PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghoul Ghotha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yve Braud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Braud's choice of entrance music: "Here Comes the Hammer" by M.C. Hammer. This should be fireworks!

Ghotha
vs
Braud

207 cm
22
272 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
221 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Blueprint Clothing
Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ghoul Ghotha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yve Braud!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghotha has a takedown stuffed.
Ghotha shoots in looking for a takedown. Braud tries to sprawl out of it but Ghotha keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Braud manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Braud moves into range and clinches up with Ghotha.

Ghotha has Braud pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ghotha pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Braud tumbling to the mat - Ghotha dives into Braud's guard.

Braud is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Braud doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ghotha stopping the sweep attempt from Braud.

Braud working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ghotha doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ghotha manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ghotha distracts Braud with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Braud avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghotha with a nice head shot there.
Ghotha working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ghotha landing some decent shots from guard.
Ghotha passes Braud's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ghotha stalling.
Braud trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braud taking some punishment here, with Ghotha in his half guard.
Braud is trying to maintain the position but Ghotha is very close to passing his half guard.
Braud punching from the bottom.
Ghotha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Braud moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braud throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ghotha slips nicely into half guard.
Braud looks gassed!
Ghotha is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Braud!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghotha lands a nice shot to the head.
Braud tries to hold on but Ghotha pushes him away.
Ghotha landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ghotha controlling the pace for now.
Ghotha with a couple of short strikes.
Ghotha blocks Braud's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Braud is looking to get to half guard.
Ghotha postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Braud looks a forlorn figure.
Ghotha 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha looking to control and managing it successfully.
Braud really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ghotha lands a big shot there that rocks Braud but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ghotha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ghotha pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Braud is bucking up trying to escape but Ghotha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ghotha with a couple of short strikes.
Ghotha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Braud keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ghotha landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha prevents Braud from getting the reversal.
Braud is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Braud is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ghotha with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braud manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Braud punching from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braud wants to improve his position but Ghotha is controlling well.
Braud is refusing to be controlled, as Ghotha sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ghotha feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ghotha is stalling in the full guard.
Ghotha throwing strikes from guard but Braud blocks nicely.
Braud throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Braud has momentary wrist control but Ghotha slips an elbow through the middle.

Braud working for a triangle but Ghotha defends it easily.
Ghotha passes Braud's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Braud is breathing heavily.
Ghotha working Braud over with strikes.
Ghotha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ghotha connects with a nice short shot to Braud's temple.
Ghotha passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ghotha landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ghotha lands a nice shot to the head.
Ghotha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Braud keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ghotha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Ghotha.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Braud is looking to improve his position but Ghotha isn't that keen on the idea.
Ghotha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braud is trying to escape the mount.
Ghotha lands a big shot there that rocks Braud but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Braud is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Braud is trying desperately to improve position.
Braud is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ghotha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Braud's face.
Ghotha landing strikes from the mount.
Ghotha unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braud tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ghotha landing shots from mount.
Ghotha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ghotha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Braud hang on?
Braud can't escape the position.
Ghotha will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Braud is bucking up trying to escape but Ghotha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Braud is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ghotha working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Braud is trying to escape the mount.
Braud wants to hold on but Ghotha pushes him away.
Ghotha lands a big elbow.
Ghotha dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha landing shots from mount.
Braud is bucking up trying to escape but Ghotha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Braud can't escape the position.
Ghotha with good strikes from the mount here!
Braud is working to get back to half guard.
Braud gets back to half guard.
Braud moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ghotha stopping the sweep attempt from Braud.

Braud throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Braud manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghoul Ghotha dominated that second round.
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!

Braud bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Braud is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ghotha knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ghotha gets back to half guard.
Ghotha manages to get to full guard.
Braud is looking to stand up but Ghotha won't let him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ghotha striking off his back but it's not causing Braud any problems.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ghotha is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Braud working for a triangle but Ghotha defends it easily.
Braud working a defensive guard here.
Braud throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ghotha distracts Braud with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Braud looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ghotha passes into half guard.
Braud is not content to let Ghotha control the position.
Ghoul Ghotha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ghotha prevents Braud from improving his position.
Braud moves into full guard.
Ghotha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Braud escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ghotha gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ghotha slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Braud looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Braud is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha preventing the sweep.
Ghotha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ghotha works over Braud with some ground and pound from guard.
Braud throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Braud is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ghotha won't allow Braud to pass to mount.
Ghotha throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Braud wants to pass the guard but Ghotha is defending well.
Ghotha trying to control here.
Ghotha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Braud looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ghotha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ghotha moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Braud slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yve Braud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ghotha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Braud's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Braud is working for a kimura but Ghotha is defending it quite comfortably.
Ghotha tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Braud is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yve Braud.
I think Ghotha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ghoul Ghotha!