PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Waldez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckles Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Waldez
vs
Bang

171 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ruben Waldez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Knuckles Bang!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang throws a series of punches but Waldez moves out of range.
Bang scores with a decent looking hook.
Some wild striking there from Bang.
Bang throws a right and a left that Waldez avoids nicely.
Bang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Bang misses.
Waldez slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Waldez.
Waldez tries to work over Bang's front leg with a kick but Bang checks it.
Bang works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Waldez's shoulder, as Waldez tries to avoid the shot.
Bang throws a nice looking combination but Waldez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Waldez.
Waldez lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bang misses with a wild combination.
Waldez lands with a slapping head kick.
No joy there for Bang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waldez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Bang misses with a few strikes there.
Bang looks gassed!
Waldez feints and then cracks Bang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bang down.
Waldez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bang tries to bum rush Waldez with a series of wild strikes but Waldez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A good leg kick by Waldez.
Bang swinging wildly here.
Bang misses with a straight left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Waldez, right into the meat.
Waldez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bang looks to throw the jab but Waldez is out of range.
Bang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Waldez lands with a kick to the ribs.
A punch combination from Bang misses.
Waldez throws a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Waldez.
Waldez cracks the inside of Bang's front leg.
Waldez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bang stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Waldez.
Bang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Waldez throws a head kick that Bang semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waldez throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick from Waldez lands but Bang takes it in his stride.
A head kick from Waldez lands but Bang takes it in his stride.
Waldez throws a head kick but Bang moves out of range.
Bang on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Waldez throws a head kick that Bang semi-blocks.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Good leg kick by Waldez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Waldez scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waldez wants to clinch.
Waldez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Waldez.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Waldez is just out of range.
Waldez throws a front kick that sends Bang stumbling back into the cage.
Bang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Waldez doesn't manage to clinch there - Bang circles away.
Waldez is looking to slow Bang down with leg kicks.
Bang looks to land a combination but Waldez avoids it well.
Waldez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Waldez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Waldez lands with a slapping head kick.
Some wild striking there from Bang.
Waldez throws a head kick that Bang semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waldez is looking to clinch.
Crunch! Waldez slams his shin into Bang's torso.
Waldez tries to clinch there but Bang circles away.
That kick from Waldez tenderised Bang's leg. Bang is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Waldez slips a jab and a cross from Bang.
Waldez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Waldez thumps Bang with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waldez lands with a nice body kick.
Waldez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Waldez.
Bang avoids the head kick by Waldez.
Waldez thuds his shin into the meat of Bang's side.
Bang swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Waldez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Waldez scores with a leg kick.
Bang throws a right hand that Waldez ducks under and follows up with a left that Waldez also avoids with ease.
Bang throws a hook but Waldez avoids it easily.
Bang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Waldez dodges the punch combination from Bang.
Waldez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knuckles Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Waldez.
Bang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Waldez thumps Bang with a low kick.
Ruben Waldez is winning the standup battle so far.
Waldez feints and then cracks Bang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bang down.
Waldez tries to clinch but Bang is having none of it.
A big right from Bang misses.
Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Waldez's shoulder, as Waldez tries to avoid the shot.
Bang is breathing heavily.
Bang throws a right and a left that Waldez avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Waldez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Waldez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bang takes a step back to recover.
Waldez tries to clinch there but Bang circles away.
Waldez throws a leg kick which misses Bang's front leg but catches the back leg as Bang tries to avoid it.
Bang throws a right hand that Waldez ducks under and follows up with a left that Waldez also avoids with ease.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Waldez - that will leave a mark!
Waldez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knuckles Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Waldez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bang throws a nice looking combination but Waldez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Waldez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Waldez thumps Bang with a low kick.
Waldez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Waldez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bang has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Waldez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Waldez. Waldez obviously looking to wear him down.
Waldez lands a nice looking body kick.
Bang moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bang throws a shot from downtown. Waldez moves away and avoids it.
Bang on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Waldez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang avoids the head kick by Waldez.
A head kick from Waldez lands but Bang takes it in his stride.
Waldez moves away from the strike by Bang.
Bang has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Waldez.
Bang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Waldez tries to clinch up.
Waldez tries to clinch there but Bang circles away.
Waldez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Waldez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bang's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Waldez.
Bang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Waldez tries to close the distance and clinch but Bang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Waldez throws a leg kick which misses Bang's front leg but catches the back leg as Bang tries to avoid it.
Waldez scores with a head kick. Bang tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Waldez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sloppy strikes from Bang. Those never looked like landing.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Waldez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bang has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bang has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Waldez.
Waldez lands a leg kick that knocks Bang off balance momentarily.
Waldez throws a head kick but Bang moves out of range.
Waldez tries to clinch but Bang is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Waldez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Waldez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Waldez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Waldez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Waldez scoring well with a low kick there.
Waldez throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waldez slips a jab from Bang.
Bang might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waldez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Waldez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bang's sensitive parts.
Waldez feints and then cracks Bang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bang down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Waldez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bang tries to bum rush Waldez with a series of wild strikes but Waldez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Waldez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Waldez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Waldez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Waldez throws a nice head kick!
Bang has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Waldez.
Waldez lands with a kick to the temple. Bang shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bang throws a right hand that Waldez ducks under and follows up with a left that Waldez also avoids with ease.
Waldez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bang's calf.
Bang misses with a few strikes there.
Waldez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bang.
Bang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Waldez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bang throws a series of punches but Waldez moves out of range.
Waldez misses with a head kick.
Waldez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Waldez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Waldez.
Nice defenses there by Bang.
Waldez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bang. That did some damage!
Waldez scores with a push kick.
Waldez scores with a leg kick.
Waldez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Waldez tries to clinch but Bang is having none of it.
Waldez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Waldez throws a head kick that misses.
Waldez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bang swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Waldez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bang has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Waldez.
Bang throws a hook but Waldez avoids it easily.
Bang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Waldez lands a high kick!
Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waldez connects with a leg kick. Bang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Waldez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waldez wants to clinch up but Bang keeps it at a distance.
Waldez pushes Bang away with a front kick.
Waldez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Waldez scoring well with a low kick there.
Waldez connects with a leg kick. Bang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Waldez.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bang might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Waldez has got the better of the exchanges.
Bang takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bang misses with a double jab.
Waldez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knuckles Bang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bang checks a leg kick.
Waldez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Waldez connects with a leg kick. Bang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Waldez misses with a head kick.
Bang swinging wildly here.
Bang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bang swats away the attempt to clinch by Waldez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang throws a jab when Waldez was well out of range.
A head kick from Waldez lands but Bang takes it in his stride.
Waldez misses with a head kick.
Bang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bang throws a right and a left that Waldez avoids nicely.
Waldez lands a front kick.
Waldez feints and then cracks Bang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bang down.
Bang throws a big shot that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waldez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waldez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Waldez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bang.
Bang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruben Waldez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Waldez 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Ruben Waldez!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Ruben Waldez!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Ruben Waldez!

Ruben Waldez wins by unanimous decision!