PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Alberto De Nobrega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Garcia (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.

Alberto De Nobrega
vs
Garcia

170 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Alberto De Nobrega!
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, Thiago Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Garcia or perhaps it was just good defense by De Nobrega which made him look bad.

De Nobrega rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Nobrega can't break the clinch.
Garcia looking to stall.
Garcia has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De Nobrega after a bit of a struggle.
De Nobrega has Garcia pressed against the cage, preventing Garcia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Nobrega has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.
De Nobrega has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Nobrega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Nobrega stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Garcia keeps control of De Nobrega as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Nobrega has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.
Garcia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Nobrega lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Nobrega working hard to break the clinch.
De Nobrega wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Nobrega stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Garcia.
Garcia trying to stall but De Nobrega improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on De Nobrega's face as he tries to break the clinch.

De Nobrega's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Nobrega misses with a straight left.
De Nobrega scores with a nice head shot.
Thiago Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Nobrega throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Nobrega swivels and escapes.

De Nobrega moves into the clinch successfully.
De Nobrega can't break the clinch.
De Nobrega has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Nobrega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

De Nobrega pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Nobrega throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia tests De Nobrega's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garcia darts in trying to clinch
and De Nobrega counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Garcia slips under a jab.
De Nobrega scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Garcia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Nobrega defends it nicely.
Garcia looks winded!
A head kick from Garcia lands but De Nobrega takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Nobrega closes the distance and clinches.
De Nobrega wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

De Nobrega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia slips under a jab from De Nobrega.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Nobrega.

De Nobrega moves into the clinch successfully.
Garcia looking for a takedown.
De Nobrega wants to get back to striking at distance but Garcia won't allow it.
Garcia has De Nobrega pressed against the cage, preventing De Nobrega from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garcia keeps control of De Nobrega as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Nobrega gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Garcia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega working hard to break the clinch.

De Nobrega breaks from the clinch.
Garcia slips under a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garcia.
De Nobrega lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Nobrega thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

De Nobrega has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garcia has De Nobrega pressed against the cage, preventing De Nobrega from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Nobrega is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Alberto De Nobrega dominated that 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.

A jab from De Nobrega finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.
Garcia swings for the body but De Nobrega moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
Garcia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Garcia feints and then cracks De Nobrega's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Nobrega down.
De Nobrega throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Nobrega.
Donk. De Nobrega catches Garcia right on the button with a cross.

Garcia gets tackled into the cage by De Nobrega. De Nobrega maintains the clinch.
De Nobrega wants to get back to striking at distance but Garcia won't allow it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Nobrega is trying to break the clinch but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.

Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia wants to clinch but De Nobrega slips to the side
and De Nobrega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Nobrega throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De Nobrega as he jumps to the side.
Garcia lands a head kick!

De Nobrega cracks Garcia with a big right hand and Garcia goes down!

Garcia is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing De Nobrega from standing up.
Garcia is still in real trouble! Can De Nobrega finish him?
De Nobrega knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Garcia on the ground.
De Nobrega looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Garcia seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Carlos Alberto De Nobrega.
Nice cross by De Nobrega.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Garcia.
Nice straight punches there by De Nobrega. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Nobrega.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De Nobrega drops Garcia with a big left hand! Garcia is injured, injured bad! De Nobrega jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Alberto De Nobrega!