PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renaldo Santos Do Mereila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Do Mereila comes to the cage accompanied by Joe Esposito - You're The Best. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Santos Do Mereila
vs
de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro

198 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renaldo Santos Do Mereila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maurinho de Pietro rushes Do Mereila and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Do Mereila throws an elbow but misses.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Do Mereila dodges an elbow strike from Maurinho de Pietro.
Do Mereila changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maurinho de Pietro fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick but Do Mereila moves out of range.
Do Mereila misses with a head kick.
A head kick by Maurinho de Pietro misses

so Do Mereila counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maurinho de Pietro controls Do Mereila momentarily but Do Mereila frees himself.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to stand up but Do Mereila isn't so interested in that idea.
Do Mereila preventing the sweep.
Maurinho de Pietro looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Do Mereila puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Do Mereila wants to control but Maurinho de Pietro is keeping him busy.
Do Mereila wants to pass the guard but Maurinho de Pietro is defending well.
Maurinho de Pietro trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Mereila controlling the action here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Do Mereila closes this distance looking for a takedown but Maurinho de Pietro circles away.
Do Mereila avoids the head kick by Maurinho de Pietro.
A head kick from Maurinho de Pietro lands but Do Mereila takes it in his stride.

It looks like Renaldo Santos Do Mereila has been cut.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses

and Do Mereila counters with a shoot takedown. Maurinho de Pietro fights it but they end up in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maurinho de Pietro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Do Mereila tries to stand but Maurinho de Pietro is controlling from the bottom.
Do Mereila preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do Mereila has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Maurinho de Pietro is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurinho de Pietro keeping moving, preventing Do Mereila from controlling successfully.
Do Mereila stopping the sweep attempt from Maurinho de Pietro.
Maurinho de Pietro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Do Mereila controls the pace.
Maurinho de Pietro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Do Mereila. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A big left from Maurinho de Pietro misses.
A head kick misses from Maurinho de Pietro.
Do Mereila fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renaldo Santos Do Mereila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do Mereila is breathing heavily.
Do Mereila blocks a head kick by Maurinho de Pietro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Do Mereila or perhaps it was just good defense by Maurinho de Pietro which made him look bad.

Maurinho de Pietro sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Do Mereila to the ground! Maurinho de Pietro dives into full mount looking to finish!
Do Mereila is squirming around, avoiding Maurinho de Pietro's attempts to control the action.
Maurinho de Pietro wants to control but Do Mereila has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Maurinho de Pietro is thwarting Do Mereila's attempts to control the position.
Do Mereila wants to improve his position but Maurinho de Pietro is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maurinho de Pietro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Do Mereila has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Maurinho de Pietro is working away from the top position though.
Maurinho de Pietro is tying to control. Do Mereila wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Maurinho de Pietro lands with a kick to the temple. Do Mereila shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Maurinho de Pietro knocks Do Mereila to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Maurinho de Pietro takes a little break here. Do Mereila wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Maurinho de Pietro wants to control but Do Mereila is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maurinho de Pietro moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renaldo Santos Do Mereila's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses.

Maurinho de Pietro connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Do Mereila to the floor! Maurinho de Pietro dives in looking for the finish!
Maurinho de Pietro wants to pass to mount but Do Mereila is defending the position.
Do Mereila gets back to full guard.
Maurinho de Pietro trying to control the position from guard on top but Do Mereila is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do Mereila is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurinho de Pietro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Maurinho de Pietro trying to control but Do Mereila is working from the bottom.
Maurinho de Pietro wanted to stand there but Do Mereila had control of the position.
Do Mereila looking for a sweep. Not yet Do Mereila, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Maurinho de Pietro.

A big head kick from Maurinho de Pietro and Do Mereila is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Do Mereila has his foot on Maurinho de Pietro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Maurinho de Pietro works his way back into a safe position though.
Do Mereila keeping moving, preventing Maurinho de Pietro from controlling successfully.
Do Mereila working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila being controlled here, momentarily.
Maurinho de Pietro trying to control the position from guard on top but Do Mereila is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maurinho de Pietro wants to stand but Do Mereila is controlling his posture from full guard.
Maurinho de Pietro content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila keeping moving, preventing Maurinho de Pietro from controlling successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maurinho de Pietro lands a head kick. Do Mereila smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Renaldo Santos Do Mereila's cut is getting worse.
Maurinho de Pietro seems to be stalking Do Mereila here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Do Mereila drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro!