PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rebaldo Louza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Neely 's chin.

Neely
vs
Louza

185 cm
29
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

183 cm
32
190 lbs
18 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Neely !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rebaldo Louza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Louza instigates a clinch.
Neely working aggressively here.
Neely controlling the action here for a moment.
Neely is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louza is defending well for now.
Neely lands a body punch in the clinch.

Louza tightens his grip and picks Neely up, before dumping him to the ground. Neely manages to land in guard.
Louza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Neely is keeping the position for now.
Neely is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Louza is looking for a sweep. Neely is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Louza wants to control but Neely is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely works his way into full mount!
Louza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Louza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Neely .
Louza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Louza is working to get back to half guard.
Louza wants to control but Neely is having none of it.
Louza sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louza taking some punishment here, with Neely in his half guard.
Neely trying to control the action but Louza is working from the bottom.
Louza won't allow Neely to pass to mount.
Neely prevents Louza from improving his position.
Neely sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louza defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza is pressing down on Neely 's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Neely with a flurry of punches that miss.

Louza throws his legs up looking for a submission but Neely uses it to pass to side control.
Louza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Louza is looking for a sweep.
Neely 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neely landing a few strikes.
Louza is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Neely 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Louza manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Neely !
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neely sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Louza wants to free his trapped foot but Neely is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Louza is trying to control. Neely wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neely is looking to control Louza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Neely avoid being mounted?
Louza prevents Neely from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mike Neely will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Neely on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Neely drives through with a takedown into Louza's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Neely wants to control from the top but Louza keeps moving.

Louza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Neely defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neely wants to control from the top but Louza keeps moving.
Neely tries to free his leg and advance position but Louza is retaining full guard.
Neely throwing strikes from guard but Louza blocks nicely.
Louza trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Louza is looking for a triangle but Neely pushes his legs off easily.
Neely trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Neely !
Louza wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Neely tries to hold on but Louza pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely taking shots to the head.

Louza looking for a guillotine from mount but Neely is having none of it.
Louza wants to control the pace but Neely is squirming around nicely.

Louza goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Neely turns into him and now he's in Louza's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neely trying to control but Louza is working from the bottom.
Neely throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely distracts Louza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Neely lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Louza has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Neely has passed into side control.
Louza is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Neely throwing shots but Louza is blocking nicely.
Rebaldo Louza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Neely missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Louza actively working from the bottom here.
Louza gets back to full guard.

Louza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely won't allow Louza to sweep him here.
Neely has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Neely 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neely postures up in Louza's guard and throws a big left but Louza blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neely stands and throws Louza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Louza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rebaldo Louza will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Louza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neely manages to avoid it.

Louza drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Neely controls Louza momentarily but Louza frees himself.

Louza postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Neely is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Louza, into his guard.
Louza trying to keep a closed guard but Neely is proving a slippery customer.
Neely tries to free his leg and advance position but Louza is retaining full guard.
Neely working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Neely .
Neely throws a big elbow that misses.

Louza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Neely can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Neely is looking to work some ground and pound but Louza has wrist control.
Louza working a defensive guard but Neely manages to pass into side control anyway.
The ground and pound from Neely seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Neely looks up at the clock and then as Louza takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Neely smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Louza takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely looks up at the clock and then as Louza takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Neely smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Louza is trying to work for a sweep but Neely has mounted him!
Neely with a couple of short strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Neely controlling the position easily from mount.
Louza blocking the ground and pound.
Louza tries to reverse the position but Neely maintains control.
Louza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Louza is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely working the ground and pound effectively.
Louza tries to hold on but Neely postures up.
Louza sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Neely has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Neely breaks from Louza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Louza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Neely .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louza stopping the sweep attempt from Neely .
Louza throwing strikes but missing.
Louza pushing down on Neely 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neely tries to get to full guard but Louza has control of the leg.
Louza trying to control the action but Neely is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Neely showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Neely 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rebaldo Louza!