PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pain Caminho Dos Deuses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiaguin Leite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caminho Dos Deuses kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Musica Tema do Pain. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Caminho Dos Deuses
vs
Leite

190 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Rage's Cloths

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Pain Caminho Dos Deuses!
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, Thiaguin Leite!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leite closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Caminho Dos Deuses to the mat! Caminho Dos Deuses manages to get full guard.
Leite must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Caminho Dos Deuses throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Leite prevents Caminho Dos Deuses from getting back to his feet.
Leite engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Leite postures up.

Caminho Dos Deuses is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Leite is stalling in the full guard.
Caminho Dos Deuses controls Leite momentarily but Leite frees himself.
Leite pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caminho Dos Deuses is keeping the position for now.
Leite throws a big right hand that misses.
Leite really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Caminho Dos Deuses. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Caminho Dos Deuses working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leite.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leite is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Caminho Dos Deuses with a lazy takedown attempt

and Leite counters with a nice double leg into side control. Caminho Dos Deuses won't be happy with that.
Leite controlling the position from side mount.
Caminho Dos Deuses is looking for a sweep.
Leite scores with a couple of short elbows.
Leite just content to control the position.
Caminho Dos Deuses takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee asks Leite politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Leite prefers to stall for the moment though.
Leite is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leite scores with punches from side control.
Leite landing a few strikes.
Leite scores with a couple of short elbows.
Caminho Dos Deuses is breathing heavily.
Caminho Dos Deuses wants to control but Leite postures up.
Leite controls the position.
Caminho Dos Deuses really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Caminho Dos Deuses is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Leite is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Thiaguin Leite.

Leite decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leite scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Leite is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Leite wants to pass to mount but Caminho Dos Deuses is defending the position.
Caminho Dos Deuses tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Leite trying to mount his opponent but Caminho Dos Deuses defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leite winds up and cracks Caminho Dos Deuses with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Leite wants to pass to mount but Caminho Dos Deuses is defending the position.
Leite trying to control the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leite drops an elbow to the side of Caminho Dos Deuses's head.
Leite drops an elbow to the side of Caminho Dos Deuses's head.
Leite lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Leite tries to pass to full mount but Caminho Dos Deuses defends it.

Leite is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caminho Dos Deuses has hold of Leite's hands but Leite slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Leite decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiaguin Leite dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leite dives in and scores a takedown into Caminho Dos Deuses's guard.
Leite is stalling in the full guard.
Leite trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to keep Leite in close.
Caminho Dos Deuses manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Caminho Dos Deuses is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Leite has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leite sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leite is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Caminho Dos Deuses pulls his head out easily.
Caminho Dos Deuses thows a huge punch but Leite dodges it nicely.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to control the action in half guard but Leite is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Caminho Dos Deuses tries to pass to full mount but Leite defends it.
Leite is concentrating on defense, preventing Caminho Dos Deuses from advancing position.
Leite wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Leite looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Caminho Dos Deuses is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Leite sees it coming and defends easily.
Leite wants to get back to full guard.
Leite keeping control of the position.

Caminho Dos Deuses is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Leite doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Caminho Dos Deuses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leite is looking to improve his position.
Leite moves into full guard.

Leite throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Leite lands with a heel strike from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leite has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Leite has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Caminho Dos Deuses off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Leite throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Caminho Dos Deuses was covering up waiting for the punch and Leite finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caminho Dos Deuses can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leite controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiaguin Leite showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Leite closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to control Leite's posture but Leite avoids it.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Caminho Dos Deuses's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Caminho Dos Deuses is looking for a sweep.
Leite in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Let's hope that Leite has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Caminho Dos Deuses regains half guard.
Caminho Dos Deuses trying to get back to full guard but Leite takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leite with the ground and pound from mount.
Caminho Dos Deuses is trying desperately to improve position.
Leite is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Leite has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice elbow there by Leite.
Leite lands a nice shot to the head.
Leite sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Leite lands with some strikes.
Caminho Dos Deuses keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Leite landing strikes, looking to finish!
Leite pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leite landing strikes from the mount and Caminho Dos Deuses is in trouble!
Leite with shots to the head and body - Caminho Dos Deuses looks very uncomfortable down there.
Leite controlling his opponent.
Caminho Dos Deuses in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Leite is landing with some decent strikes but Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Leite lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The referee warns Caminho Dos Deuses that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Leite.
Leite takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Leite landing strikes from the mount.
Leite is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Caminho Dos Deuses can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Leite controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leite is landing with some decent strikes but Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Caminho Dos Deuses is in a horrible position here. Leite smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Leite tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Leite is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Thiaguin Leite has got the better of the ground game so far.
Leite lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Caminho Dos Deuses hang on?
Leite unloading with bombs!
Leite controlling the position easily from mount.
Leite scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Caminho Dos Deuses?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leite prevents Caminho Dos Deuses from getting the reversal.
Leite has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Caminho Dos Deuses's face.

Caminho Dos Deuses is rocked!
Caminho Dos Deuses takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Caminho Dos Deuses is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leite landing strikes, looking to finish!
Leite is landing with some decent strikes but Caminho Dos Deuses is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Leite lands a big elbow - Caminho Dos Deuses is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Caminho Dos Deuses is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Thiaguin Leite!