PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gin Juice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braz Serra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Juice
vs
Serra

187 cm
26
170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
184 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gin Juice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Braz Serra!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juice is looking to clinch but Serra is avoiding it.

Serra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Juice!
Juice is looking for a sweep.

Serra decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Juice closes the distance and clinches.

Juice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Juice misses with a takedown attempt - Serra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Juice keeps the fight on the outside.
Braz Serra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Serra decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Serra lands with a punch from half guard.
Serra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Juice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Serra not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juice actively working from the bottom here.
Serra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Serra decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Juice misses with a head kick.
Juice is breathing heavily.
Juice shoots for a takedown but Serra saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A big right from Serra misses.
Serra tries to clinch but Juice moves out of range.
Juice has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gin Juice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Serra swings for the body but Juice moves out of range.

Serra takes the fight into the clinch.
Serra misses with an elbow strike.
Serra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Serra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Serra drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Serra keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Juice's head.
Serra postures up and lands a big shot to Juice's brow.
Serra is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Serra trying to control the position from guard on top but Juice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Serra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Juice keeping moving, preventing Serra from controlling successfully.
Serra sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Juice's guard.
Serra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Serra is thwarting Juice's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Juice is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Serra is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serra thows a huge punch but Juice dodges it nicely.
Serra thows a huge punch but Juice dodges it nicely.
Serra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Serra decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Serra just misses with a punch to the body.

Serra fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Juice sprawls well initially but Serra persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Serra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Serra is controlling the pace.
Serra trying to control the action but Juice is working from the bottom.
Juice blocking the ground and pound attempt from Serra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serra landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Serra connects with a nice short shot to Juice's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Serra working Juice over with strikes.
Serra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Serra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Serra is nestled in close to Juice, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Serra not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Juice trying to control but Serra postures up.
Serra passes to full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Serra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Serra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Juice?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braz Serra dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Serra moves in looking to clinch but Juice pushes him off.
Gin Juice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Serra scores with a takedown into Juice's guard.
Juice is trying to keep Serra in close.
Serra working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Juice has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Serra doesn't defend quickly enough and Juice has managed to lock this one up! Can Serra escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Juice on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Gin Juice!