PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ardiano Pyzosky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ardiano Pyzosky has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Pyzosky
vs
Laranja

185 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ardiano Pyzosky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pyzosky uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laranja.
Pyzosky wants to clinch but Laranja slips to the side
and Laranja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Ardiano Pyzosky has been cut.
Laranja swings for the body but Pyzosky moves out of range.
Pyzosky tries to close the distance and clinch but Laranja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laranja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyzosky wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyzosky defending well as Laranja loads up on a big left hand.
Laranja throws a right hand that Pyzosky ducks under and follows up with a left that Pyzosky also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Laranja misses with a hook
letting Pyzosky counter with a right hand.
Pyzosky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pyzosky throws a leg kick which misses Laranja's front leg but catches the back leg as Laranja tries to avoid it.
Laranja looks to throw the jab but Pyzosky is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pyzosky.
Pyzosky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laranja throws out the jab.
Pyzosky fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laranja has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja throws a sloppy body shot
and Pyzosky counters with a left and a right that stings Laranja.
Pyzosky lands a jab-cross combination.
Pyzosky lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ardiano Pyzosky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ardiano Pyzosky'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.

Laranja dodges the punch combination from Pyzosky.
Laranja fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja throws a jab but it's blocked by Pyzosky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyzosky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laranja swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laranja looks to score with a jab to the body but Pyzosky is just out of range.

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.
Laranja gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pyzosky fails to land with a series of punches.
Pyzosky tries to clinch there but Laranja circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyzosky slips a straight right by Laranja.
Laranja is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Laranja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pyzosky tries to clinch but Laranja moves out of range.
Pyzosky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laranja circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four 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.
Laranja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laranja throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pyzosky counters with an outside leg kick.
Laranja throws an overhand right that lands on Pyzosky's shoulder, as Pyzosky tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Pyzosky pushes Laranja up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ardiano Pyzosky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ardiano Pyzosky's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pyzosky tries to clinch but Laranja moves out of range.
Pyzosky misses with a wild combination.
Pyzosky is looking to clinch but Laranja is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyzosky throws a nice looking combination but Laranja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laranja ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laranja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laranja misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Laranja misses with a hook.
Laranja misses with a takedown attempt - Pyzosky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A right-left combo lands from Pyzosky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja misses with a body punch
and Pyzosky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pyzosky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ardiano Pyzosky is winning the standup battle so far.
Laranja misses with a few strikes there.
Pyzosky works over Laranja's head and body with a nice combination.
Renato Laranja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pyzosky circles away quickly and effectively.
Laranja misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Pyzosky. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ardiano Pyzosky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pyzosky 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ardiano Pyzosky!