PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pasha Dasari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dasari comes to the cage accompanied by Stinkfist. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Dasari
vs
Rain

166 cm
24
140 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

164 cm
20
141 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pasha Dasari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Rain!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dasari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dasari connects with a high kick.

It looks like Andy Rain has been cut.
Dasari closes the distance and clinches up with Rain, looking for a takedown. Dasari pushes Rain against the cage but Rain circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dasari moves in looking to clinch but Rain pushes him off.
Rain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rain wants to clinch.

Dasari clinches.
Rain looking to throw knees to the head but Dasari is blocking nicely.
Dasari works on Rain's body with a couple of short punches.
Dasari managing to block the knees to the body from Rain.
Rain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rain.

Dasari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rain lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dasari tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dasari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dasari blocks it with crossed arms.
Rain lands a knee to the body.
Rain tries to land a knee to the head but Dasari blocks with his arms.
Rain looking to throw knees to the head but Dasari is blocking nicely.
Dasari takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dasari has had enough of the clinch but Rain keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain landing knees to the body.
Rain unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dasari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dasari is breathing heavily.
Rain trying to land knees to the body.
Rain misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dasari.
Dasari misses with an elbow strike.
Rain blocks an elbow strike from Dasari.

Dasari manages to break the clinch.

Dasari darts in and clinches Rain up against the cage.
Dasari avoids a wild elbow strike from Rain.
Rain lands an elbow just above Dasari 's eye.
Rain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rain misses with a knee to the head.
Dasari looking to stall.
Rain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dasari blocks it with crossed arms.
Dasari wants to get back to striking at distance but Rain won't allow it.

Dasari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the body from Dasari misses
and Rain counters with a straight right hand.

Dasari takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dasari.

Dasari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dasari swats away the attempt to clinch by Rain.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dasari paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain ducks under a wild hook from Dasari.
Dasari closes the distance looking to clinch

and Rain counters by moving into the clinch.
Dasari lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dasari avoiding damage as Rain throws knees to the body.
Dasari misses with a punch on the inside.
Dasari lands a hook that snaps the head of Rain backwards.
Dasari is trying to break free.
Rain landing knees to the head.
Dasari lands a left hand.
Dasari throws an elbow but it misses.
Dasari misses with a knee to the head.
Dasari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dasari jumps guard but Rain stands there with Dasari around his waist. Dasari gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rain lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rain unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dasari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Dasari gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Rain regains guard.
Dasari works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rain is looking for a sweep. Dasari is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dasari is tying to control. Rain wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dasari stops Rain from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dasari throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rain is not content to let Dasari control the position.

Dasari is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch but Dasari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Dasari tries to keep at a distance but Rain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dasari lands a nice uppercut.
Rain tries to land knees in the clinch but Dasari avoids the damage to the body.
Dasari can't break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Dasari missing with knees to the body.
Dasari managing to block the knees to the body from Rain.
Dasari blocks the elbow strike.
Rain landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rain trying to land knees to the body.
Dasari working aggressively here.
Rain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dasari misses with an elbow strike.
Rain with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rain as Dasari tries to tie him up.

Dasari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dasari tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rain counters by moving into the clinch.
Dasari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rain's defenses.
Rain landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dasari is trying to break free.
Rain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dasari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dasari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rain counters with an outside leg kick.
Rain tries to clinch up but Dasari circles away and keeps his distance.

Dasari moves into the clinch.
Rain misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Rain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andy Rain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rain tries to clinch up but Dasari circles away and keeps his distance.

Dasari has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rain takes an elbow to the temple.
Rain connects with a knee to the head.
Rain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dasari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rain trying to land knees to the body.
Dasari with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Dasari decides to pull guard.
Rain preventing the sweep.
Rain trying to control but Dasari is working from the bottom.

Dasari working for submissions but it's allowed Rain to get to half guard.
Rain trying to control from half guard but Dasari is working away.
Dasari wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dasari defending well though.
Dasari throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dasari moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dasari lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rain!
Dasari tries to control but Rain wriggling away.
Rain is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dasari controlling from the full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Dasari there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

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.
Dasari fails to move to back control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dasari trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dasari connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rain is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rain really wants to buck Dasari off and get back to his feet.
Dasari can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rain is looking to escape.

Dasari looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Dasari wants to finish this one by submission but Rain is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dasari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain is trying to reverse the position but instead Dasari has taken his back - oops!
Dasari doesn't have the hooks in and Rain manages to turn into his guard.
Rain controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rain wants to pass the guard but Dasari is keeping the position.
Rain controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Dasari looking for subs off his back but Rain has passed one foot through into half guard.
Rain is pressing down on Dasari's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dasari is holding on for now.

That's four 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.
Dasari blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rain.
Rain is looking to advance position but Dasari won't allow it.
Rain perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dasari works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rain trying to control the position from guard on top but Dasari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rain passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rain tries to stand and escape but Dasari is controlling the position.

Dasari looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasha Dasari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andy Rain's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rain tries to clinch up but Dasari circles away and keeps his distance.
Dasari closes the distance but Rain moves to the side

and Rain counters by clinching up.
Dasari stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rain connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dasari's face.

Dasari manages to break the clinch.
Dasari wants to clinch

and Rain counters by clinching up.
Rain using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dasari has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Dasari breaks from the clinch.
Dasari misses with a body shot
and Rain counters with a good low kick that Dasari was not able to check.
Dasari lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dasari.
Dasari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dasari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dasari circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dasari closes the distance but Rain moves to the side

and Rain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dasari missing with knees to the body.
Rain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dasari trying to control the position but instead, Rain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dasari into the cage.
A knee to the head by Rain.
Dasari drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rain crunches a lovely knee into Dasari's ribcage.
Dasari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rain landing knees to the body.
Rain looking to throw knees to the head but Dasari is blocking nicely.
Dasari has had enough of the clinch but Rain keeps him there for the moment.
Dasari trying to land knees to the body.
Rain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Dasari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dasari fails with the takedown

and Rain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rain lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rain blocking some punches.
Dasari lands a nice shot to the body.
Rain lands an elbow just above Dasari 's eye.
Dasari jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rain walks away with a smile on his face. Dasari gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pasha Dasari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rain circles away from the clinch attempt

and Rain moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain misses with a knee strike.
Dasari has had enough of the clinch but Rain keeps him there for the moment.
Dasari wants to break free but Rain has control.
Rain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dasari tries to break the clinch but Rain is controlling the position.

Dasari jumps guard and drags Rain to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rain won't allow Dasari to sweep him here.
Rain stands and throws Dasari's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dasari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dasari looks to move to half guard but instead Rain has passed into mount! Damn!
Dasari is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain controlling from mount.
Dasari wants to control but Rain is having none of it.
Rain controlling from mount.
Dasari wants to hold on but Rain pushes him away.

That's four 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.
Dasari is working to get back to half guard.
Dasari gets back to half guard.
Rain takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Dasari looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rain trying to pass the guard but Dasari defending well.

Dasari looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rain is controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Rain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Rain!