PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Bielkheden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Paiva's choice of entrance music: Your Death. David Bielkheden has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bielkheden
vs
Paiva

186 cm
21
210 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Bielkheden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Paiva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bielkheden looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paiva is looking to escape.
Paiva is not content to let Bielkheden control the position.
Paiva pushes Bielkheden off looking to stand but Bielkheden dives back in and keeps control.
Bielkheden tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Paiva.
Paiva is trying to stand up here but Bielkheden is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Paiva takes the fight into the clinch.
Paiva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Paiva can't break the clinch.
Bielkheden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bielkheden is looking to break free of the clinch but Paiva has double underhooks.
Paiva tries to break the clinch but Bielkheden is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva can't break the clinch.
Paiva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bielkheden tries to score a body lock takedown but Paiva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Paiva wants to get back to striking at distance but Bielkheden won't allow it.
Paiva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Paiva is trying to break free.
Paiva can't break the clinch.
Bielkheden tries to score a body lock takedown but Paiva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bielkheden is breathing heavily.

Paiva breaks the clinch.
Raphael Paiva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paiva misses with a few strikes there.
Paiva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like David Bielkheden has been cut.
Paiva swinging wilding here.
Paiva cracks Bielkheden with an open hand slap.
Paiva misses with a hook. Bielkheden ducked under it nicely.
Paiva stuffs the takedown attempt from Bielkheden. Bielkheden gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Bielkheden. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paiva drives through and clinches with Bielkheden against the cage.
Paiva wants to get back to striking at distance but Bielkheden won't allow it.
Paiva is looking to break free of the clinch but Bielkheden has double underhooks.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.

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

Paiva darts in and clinches Bielkheden up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bielkheden prevents Paiva from breaking the clinch.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.

Paiva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paiva fails to land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Paiva.
Bielkheden moves away from the strike by Paiva.
Bielkheden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paiva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paiva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circle momentarily. Paiva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Paiva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Paiva wants to get back to striking at distance but Bielkheden won't allow it.
Paiva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.
Bielkheden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paiva is trying to break free.
Paiva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paiva tries to break the clinch but Bielkheden is controlling the position.
Paiva can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bielkheden shoots in but no luck this time.

Paiva takes the fight into the clinch.

Paiva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bielkheden takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Paiva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Paiva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Paiva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paiva throws a series of punches but Bielkheden avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paiva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paiva throws a series of punches but Bielkheden moves out of range.
Bielkheden misses with a takedown attempt - Paiva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael Paiva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Bielkheden's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Paiva takes the fight into the clinch.
Paiva has had enough of the clinch but Bielkheden keeps him there for the moment.
Paiva has had enough of the clinch but Bielkheden keeps him there for the moment.
Paiva is trying to break the clinch but Bielkheden has him pressed against the cage.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.
Paiva wants to break free but Bielkheden has control.

Paiva breaks from the clinch.
Paiva throws a one two combo.
Bielkheden slips a jab and a cross from Paiva.
Paiva digs a good body shot into Bielkheden's ribs.
Paiva swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Paiva does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva misses with a double jab.
Paiva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bielkheden.
Paiva digs a good body shot into Bielkheden's ribs.

Bielkheden bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Paiva wants to get back to his feet but Bielkheden drags him back down.

Bielkheden is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Paiva looks calm but he's in trouble here. