid it.
Chucro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obina can do to turn this around?
Obina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chucro moves away.
A shot to the body from Obina misses
and Chucro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Chucro finds it's way through Obina's defenses.
Obina misses with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a left to the body.
Obina throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Obina is breathing heavily.
Chucro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obina takes a swing at Chucro's ribcage but misses.
Obina moves out of range of the leg kick from Chucro.
Chucro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chucro scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obina lands a nice hook to Chucro's body. Chucro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chucro misses with a kick to the body.
Chucro thows a body shot but no joy.
Obina lands a jab.
Obina swings for the body but Chucro moves out of range.
Obina misses with a left hand
and Chucro counters with a low kick, right behind Obina 's knee.
A leg kick checked by Obina.
Obina on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chucro throws a body punch but Obina moves out of range.
Nice cross by Chucro.
Obina lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obina scores with a hook.
Chucro throws a lazy uppercut
and Obina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Obina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chucro moves away.
Obina misses the shot to the body.
Obina scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Obina looks to land a combination. Chucro sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Obina swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chucro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Obina thinking.
Obina defending well as Chucro loads up on a big left hand.
Obina swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chucro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chucro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Chucro does no damage.
Chucro is looking to wear down Obina with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chucro dodges the punch combination from Obina.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Chucro catches Obina right on the button with a cross.
Chucro stuns Obina with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Obina misses with a wild body shot.
Obina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chucro counters with a straight right hand.
Obina throws a lazy right hand but Chucro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chucro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Obina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Obina misses with an uppercut
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Chucro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chucro scores with a shot to the body.
Obina misses the shot to the body.
Chucro misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Padeiro Chucro dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Chucro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Chucro.
Obina fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chucro throws a series of punches but Obina avoids them all with ease.
Chucro jabs at Obina's body.
Chucro lands a jab to the head.
Chucro lands a slapping body shot.
Obina checks a leg kick.
Chucro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Obina stuns Chucro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chucro. Obina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chucro takes a swing at Obina's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obina lands with a cross.
Chucro misses with a body punch
and Obina counters with a nice body shot.
Obina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Obina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Obina looks to land a right hand but Chucro moved out of range.
Chucro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Obina will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chucro looks to score with a jab to the body but Obina is just out of range.
Chucro throws a right hand that misses
and Obina counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Obina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Obina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Obina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chucro moves away.
Obina misses with a jab to the body
and Chucro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barack Obina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chucro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chucro scores with a jab.
Chucro lands with a straight right. Obina didn't see that one coming.
Chucro misses with a body kick.
Obina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chucro counters with a nice body shot.
Obina has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chucro misses with a kick to the body.
Obina throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Obina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chucro.
Obina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chucro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chucro just misses with a punch to the body.
Obina misses the jab.
Chucro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obina defending well as Chucro loads up on a big left hand.
Obina swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chucro misses with a body shot.
Obina uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Obina throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a straight right hand.
Padeiro Chucro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chucro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Obina counters with a right hand to the body.
Obina misses with a looping left.
Obina throws a poor cross that misses
and Chucro counters with a stiff right hand.
Chucro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obina moves away.
Obina lands a jab to the head.
Chucro swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Obina misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Obina throws a lazy uppercut
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Chucro punishes Obina's body with a nice straight punch.
Chucro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chucro misses with a double jab
and Obina counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Obina defending well as Chucro loads up on a big left hand.
Chucro thuds his shin into the meat of Obina's side.
Obina throws a combination that misses
and Chucro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Obina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Obina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Obina takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Chucro throws a body punch but Obina moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Padeiro Chucro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chucro 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Padeiro Chucro!