PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Nefarious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelito Barraquinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barraquinha has chosen The Mamas & The Papas - Dream a little dream of me as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Nefarious
vs
Barraquinha

185 cm
22
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Berserker Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Nefarious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angelito Barraquinha!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nefarious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nefarious scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Barraquinha pushes Nefarious up against the cage in a clinch.
Nefarious working aggressively here.
Nefarious doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barraquinha prevents Nefarious from breaking the clinch.
Nefarious pushes Barraquinha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barraquinha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barraquinha scores with a knee to the head.
Nefarious misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Barraquinha.
Nefarious misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barraquinha misses with a knee to the head.
Barraquinha connects with a knee to the head.
Nefarious lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barraquinha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks with his arms.
Nefarious lands a nice uppercut.
Barraquinha is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Nefarious scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nefarious tries to throw a body punch but Barraquinha avoids it by throwing Nefarious back against the cage.
Nefarious has a couple of punches blocked by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks it.
Barraquinha has Nefarious pressed against the cage.
Barraquinha landing knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barraquinha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nefarious lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barraquinha backwards.
Nefarious is looking to control Barraquinha's arms but Barraquinha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nefarious has his back to the cage.
Nefarious swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nefarious looking to stall.
Barraquinha lands an elbow that stopped Nefarious in his tracks for a moment.
Barraquinha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The is referee keeping an eye on Barraquinha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nefarious tries a body shot but Barraquinha blocks it.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nefarious's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barraquinha with a knee to the head.
Barraquinha blocks a body shot from Nefarious.
Come on Barraquinha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nefarious is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nefarious tries to work over Barraquinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nefarious tries a body shot but Barraquinha blocks it.
Nefarious tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nefarious.
Nefarious lands a left hand.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
Barraquinha trying to land knees to the body.
Barraquinha looks gassed!
Barraquinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious is trying to maintain a safe position but Barraquinha gets an underhook and turns Nefarious into the cage.
A short right from Nefarious on the inside.
Knees to the body from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barraquinha scores with a knee to the head.
Barraquinha wants to stall.
Barraquinha landing knees to the head.
A right hand to the body from Nefarious.
Nefarious wants to stall.
Nefarious throws a head punch that misses.
Barraquinha trying to stall but Nefarious improves his position.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nefarious has had enough of the clinch but Barraquinha keeps him there for the moment.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Nefarious can't break the clinch.
Barraquinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barraquinha trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Barraquinha.
Nefarious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barraquinha's elbow.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
Nefarious misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
Nefarious lands with a short shot to the head.
Nefarious misses with a punch on the inside.
Nefarious has had enough of the clinch but Barraquinha keeps him there for the moment.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Barraquinha takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nefarious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nefarious tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barraquinha keeps control of Nefarious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Barraquinha tries to stall but Nefarious uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head.
Nefarious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nefarious tries to break the clinch but Barraquinha is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nefarious creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barraquinha pushes off an throws an elbow but Nefarious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barraquinha lands a nice elbow.
Barraquinha wants to stall.
Nefarious is looking to control Barraquinha's arms but Barraquinha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nefarious has his back to the cage.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nefarious swings wildly with an uppercut but Barraquinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nefarious.
Barraquinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nefarious is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Barraquinha keeps control of Nefarious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barraquinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nefarious blocks it with crossed arms.
Nefarious throws a punch but it's blocked by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha prevents a body shot from Nefarious.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nefarious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks with his arms.
Nefarious struggles to land a body shot inside as Barraquinha controls his hands.
A knee to the head by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha pushes off an throws an elbow but Nefarious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nefarious tries to work over Barraquinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barraquinha blocking some punches.
Nefarious swings wildly with an uppercut but Barraquinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nefarious is stalling here.
Nefarious lands a shoulder strike.
Barraquinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nefarious blocks it with crossed arms.
Barraquinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nefarious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nefarious is looking to control Barraquinha's arms but Barraquinha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nefarious has his back to the cage.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nefarious throws a punch but it's blocked by Barraquinha.
A body shot lands from Nefarious.
Nefarious lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barraquinha backwards.
Nefarious lands a right hand.
Nefarious tries to work over Barraquinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Angelito Barraquinha will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nefarious scores with a punch to the head.
Nefarious slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Angelito Barraquinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nefarious misses the shot to the body.
Nefarious shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barraquinha as he avoids it easily.
A big right from Barraquinha misses.
Nefarious avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reginald Nefarious is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barraquinha tries to clinch but Nefarious moves out of range.
Barraquinha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Nefarious gets a clinch.
Barraquinha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nefarious wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barraquinha lands an elbow just above Nefarious 's eye.
Nefarious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nefarious lands a nice shot to the body.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
Barraquinha is breathing heavily.
Barraquinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nefarious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nefarious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barraquinha looking to stall.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks it.
Nefarious swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barraquinha throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barraquinha keeps control of Nefarious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nefarious struggles to land a body shot inside as Barraquinha controls his hands.
Barraquinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nefarious.
Barraquinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Barraquinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nefarious just leaning against Barraquinha, taking a breather.
Nefarious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nefarious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barraquinha looking to stall.
Nefarious works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The referee calls for Nefarious to work.
Barraquinha is looking to control Nefarious's arms but Nefarious gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barraquinha has his back to the cage.
Nefarious tries to break the clinch but Barraquinha is controlling the position.
Nefarious misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nefarious tries to stall but Barraquinha uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nefarious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nefarious pushes Barraquinha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nefarious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nefarious trying to stall but Barraquinha improves his position.
A body shot lands from Nefarious.

