PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Juilen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brando Berdugo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Juilen
vs
Berdugo

180 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Juilen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brando Berdugo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Berdugo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Juilen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Juilen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Berdugo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Juilen's face.
Juilen is trying to pull guard but Berdugo has him pressed against the cage.
Berdugo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Marco Juilen has been cut.
Juilen jumps guard but Berdugo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Berdugo prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Juilen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdugo crunches a lovely knee into Juilen's ribcage.
Juilen is breathing heavily.
Berdugo stalling against the cage.
Juilen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Berdugo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juilen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Berdugo lands a nice knee to the body.
Berdugo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Berdugo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Berdugo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Juilen up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Berdugo.
Berdugo controlling the action here for a moment.
Berdugo landing knees to the head.
Juilen being controlled against the cage.
Juilen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Berdugo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Juilen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Berdugo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berdugo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Berdugo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Berdugo lands an elbow inside that Juilen shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berdugo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Berdugo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Berdugo lands a nice knee to the body.
Berdugo effectively controlling the action here.
Nice body punch from Berdugo.
Berdugo with a knee to the head.
Berdugo connects with a knee to the head.
Berdugo with a knee to the head.

Juilen is rocked!
A knee to the head by Berdugo.
Oh Juilen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berdugo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdugo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Juilen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Berdugo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Juilen is trying to break free.
Berdugo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Juilen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Berdugo misses with a punch to the body.
Juilen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berdugo lands a nice elbow.
Juilen effectively controlling the action here.
Juilen seems to have got his legs back now.

Berdugo breaks from the clinch.

Juilen closes the distance and clinches.
Berdugo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Juilen is trying to break free.
Berdugo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Juilen trying to stall but Berdugo improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berdugo tries to land a knee to the head but Juilen blocks with his arms.
Berdugo is stalling here.
Juilen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Juilen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Berdugo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Juilen is trying to pull guard but Berdugo has him pressed against the cage.

Berdugo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Juilen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Berdugo's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danga de danga de dang - Juilen scores with a four punch combination!

Juilen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brando Berdugo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Juilen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Juilen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Berdugo moves into range and clinches up with Juilen.
Berdugo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Berdugo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Berdugo scores a nice knee to the body.
Berdugo is leaning against Juilen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Berdugo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Berdugo breaks from the clinch.
Juilen blocks a head kick by Berdugo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Juilen tries to keep at a distance but Berdugo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Berdugo lands an elbow that stopped Juilen in his tracks for a moment.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Juilen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Berdugo uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berdugo decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Juilen, up you get!

Berdugo moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Berdugo obliges.
Berdugo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Come on Berdugo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Juilen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Berdugo with a knee to the head.
Juilen goes for a takedown attempt but Berdugo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Berdugo clinches up with Juilen and pushes him back against the cage.
Berdugo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juilen is defending well for now.

Juilen jumps guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berdugo decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Juilen, up you get!

Berdugo moves into the clinch.
Juilen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Berdugo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Juilen crunches a lovely knee into Berdugo's ribcage.
Berdugo landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juilen tries to pull guard but Berdugo holds him up against the cage and eventually Juilen drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Juilen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdugo working Juilen over with knees to the body.
Juilen wants to break free but Berdugo has control.

Berdugo breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juilen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brando Berdugo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berdugo scores with the left hand. Juilen knows he should have avoided that one.
Juilen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berdugo looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Berdugo rushes Juilen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Berdugo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Juilen's face.
Berdugo has Juilen pressed against the cage, preventing Juilen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Berdugo.
Berdugo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Berdugo scores a nice knee to the body.

Juilen successfully pulls guard.

Juilen has his foot on Berdugo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Berdugo works his way back into a safe position though.

Berdugo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Juilen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Berdugo has managed to get both his arms back between Juilen's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Juilen working for a triangle but Berdugo defends it easily.
Juilen is trying to keep Berdugo in close.

Juilen is working an open guard so Berdugo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Marco Juilen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Berdugo throws a shot from downtown. Juilen moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juilen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Berdugo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Berdugo clinches with his opponent.
Juilen avoiding damage as Berdugo throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brando Berdugo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Juilen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Berdugo misses the shot to the body.

Berdugo closes the distance and clinches.
Berdugo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Berdugo connects with a knee to the head.
Berdugo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juilen is defending well for now.
Berdugo misses with a knee to the head.
Berdugo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

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

Berdugo instigates a clinch.
Berdugo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berdugo throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juilen has Berdugo pressed against the cage.

Berdugo breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juilen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Juilen swats away the attempt to clinch by Berdugo.

Juilen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Juilen is taking a breather. Berdugo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Berdugo is looking to improve his position.
Juilen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Juilen in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Berdugo tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Juilen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Juilen!