PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elinaftali Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Juan Carlos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Carlos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mr Colombia kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Diego Juan Carlos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nascimento
vs
Juan Carlos

210 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elinaftali Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Juan Carlos!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Juan Carlos drives through and clinches with Nascimento against the cage.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Juan Carlos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Juan Carlos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nascimento looks like he's trying to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juan Carlos trying to control from half guard but Nascimento is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juan Carlos stalling.
Nascimento wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Juan Carlos is trying to work for a kimura but Nascimento is defending well.
Juan Carlos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Juan Carlos decides to stand and escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Nascimento drives through with a takedown into guard.

Juan Carlos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nascimento works over Juan Carlos with some ground and pound from guard.
Nascimento stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Juan Carlos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Juan Carlos keeping moving, preventing Nascimento from controlling successfully.
Juan Carlos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Juan Carlos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nascimento pushes Juan Carlos off looking to stand but Juan Carlos dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juan Carlos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Juan Carlos trying to pass the guard but Nascimento defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Juan Carlos not doing much here.
Nascimento really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nascimento is looking for a sweep. Juan Carlos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Juan Carlos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Juan Carlos is looking for a kimura but Nascimento is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Juan Carlos to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Juan Carlos dominated that round.
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.

Juan Carlos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Juan Carlos is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Juan Carlos wants to work for an arm triangle but Nascimento is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nascimento is trying to stand back up but Juan Carlos is controlling him
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Juan Carlos is working for a submission of some sort.

Juan Carlos seems to be working for a kimura but Nascimento defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento is trying to stand up here but Juan Carlos is controlling him well.
Well, if Juan Carlos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nascimento is refusing to be controlled, as Juan Carlos sits in half guard.

That's two 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.

Juan Carlos is working for a submission of some sort.

Juan Carlos is working for a submission of some sort.
Nascimento is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juan Carlos is controlling the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Juan Carlos checks a low kick from Nascimento.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nascimento looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Juan Carlos tries to counter by closing the distance.

Juan Carlos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Juan Carlos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nascimento leaves Juan Carlos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento scoring well with a low kick there.

Juan Carlos clinches with his opponent.
Nascimento wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Juan Carlos has him pressed against the cage.
Juan Carlos wants to take the fight to the mat but Nascimento manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nascimento wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Juan Carlos has him pressed against the cage.
Juan Carlos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nascimento gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Elinaftali Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Juan Carlos.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Juan Carlos tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Juan Carlos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Nascimento's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Juan Carlos takes the fight into the clinch.
Nascimento stops a takedown attempt from Juan Carlos.
Nascimento is trying to break free.
Juan Carlos wants a takedown but no success here.
Nascimento is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juan Carlos wants to take the fight to the mat but Nascimento manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Elinaftali Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Juan Carlos.
Juan Carlos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nascimento gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juan Carlos goes for a takedown attempt but Nascimento pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nascimento lands a really nice looking cross but Juan Carlos seems unphased.

It looks like Diego Juan Carlos has been cut.

Nascimento darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nascimento is thwarting Juan Carlos's attempts to control the position.
Nascimento sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Juan Carlos defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento drops an elbow to the side of Juan Carlos's head.

Juan Carlos looking for submissions off his back.
Nascimento prevents Juan Carlos from standing back up.
Juan Carlos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Nascimento is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Juan Carlos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Juan Carlos trying to hold on to Nascimento's head to control him but Nascimento postures up.
Nascimento is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juan Carlos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nascimento sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Juan Carlos defending well though.
Nascimento misses with a head shot. Juan Carlos uses the momentum to regain guard.

Juan Carlos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nascimento stands up over Juan Carlos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nascimento will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nascimento throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Juan Carlos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Juan Carlos is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Nascimento has his hands clasped together but Juan Carlos extends and breaks Nascimento's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Juan Carlos.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Juan Carlos!
A victorious Diego Juan Carlos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.