PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Serrano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Serrano
vs
Louza

190 cm
38
198 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

183 cm
34
190 lbs
21 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Urban Savage

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 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Serrano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rebaldo Louza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Serrano looking to score a takedown here. Louza is defending well but Serrano drives through and ends up in Louza's guard.
Serrano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Louza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Serrano manages to get himself to full guard.
Serrano keeping full guard, as Louza tries to pass.
Louza looking to sit in guard and control but Serrano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Louza is trying to control the position but Serrano postures up.

Louza is working an open guard so Serrano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Louza.
Louza stalks Serrano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Serrano's face. Serrano staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Serrano drives through with a takedown into Louza's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Louza looking for a sweep. Not yet Louza, not yet.
Louza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Serrano throws a big elbow that misses.
Louza wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Louza wants to stand but Serrano is controlling the position.

Louza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Serrano doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Serrano manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Louza controls Serrano momentarily but Serrano frees himself.
Serrano with a flurry of punches that miss.
Louza wants to sweep but no luck.
Serrano is looking to stand up but Louza won't let him.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Louza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Louza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Serrano is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serrano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Serrano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Serrano's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serrano works over Louza with some ground and pound from guard.
Serrano landing some decent shots from guard.

Serrano drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Louza manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Serrano has Louza in his guard.
Serrano keeping moving, preventing Louza from controlling successfully.
Louza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza wants to pass the guard but Serrano is keeping the position.
Serrano looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Louza looking to sit in guard and control but Serrano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Louza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Louza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Serrano's guard.
Louza forces his way into half guard.
Serrano wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Louza is looking to advance position but Serrano won't allow it.
Louza stalling away here and it's allowed Serrano to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Louza trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louza is looking to advance position but Serrano has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Louza tries to lock up and control but Serrano gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rebaldo Louza will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Serrano decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Louza is looking to improve his position.
Serrano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Serrano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Louza looking for submissions off his back.
Louza is looking to improve his position.

Louza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Serrano pulls his head out easily.

Louza is defending against the submission attempts here by Serrano.
Louza is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Louza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Serrano pulls his head out easily.
Serrano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Louza is looking to improve his position.
Serrano winds up and cracks Louza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Serrano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Louza actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Serrano missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Louza gets full guard.

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

Louza is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serrano with a flurry of punches that miss.
Serrano wants to stand and escape but instead Louza has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Louza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Serrano is keeping the position for now.
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!

Louza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Serrano manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Louza has Serrano in his guard.
Serrano working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serrano postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Serrano stands and throws Louza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Brian Serrano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Louza misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Louza manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Louza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Still in half guard, Louza seems content to control.
Serrano won't allow Louza to pass to mount.

Louza is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Serrano doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Louza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Louza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Serrano has managed to free his arm - good work.

Louza is looking for a kimura here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Louza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
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 ring so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Louza scores with a nice strike.

Serrano has Louza up against the ropes in a clinch.

Serrano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Serrano doesn't manage to clinch there - Louza circles away.
Louza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Serrano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Serrano closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Louza to the mat! Louza manages to get full guard.
Serrano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Louza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Serrano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louza working a defensive guard here.
Serrano lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Serrano drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Louza dives on top into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza distracts Serrano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Louza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Serrano swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Louza trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Louza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Serrano's guard.
Louza wants to control but Serrano is keeping him busy.
Brian Serrano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louza with the ground and pound but Serrano uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Louza slips nicely into half guard.
Louza misses with a head shot. Serrano uses the momentum to regain guard.
Louza landing with the ground and pound.
Louza trying to control the position from guard on top but Serrano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louza is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Louza working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Serrano has his foot on Louza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Louza works his way back into a safe position though.
Louza forces his way into half guard.
Louza wants to pass to mount but Serrano is defending the position.
Louza is trying to control. Serrano wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Louza is working for a kimura but Serrano is defending it quite comfortably.
Louza slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Louza is looking for a kimura here.
Rebaldo Louza is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Serrano is not content to let Louza control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rebaldo Louza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Louza winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

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