PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Alberto De Nobrega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minotauro Shogun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minotauro Shogun struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alberto De Nobrega
vs
Shogun

170 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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, Carlos Alberto De Nobrega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Minotauro Shogun!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Nobrega throws a series of punches but Shogun moves out of range.
Shogun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Nobrega.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Nobrega moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Nobrega will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Nobrega works the jab nicely.
De Nobrega throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Nobrega swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Nobrega pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Nobrega throws a nice looking combination but Shogun bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Nobrega works the jab nicely.
De Nobrega misses with a few strikes there.
De Nobrega looks to land a left hand but Shogun moved out of range nicely.
De Nobrega fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Shogun on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega takes a swing at Shogun's ribcage but misses.
De Nobrega misses with a body shot.
De Nobrega misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - De Nobrega throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shogun drops his hands momentarily and De Nobrega takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shogun takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shogun circles away quickly and effectively.
De Nobrega lands a jab to the head.
De Nobrega looks to land a right hand but Shogun moved out of range.
Shogun walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Nobrega misses with an uppercut. Shogun saw that one coming.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Nobrega tries to bum rush Shogun with a series of wild strikes but Shogun uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shogun moves out of range of the strikes.
De Nobrega throws a hook but Shogun blocks it.
Shogun on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Nobrega missing with a left hand there. Shogun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shogun slips a straight right by De Nobrega.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Nobrega fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Alberto De Nobrega dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Nobrega misses with a body shot.
Shogun gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Shogun keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Nobrega.
De Nobrega lands with a nice body punch.
Shogun has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Minotauro Shogun has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shogun uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Nobrega.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shogun takes one to the chin there.
De Nobrega scores with the left hand. Shogun knows he should have avoided that one.
De Nobrega scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shogun avoids the body shot from De Nobrega.
De Nobrega throws an overhand right that lands on Shogun's shoulder, as Shogun tries to avoid the shot.
De Nobrega misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega throws out a loose jab but Shogun uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Nobrega misses the shot to the body.
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega is winning the standup battle so far.
Shogun moves out of range of the strikes.
Shogun takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Nobrega scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega throws a nice looking combination but Shogun bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Nobrega throws a combination. Shogun tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Nobrega scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Nobrega swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Nobrega takes a swing at Shogun's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Shogun might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, De Nobrega has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice cross by De Nobrega.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shogun blocks a jab.
De Nobrega misses the jab.
De Nobrega moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Nobrega scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Nobrega throws out a loose jab but Shogun uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Alberto De Nobrega dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Minotauro Shogun's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

De Nobrega misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from De Nobrega misses the target.
De Nobrega lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shogun circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from De Nobrega misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Nobrega throws a series of strikes that have Shogun backpedaling.
Shogun ducks under a wild hook from De Nobrega.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Nobrega lands with a good body shot.
De Nobrega throws a jab when Shogun was well out of range.
A combination from De Nobrega does no damage.
De Nobrega is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shogun.
De Nobrega misses with an uppercut. Shogun saw that one coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega throws a jab but it's blocked by Shogun.
Shogun uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Nobrega.
De Nobrega misses with a wild body shot.
De Nobrega throws a looping overhand right but Shogun ducks down to avoid it.
Shogun takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - De Nobrega throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from De Nobrega. Those never looked like landing.
Shogun walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Nobrega looks to score with a jab to the body but Shogun is just out of range.
De Nobrega scores with a shot to the body.
De Nobrega looks to throw the jab but Shogun is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from De Nobrega. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega misses the jab.
Danga de danga de dang - De Nobrega scores with a four punch combination!
Shogun slips a straight right by De Nobrega.
Shogun ducks under a wild hook from De Nobrega.
De Nobrega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shogun manages to avoid it.
Shogun ducks under a wild hook from De Nobrega.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Alberto De Nobrega showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Nobrega 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Alberto De Nobrega!