PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benedito Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Handsome B Wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braga
vs
B Wonderful

185 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

178 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedito Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Handsome B Wonderful!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga throws a nice head kick!
Braga looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Braga throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wonderful.
Braga slips a jab from Wonderful.
Wonderful rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Braga counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wonderful's knee momentarily.
Braga bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wonderful's head backwards.
Wonderful throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab lands there for Wonderful.
Wonderful lands a jab to the nose.
Wonderful stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Braga.
Braga thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wonderful scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Braga is refusing to be controlled, as Wonderful sits in half guard.

Braga looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Braga tries to roll over but Wonderful keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga gets back to full guard.
Wonderful showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wonderful throwing strikes but missing.
Wonderful works over Braga with some ground and pound from guard.
Wonderful won't allow Braga to sweep him here.
Wonderful trying to control the position from guard on top but Braga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga looking to control.

Braga looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wonderful passes Braga's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wonderful scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Braga is looking to control Wonderful's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Braga avoid being mounted?
Braga moves into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braga lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wonderful!
Wonderful tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wonderful's face.
Braga tries to control but Wonderful wriggling away.
Wonderful tries to lock up and control but Braga gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wonderful is trying to escape the mount.
Braga scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wonderful?
Braga thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wonderful working to try and regain half guard.
Braga punching from mount but Wonderful doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wonderful keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wonderful is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga looking to control but Wonderful is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wonderful slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonderful is looking to control Braga's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wonderful avoid being mounted?
Braga tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wonderful knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wonderful manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braga throwing strikes but missing.
Braga 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braga pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wonderful is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Benedito Braga will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wonderful looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Braga is fending him off so far but Wonderful persists. Nope, Braga circles away and we're back to standing.
Wonderful moves out of range of the body kick.
Braga slips under a jab.
Braga avoids the body shot from Wonderful.
Braga throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Braga scores with a head kick.
Wonderful dodges the punch combination from Braga.
Nice jab there from Wonderful.
Braga throws a head kick but Wonderful moves out of range.
Braga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wonderful shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Braga defends it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Braga. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Braga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Wonderful drives through with a takedown into Braga's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Benedito Braga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wonderful throws a big right hand that misses.

Wonderful has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Braga to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Wonderful is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Braga pulls down on the head and he's put Wonderful to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Benedito Braga!
A determined Benedito Braga didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!