PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Estima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dinomat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man has chosen Country Song as his entrance music. Braulio Estima could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dinomat Man's chin.

Estima
vs
Man

170 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Braulio Estima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dinomat Man!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Estima's head.
Man is looking to clinch but Estima is avoiding it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Estima is defended easily by Man.
Man doesn't manage to clinch there - Estima circles away.
Estima looks for a takedown but Man sprawls well.

Man clinches up against the cage.

Estima pulls guard successfully.
Estima is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Man makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Man moves into the clinch.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Estima drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braulio Estima. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries a body shot but Estima blocks it.
Estima jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Man walks away with a smile on his face. Estima gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Estima shoots in for a double leg but Man sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Estima fails with the takedown.
Estima is breathing heavily.
Man looks to clinch

and Estima counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man can't do much from the bottom here.
Estima wants to lay and pray for a moment but Man keeps working.
Man tries to improve position but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Estima trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Estima asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Man tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Estima fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Estima remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Estima could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Estima wants to take a breather but Man manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Estima.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estima wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Man is trying to keep Estima in close.
Estima passes Man's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Estima passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Man!
Estima wants to control the pace but Man is squirming around nicely.

Estima is working for a guillotine from mount but Man frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man avoids a series of strikes thrown by Estima.
Estima controlling the pace for now.
Man looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Man is really stuck here.
Man is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Estima off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man holding both Estima 's hands and preventing any damage.
Man prevents Estima from getting a body triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braulio Estima dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man is looking to clinch but Estima is avoiding it.
Estima is looking to clinch.

Man rushes Estima and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Man trying to land knees to the body.
Estima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Estima drops back down to his feet.
Estima tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Man just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braulio Estima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Estima is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Man to keep the fight standing.
Nice elbow from Man.

It looks like Braulio Estima has been cut.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man leaning his opponent against the cage.
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
Man lands an elbow just above Estima 's eye.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Estima is trying to pull guard but Man turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Estima is trying to pull guard but Man turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands an elbow just above Estima 's eye.
Estima jumps guard but Man turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Man leaning his opponent against the cage.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Estima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short uppercut from Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man stalling against the cage.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Man misses with an elbow strike.
Man lands an elbow inside that Estima shrugs off.
Estima is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Man to keep the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Man.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Estima drops back down to his feet.
Man lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estima jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Man walks away with a smile on his face. Estima gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Estima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Estima keeps the fight on the outside.
Man tries to clinch but Estima is having none of it.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dinomat Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Estima tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Estima tries to clinch up.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Estima manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dinomat Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Estima.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Estima moves out of range easily.
Estima misses with a looping right.
Estima is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinomat Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Braulio Estima'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Estima swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Man has Estima up against the cage in a clinch.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Estima drops back down to his feet.
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Man trying to land knees to the body.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.
Man lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Man.
Man misses with a knee strike.
Estima is trying to pull guard but Man turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braulio Estima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Estima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Estima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Estima is trying to pull guard but Man turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Man lands a knee to the body.
Man's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Estima avoids the damage to the body.
Estima's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Estima backwards.
Estima is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Man to keep the fight standing.
Estima avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Man lands an elbow that stopped Estima in his tracks for a moment.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Estima drops back down to his feet.
Man content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Estima avoids the damage to the body.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Estimas head.
Estima tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.
Estima jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Man walks away with a smile on his face. Estima gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Estima misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Man moves into the clinch.
Man comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Man works on Estima's body with a couple of short punches.
Estima prevents a body shot from Man.
Knees in the clinch landing for Man.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Man unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Man.
Man stalling the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Man just leaning against Estima, taking a breather.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Estima backwards.
Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Man.
Man manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dinomat Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Man has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dinomat Man!
During a confident post fight interview, Dinomat Man thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.