PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel De Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetryos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Lucas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Apaga mais não bate. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

De Lucas
vs
Alves

183 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

197 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel De Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demetryos Alves!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Lucas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Alves manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
De Lucas controls from within his opponent's guard.
De Lucas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
De Lucas forces his way into half guard.
De Lucas controlling the action here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

We're going to have a standup here because Samuel De Lucas wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Lucas's waist but De Lucas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alves dodges the punch combination from De Lucas.
Alves fails to land the takedown.
Samuel De Lucas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demetryos Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lucas connects with a jab.
De Lucas lands a body shot.
De Lucas throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Lucas.
Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

De Lucas closes the distance and clinches.

De Lucas tightens his grip and picks Alves up, before dumping him to the ground. Alves manages to land in guard.

Alves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Lucas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Lucas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Lucas is pushing down on Alves's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alves is fighting to maintain full guard but De Lucas has managed to sneak the leg through.

Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De Lucas content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lucas seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Alves for as long as he can get away with.
De Lucas has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Lucas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Alves looks a forlorn figure.
De Lucas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
De Lucas with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lucas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alves hang on?
De Lucas controlling his opponent.

De Lucas has hold of Alves's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Alves manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Lucas lands a nice shot to the head.
De Lucas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Lucas working the ground and pound effectively.
De Lucas controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is desperately trying to improve his position but De Lucas has a good base and remains in mount.
De Lucas content just to control the position here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Lucas could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Samuel De Lucas has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
De Lucas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Lucas - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Lucas. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
De Lucas just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Alves tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Lucas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alves somewhat.

De Lucas dives in and scores a takedown into Alves's guard.
De Lucas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
De Lucas wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Samuel De Lucas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Lucas trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
De Lucas wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Alves is looking for a triangle but De Lucas pushes his legs off easily.

Alves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Lucas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Lucas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Lucas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lucas chips away with some ground and pound.

Alves working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because De Lucas has passed into half guard!
De Lucas content to control rather than advance.

Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alves is breathing heavily.
De Lucas slows the pace down in half guard.
De Lucas works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves working to try and regain half guard.
De Lucas content just to control the position here.
Alves is working to get back to half guard.
De Lucas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
De Lucas cracks Alves with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De Lucas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Lucas landing strikes, looking to finish!
De Lucas looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lucas's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
De Lucas landing strikes from the mount and Alves is in trouble!
De Lucas looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Lucas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Alves that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
De Lucas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel De Lucas dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Lucas. De Lucas obviously looking to wear him down.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. De Lucas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

De Lucas drives through with a takedown into Alves's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Alves keeping moving, preventing De Lucas from controlling successfully.
De Lucas tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
De Lucas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De Lucas is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Alves looking for a guillotine here but De Lucas defends easily.

Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves being controlled here, momentarily.

De Lucas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De Lucas is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

We're going to have a standup here because Samuel De Lucas wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
De Lucas stuffs the takedown attempt from Alves. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Samuel De Lucas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Lucas pinned against the cage. De Lucas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Lucas connects with a solid leg kick.

De Lucas rushes Alves and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Lucas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Lucas controlling the action here for a moment.
De Lucas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alves is working for takedown but De Lucas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Samuel De Lucas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demetryos Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lucas looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
De Lucas is pressed up against the cage. Alves has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Lucas down to the mat. De Lucas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De Lucas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Lucas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Lucas defends it nicely.

De Lucas closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Alves's guard.
Alves can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as De Lucas controls the pace.
De Lucas 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Samuel De Lucas.
De Lucas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Lucas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alves shoots and misses

and De Lucas counters by clinching up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but De Lucas is defending well.
Alves drops down looking for an ankle pick but De Lucas pulls his leg out and moves away.
De Lucas sizes up Alves with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

De Lucas throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Alves tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. De Lucas is in Alves's guard.
De Lucas stays in close to Alves's body and controls the position.

Alves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De Lucas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel De Lucas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Lucas 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel De Lucas!
Samuel De Lucas bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.