PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kair Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Grande's choice of entrance music: Maestre - Calles De Medellín . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Drogo
vs
Grande

172 cm
28
182 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

176 cm
26
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kair Drogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chico Grande!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grande shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Drogo is looking to improve his position.

Drogo has one foot on Grande's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Grande.
Grande scores with a push kick.
Drogo could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Drogo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grande sprawls well. Grande wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Drogo gets slowly back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drogo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grande.
Grande lands the left hand.

It looks like Kair Drogo has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grande.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Drogo is breathing heavily.
Drogo blocks a head kick by Grande.

Grande gets a clinch.

Grande tightens his grip and picks Drogo up, before dumping him to the ground. Drogo manages to land in guard.
Grande is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Drogo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grande trying to control but Drogo is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drogo pulls Grande in close to his closed guard and prevents Grande from doing any damage or advancing position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grande lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grande has managed to clinch.
Drogo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grande walks away with a smile on his face. Drogo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Grande throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Grande closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Grande controls the position from side control.
Grande trying to control the action but Drogo is working from the bottom.
Drogo is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Drogo tries to roll over but Grande keeps him under control.
Drogo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grande wants to pass the guard but Drogo is keeping the position.
Drogo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grande won't allow Drogo to get back to his feet.
Drogo wants to sweep but no luck.
Drogo wants to stand up but Grande is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drogo wants to sweep but no luck.
Grande must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Drogo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grande's guard.
Grande wants to sweep here but Drogo controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo throwing strikes but missing.
Drogo is in close to Grande's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Drogo stands and throws Grande's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drogo scoring with punches from side control.
Drogo trying to control the position but Grande is working away.
Grande tries to buck Drogo off but Drogo is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Drogo misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chico Grande dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kair Drogo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Drogo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grande as he avoids it easily.
Grande lands with a good body shot.
No luck for Grande with that takedown attempt.
Grande shoots in for a takedown but Drogo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Drogo drops his hands momentarily and Grande takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Grande shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Grande showed some decent athleticism there.
Grande is trying to control the action in half guard but Drogo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Drogo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Drogo tries to get out of the position.
Drogo tries to roll over but Grande keeps him under control.
Drogo gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo trying to control the position.
Grande slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Drogo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Drogo trying to control the position.
Grande preventing the sweep.
Grande trying to control the position from guard on top but Drogo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Kair Drogo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Grande tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses the shot to the body.
Drogo swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.

Grande looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Drogo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Drogo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grande is trying is best to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drogo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grande defending well though.
Grande has hold of Drogo's hands but Drogo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grande with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grande taking some punishment here, with Drogo in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drogo thows a huge punch but Grande dodges it nicely.
Grande pushes Drogo off looking to stand but Drogo dives back in and keeps control.
Drogo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grande wants to improve his position but Drogo is controlling well.
Drogo wants to pass the guard but Grande is defending well.
Drogo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Drogo trying to control the action but Grande is working from the bottom.
Drogo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo stops Grande from getting back to his feet.
Grande really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drogo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drogo working over Grande with some ground and pound. Grande looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Drogo wants to take a breather but Grande is having none of it.
Drogo trying to pass the guard but Grande defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drogo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Drogo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Drogo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Drogo.
Drogo wants to control the pace but Grande is squirming around nicely.
Drogo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grande looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kair Drogo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kair Drogo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Grande shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Grande showed some decent athleticism there.
Drogo is trying to maintain the position but Grande is very close to passing his half guard.

Drogo kicks off Grande and gets to his feet.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grande getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chico Grande seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot by Grande.
Drogo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grande can pounce on him.
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!
Drogo misses with a takedown attempt
and Grande counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo shoots and misses
and Grande counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grande dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drogo. That did some damage!
A cross from Grande lands.
Grande throws a head kick that misses.
Grande scores with a hook.

Drogo is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grande tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oh Drogo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kair Drogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande lands a nice looking body shot.
Drogo seems to have got his legs back now.
Grande wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
Grande jabs at Drogo's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drogo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No luck for Grande with that takedown attempt.
Grande gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Drogo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Drogo postures up in Grande's guard and throws a big left but Grande blocks it.
Drogo postures up in Grande's guard and throws a big left but Grande blocks it.
Drogo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Drogo throws a big right hand that misses.
Grande utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo with a nice head shot there.
Drogo advances position into side control!
Grande is not content to let Drogo control the position.
Grande is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Grande on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Drogo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Drogo is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drogo tries for a kimura but Grande is defending well.
Drogo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Grande is avoiding damage well.

Drogo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Grande, who protects the arm well.
Drogo cracks Grande with a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drogo postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drogo is chipping away with strikes.
Drogo landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Grande's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chico Grande comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Grande 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chico Grande!