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.
Barraquinha looking to throw knees to the head but Nefarious is blocking nicely.
Nefarious working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nefarious.
Nefarious throws a punch but it's blocked by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha keeps control of Nefarious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nefarious struggles to land a body shot inside as Barraquinha controls his hands.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barraquinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Nefarious.
Barraquinha blocking some punches.
Barraquinha pushes off an throws an elbow but Nefarious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nefarious dodges an elbow strike from Barraquinha.
Nefarious misses with the head strike.
Nefarious stalling in the clinch but Barraquinha improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barraquinha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Nefarious lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nefarious misses with a body punch.
Nefarious has a couple of punches blocked by Barraquinha.
Nefarious on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barraquinha misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nefarious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nefarious is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barraquinha is keeping busy.
Nefarious misses with a punch on the inside.
Nefarious misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nefarious misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barraquinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nefarious blocks it with crossed arms.
Nefarious fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nefarious managing to block the knees to the body from Barraquinha.
Nefarious is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nefarious cracks Barraquinha with a nice body shot.
Nefarious is trying to break the clinch but Barraquinha has him pressed against the cage.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nefarious wants to stall.
Barraquinha stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nefarious tries to work over Barraquinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nefarious can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nefarious is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barraquinha is keeping busy.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.

Nefarious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barraquinha is looking to clinch but Nefarious is avoiding it.
Barraquinha moves out of range of the leg kick from Nefarious.
Barraquinha throws a hook to the side of Nefarious's head but Nefarious sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Angelito Barraquinha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Barraquinha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barraquinha scores with a knee to the head.

Nefarious manages to break the clinch.

Nefarious shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nefarious showed some decent athleticism there.
Nefarious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barraquinha defending well though.
Barraquinha is looking to escape.
Nefarious throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nefarious works his foot free and advances to mount.
Nefarious scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barraquinha?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Nefarious dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Barraquinha ducks right into an uppercut from Nefarious.
Nefarious lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nefarious throws a nice looking combination but Barraquinha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Nefarious gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barraquinha landing knees to the body.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks it.
Nefarious is looking to break free of the clinch but Barraquinha has double underhooks.
Angelito Barraquinha seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barraquinha connects with a knee to the head.
Barraquinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nefarious.
Nefarious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barraquinha's elbow.
Barraquinha looking to throw knees to the head but Nefarious is blocking nicely.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Nefarious doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barraquinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nefarious.
A short right from Nefarious on the inside.
Nefarious throws a head punch that misses.
Nefarious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barraquinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nefarious is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nefarious lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nefarious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barraquinha throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nefarious tries to break the clinch but Barraquinha is controlling the position.
Nefarious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barraquinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nefarious blocks it with crossed arms.
Nefarious is trying to break the clinch but Barraquinha has him pressed against the cage.
Nefarious avoiding damage as Barraquinha throws knees to the body.
Nefarious avoiding damage as Barraquinha throws knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a punch on the inside.
Nefarious lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barraquinha.
Nefarious scores with a hook to the body.
Barraquinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nefarious.
Nefarious is trying to break free.
Nefarious working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nefarious holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nefarious throws a head punch that misses.
Nefarious wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nefarious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nefarious working aggressively here.
Nefarious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Nefarious has a couple of punches blocked by Barraquinha.
Nefarious digs a right hand underneath Barraquinha's ribcage. Barraquinha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nefarious tries a body shot but Barraquinha blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barraquinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barraquinha crunches a lovely knee into Nefarious's ribcage.
Nefarious working aggressively here.
Nefarious takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Barraquinha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nefarious struggles to land a body shot inside as Barraquinha controls his hands.
Nefarious tries a body shot but Barraquinha blocks it.
Barraquinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barraquinha connects with a knee to the head.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Nefarious fails to land.
Nefarious stalling in the clinch but Barraquinha improves position.
Barraquinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Nefarious blocks with his arms.
Barraquinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Nefarious avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Nefarious.
Nefarious is looking to control Barraquinha's arms but Barraquinha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nefarious has his back to the cage.
Nefarious is leaning against Barraquinha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barraquinha misses with a knee strike.
Nefarious has a couple of punches blocked by Barraquinha.
Nefarious tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nefarious misses with some punches.
Barraquinha blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious misses with the head strike.
Nefarious throws a head punch that misses.
Nefarious fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barraquinha throws a knee to the head but misses.

Nefarious breaks the clinch.
Barraquinha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nefarious.
Nefarious misses with a looping right.
Barraquinha doesn't manage to clinch there - Nefarious circles away.
Barraquinha moves out of range as Nefarious strikes.
Nefarious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nefarious throws a right and a left that Barraquinha avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Barraquinha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barraquinha throws a head kick that Nefarious semi-blocks.
Barraquinha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nefarious fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nefarious keeps the fight on the outside.
Nefarious circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nefarious avoids the head kick by Barraquinha.
Nefarious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nefarious looks to land a combination but Barraquinha avoids it well.
Barraquinha scores with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Nefarious scores with a takedown into Barraquinha's guard.
Barraquinha is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nefarious is controlling him.
Barraquinha trying to keep a closed guard but Nefarious is proving a slippery customer.
Nefarious throws a big right hand that misses.
Nefarious stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barraquinha swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nefarious loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Reginald Nefarious.
I think Nefarious 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reginald Nefarious!