PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiagulu Paiskbah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rua
vs
Paiskbah

181 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

202 cm
18
288 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiagulu Paiskbah!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Thiagulu Paiskbah has been cut.
Paiskbah takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Paiskbah drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paiskbah's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Paiskbah postures up in Rua's guard and throws a big left but Rua blocks it.
Paiskbah is in close to Rua's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Paiskbah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Paiskbah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rua wants to stand but Paiskbah is controlling the position.
Paiskbah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rua's head.
Paiskbah prevents Rua from getting back to his feet.
Paiskbah working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Paiskbah landing with the ground and pound.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Paiskbah sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rua's guard.
Rua has hold of Paiskbah's hands but Paiskbah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiskbah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Paiskbah is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Paiskbah content to control rather than advance.
Paiskbah has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Paiskbah controlling from the full mount.
Paiskbah has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paiskbah with good strikes from the mount here!
Paiskbah controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paiskbah scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiskbah punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paiskbah cracks Rua with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Paiskbah content just to control the position here.
Rua might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Paiskbah dominating with strikes here.
Paiskbah punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paiskbah connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Paiskbah softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Rua is out cold! Paiskbah jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiagulu Paiskbah!