PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Mangabeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gold might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Goldust theme. Rodrigo Mangabeira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jamie Gold's chin.

Gold
vs
Mangabeira

185 cm
40
195 lbs
29 - 15 - 1

185 cm
35
193 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Mangabeira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gold tries for a takedown but Mangabeira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gold misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Mangabeira 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mangabeira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gold closes the distance and clinches.
Gold taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gold as Mangabeira tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Mangabeira stalling.
Mangabeira misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold slowing the pace effectively.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mangabeira misses with the head strike.
Gold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mangabeira wants to stall.
Gold lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mangabeira backwards.
Mangabeira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gold scores with a hook to the body.
Gold lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mangabeira misses with some punches.
Mangabeira has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangabeira.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mangabeira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mangabeira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gold's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mangabeira has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mangabeira lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Gold.
Gold scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Mangabeira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mangabeira misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mangabeira fails to land.
Mangabeira lands an uppercut.
Mangabeira swings wildly with an uppercut but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangabeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Gold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gold pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mangabeira is out of range and Gold settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gold.
Gold throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rodrigo Mangabeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mangabeira tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Mangabeira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mangabeira leaves Gold with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gold misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Gold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Gold moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold circles away from the clinch attempt

so Gold counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gold wants to control from the top but Mangabeira keeps moving.
Mangabeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gold throws an elbow that misses. Mangabeira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gold's guard. Nice move by Mangabeira!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mangabeira throwing strikes but missing.
Gold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gold has Mangabeira pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gold lands a head shot.
Gold throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Gold. Beautiful body shot.
Gold keeps the fight on the outside.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Gold moves away
and Gold makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gold attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gold lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mangabeira will feel that in the morning.
Gold lands a nice shot to the body.
Gold throws a front kick aimed at Mangabeira's knee but Mangabeira avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gold has closed the distance and engaged Mangabeira in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mangabeira scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gold.
Mangabeira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mangabeira takes a shot to the head.
Gold avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangabeira.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Mangabeira.
Gold tries to land a knee to the head but Mangabeira blocks with his arms.
Gold's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mangabeira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
A shot in the inside from Gold.
Mangabeira taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold trying to land knees to the body.
Gold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gold manages to break the clinch.
Gold shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mangabeira has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Mangabeira lands an uppercut.
Gold lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Gold.
Mangabeira misses with some punches.
Gold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gold gets through Mangabeira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gold blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Mangabeira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mangabeira misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira lands an uppercut.
Mangabeira misses with some punches.

Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gold.
Gold attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mangabeira is looking to clinch but Gold is avoiding it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mangabeira checks a leg kick.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold throws a sloppy head kick

and Mangabeira counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gold.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gold as Mangabeira tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangabeira.
A short left from Gold.
Mangabeira stalling in the clinch but Gold improves position.
Mangabeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold tries to throw a body punch but Mangabeira avoids it by throwing Gold back against the cage.
Mangabeira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gold up against the cage.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
Gold lands a hook that snaps the head of Mangabeira backwards.
Mangabeira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gold misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gold takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gold lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mangabeira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gold tries a head kick but it misses.
Mangabeira takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mangabeira blocks the body kick.
Gold pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mangabeira is out of range and Gold settles back down.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
Gold scoring well with a low kick there.
Gold keeps the fight on the outside.
Mangabeira slips a jab from Gold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangabeira checks the leg kick.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold scores with a sloppy right hand. Mangabeira should have avoided that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Mangabeira keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Gold has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gold scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mangabeira's elbow.
Gold blocks an uppercut.
Gold misses with some punches.
Jamie Gold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mangabeira lands an elbow just above Gold 's eye.

It looks like Jamie Gold has been cut.
Mangabeira throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mangabeira.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gold.
Mangabeira throws a head punch that misses.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mangabeira misses with a punch on the inside.
Gold using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mangabeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Gold.
Gold stalling against the cage.
Mangabeira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gold dodges an elbow strike from Mangabeira.
A head punch on the inside from Mangabeira fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with some punches.
Mangabeira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Mangabeira.
Gold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mangabeira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mangabeira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold working aggressively here.
Mangabeira swings wildly with an uppercut but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangabeira has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Gold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mangabeira backwards.
Mangabeira misses with some punches.
Mangabeira blocks a body shot from Gold.
Gold blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold blocks an elbow strike.
Gold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira working aggressively here.
Mangabeira lands an uppercut.
Mangabeira scores with a shoulder strike.
Mangabeira has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Gold lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mangabeira fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gold tries to work over Mangabeira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rodrigo Mangabeira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mangabeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Mangabeira.
Gold lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mangabeira backwards.
Mangabeira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mangabeira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangabeira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gold lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mangabeira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Gold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gold 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gold!
Jamie Gold decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.