PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santos Villavera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Ince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Villavera
vs
Ince

184 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Santos Villavera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Ince!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villavera tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Villavera moves out of range of the body kick from Ince.
Villavera scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ince is looking to clinch.
Paul Ince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ince fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Villavera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Santos Villavera has been cut.
Villavera scores with a jab. Ince acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Villavera shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ince counters with a nice double leg into side control. Villavera won't be happy with that.
Villavera is trying to get back to half guard.
Villavera looking for a sweep but Ince has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villavera regains half guard.
Villavera is doing well to control the position and prevent Ince from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villavera tries to roll over but Ince keeps him under control.
Villavera tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ince stalling.
Villavera is trying to get back to full guard.
Ince lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Villavera tries to roll over but Ince keeps him under control.
Villavera is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ince scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ince prevents Villavera from improving his position.
Villavera on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Villavera tries to get out of the position.
Ince trying to mount his opponent but Villavera defends it.
Ince is just content to waste time from the top position. Villavera takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Villavera will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ince stopping the sweep attempt from Villavera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ince wants to clinch up but Villavera keeps it at a distance.
Villavera scores with a one two! Ince had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ince fails with the takedown

so Villavera counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Villavera won't allow Ince to sweep him here.
Villavera trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.

Ince isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Villavera stacks Ince on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Villavera!
Ince looks gassed!
Villavera just content to control the position.
Villavera will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ince takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ince is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Villavera cracks Ince with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Villavera is looking to take a break and control but Ince is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villavera looks up at the clock and then as Ince takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Villavera smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santos Villavera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santos Villavera's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ince tries to clinch but Villavera moves out of range.
Ince walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Villavera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Ince gets caught flat footed, as Villavera shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ince wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ince wants to stand but Villavera is controlling the position.
Villavera trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.
Villavera controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ince is breathing heavily.
Ince looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ince keeping moving, preventing Villavera from controlling successfully.
Villavera is in close to Ince's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Villavera throwing strikes from guard but Ince blocks nicely.
Villavera looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ince keeping moving, preventing Villavera from controlling successfully.
Villavera 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Villavera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ince is keeping the position for now.
Villavera stands up over Ince, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Villavera is stalling in the full guard.
Villavera trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.

Ince working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Villavera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Villavera manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villavera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villavera works over Ince with some ground and pound from guard.
Villavera passes into half guard.
Villavera wants to take a breather but Ince is having none of it.
Villavera not doing much here.
Villavera landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Villavera wants to control but Ince is keeping him busy.
Villavera seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Santos Villavera just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ince swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Villavera counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ince wants to clinch.
Ince doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Villavera decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ince's guard.
Ince wants to sweep here but Villavera controlling him for the moment.
Villavera wants to control from the top but Ince keeps moving.
Villavera controls from within his opponent's guard.
Villavera passes Ince's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ince missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santos Villavera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Santos Villavera's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Villavera scores with a shot to the body.
Villavera with a poor takedown

and Ince counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ince is tying to control. Villavera wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Villavera wants to get back to full guard but Ince has mounted him!
Villavera tries to lock up and control but Ince gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Villavera is working to get back to half guard.
Villavera slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Villavera wants to improve his position but Ince is controlling well.
Ince landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villavera is trying to control but Ince passes into side control!

Ince swings around for an armbar but Villavera sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Ince's guard.
Villavera trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.
Santos Villavera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Villavera looking to pass the guard.
Ince can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Villavera controls the pace.
Villavera tries to free his leg and advance position but Ince is retaining full guard.
Villavera is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ince working a defensive guard here.

Ince has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Villavera can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Villavera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Villavera swinging wilding here.

Ince feints and as Villavera raises his hands in defense, Ince changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Villavera working a defensive guard here.
Ince throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ince wants to stand but Villavera has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Villavera bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ince's guard.
Villavera scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Villavera trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.
Ince manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Villavera manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Villavera looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ince puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ince trying to control the action but Villavera is working from the bottom.
Villavera tries to roll over but Ince keeps him under control.
Villavera blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ince.
Villavera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Villavera slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Paul Ince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ince should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Villavera manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Ince comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Villavera 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santos Villavera!