PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Japa Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes to the cage accompanied by Notorious BIG - Victory. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Carvalho
vs
Kaka

192 cm
31
222 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

190 cm
32
275 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matheus Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Japa Kaka!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaka throws a series of punches but Carvalho moves out of range.
A jab from Carvalho does it's job there.
Kaka throws a looping overhand right but Carvalho ducks down to avoid it.
Kaka looks to land a left hand but Carvalho moved out of range nicely.
Carvalho tries to score with a low kick but Kaka moves his leg out of the way.
Carvalho attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Carvalho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Carvalho lands a big shot there that rocks Kaka but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kaka is desperately trying to improve his position but Carvalho has a good base and remains in mount.
Carvalho throws some wild stikes that Kaka manages to avoid easily.
Kaka holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Carvalho tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carvalho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kaka?
Carvalho looking to ground and pound but Kaka is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho looking to control and managing it successfully.
Carvalho'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.
Carvalho lands a nice shot to the head.
Carvalho throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Carvalho throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kaka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carvalho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carvalho throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carvalho landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carvalho lands with some strikes.

Carvalho jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kaka manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Carvalho scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kaka to see if he's OK.
Carvalho misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Carvalho looks up at the clock and then as Kaka takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Carvalho smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Carvalho cracks Kaka with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kaka dodges the ground and pound from Carvalho.
Carvalho sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kaka is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kaka takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carvalho has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kaka!
Carvalho breaks from Kaka's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Carvalho misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kaka can do anything to dispel that myth.
Carvalho lands with some strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carvalho connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Carvalho there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Carvalho working Kaka over with strikes here.

Kaka is rocked!
Carvalho 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.
Kaka looks gassed!
Carvalho lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Kaka! Carvalho sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Kaka and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matheus Carvalho!