PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Aires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Aires has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aires
vs
Locke

188 cm
19
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

KAISER
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 Hilo, Bruno Aires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adrian Locke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aires uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Locke.
Locke looks to throw the jab but Aires is out of range.
Aires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aires defending well as Locke loads up on a big left hand.
Aires misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Locke. Aires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aires pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aires moves forwards but Locke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aires misses with a right hand

and Locke counters with a nice double leg into side control. Aires won't be happy with that.
Locke tries to move to mount but Aires blocks the move with his legs.
Aires tries to bench press Locke off him but Locke keeps the position.
An elbow from Locke crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Aires is looking to regain half guard here but Locke keeps moving and retains side control.
Locke misses with the ground and pound.
Aires tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Aires regains half guard, as Locke was trying to land strikes.

Aires looking for submissions off his back.
Aires makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Aires.

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.
Locke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aires swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Locke trying to control the position from guard on top but Aires is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aires utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Aires is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Aires is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Locke felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Locke actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Locke wants to get back to full guard.
Aires controlling the action here.
Aires is thwarting Locke's attempts to control the position.
Locke wants to improve his position but Aires is controlling well.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Locke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Aires controlling the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A head kick misses from Aires.
Locke misses with a straight left.
Aires cracks Locke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aires bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've been told by Aires's head coaches at Intelligent Design that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Locke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aires avoids it really well and circles away.
Locke shoots and misses
and Aires counters with an inside leg kick.
Aires throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Locke looks to land a right hand but Aires moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adrian Locke will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Locke misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Aires misses.
Locke misses with a wild body shot.
Locke looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Locke blocks the leg kick.
Locke misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aires.
Aires slips a straight right by Locke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Locke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aires lands with a nice body punch.
Aires throws a head kick but Locke moves out of range.
Aires motions for Locke to come forward. Aires throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires misses with a body kick.
Locke is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Aires throws a wild body kick that Locke sees coming a mile off.
Locke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aires looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Locke ducks under a wild hook from Aires.
Aires ducks under a wild hook from Locke.
Aires misses with a kick to the body.
Aires misses with a body shot.
Locke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Locke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aires connects with a single shot there.
Aires just misses with a punch to the body.
Aires misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aires throws the kick towards the body but Locke avoids it.
Locke throws the left hand but Aires avoids the punch easily.
Locke blocks a leg kick.
Aires leaves Locke with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Locke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aires.
Locke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aires defends it nicely.
Bruno Aires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Locke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aires throws a nice outside leg kick.
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Aires is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aires avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Locke looks to land a right hand but Aires moved out of range.
Aires throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aires lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Locke finds it's way through Aires's defenses.
A bone on bone clash there as Locke blocks the leg kick.
Bruno Aires is winning the standup battle so far.
Aires throws a low kick, looking for Locke's leg but Locke calmly moves out of range.
Locke takes a swing at Aires's ribcage but misses.
Aires fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Locke swings for the body but Aires moves out of range.
Locke misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aires throws a head kick that Locke semi-blocks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Aires lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Locke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Locke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Locke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A good leg kick by Aires.
Locke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Aires is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Locke tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Aires defends well and Locke ends up having to push Aires into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Aires slowing the pace effectively.
Locke misses with some punches.
Aires leaning against his opponent.
Locke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aires misses with the head strike.
Aires is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Aires fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Locke misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Aires breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Aires 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!

Aires avoids the body shot from Locke.
Aires getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Aires looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Locke was well out of range. Poor timing from Aires.
Locke takes a swing at Aires's ribcage but misses.
Locke fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Locke misses the jab.
Locke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Locke avoids the body shot from Aires.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires just misses with a punch to the body.
Locke fails with the takedown.
Aires misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Aires is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Locke can do to turn this around?
Locke throws a lazy right hand but Aires sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Locke throws a sloppy body shot
and Aires counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aires fakes the leg kick and cracks Locke in the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Locke checks a leg kick.
Locke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aires throws a nice head kick!
Locke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Locke.
Bruno Aires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Locke.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke checks a low kick from Aires.
Locke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Locke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Locke gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aires counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Aires scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aires lands a really nice looking cross but Locke seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Locke misses its intended target.
Aires with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aires throws a nice head kick!
Aires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locke.
A big right from Locke misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Locke was well out of range. Poor timing from Aires.
Locke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Locke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aires fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Locke is out of range.
Aires slaps away a takedown attempt from Locke, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aires scores with a jab to the jaw.
Locke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Aires sprawls well. Aires wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Locke gets slowly back to his feet.
Locke throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Locke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aires defends it nicely.
Locke 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.
Locke shoots in for a takedown but Aires shows good takedown defense.
Locke moves out of range of the leg kick from Aires.
Locke misses with a wild body shot.
Locke moves out of range of the body kick.
Aires lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Locke blocks a head kick by Aires.
Locke throws a jab but it's blocked by Aires.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Aires showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aires 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Aires!
Bruno Aires thanked the fans post fight for their support.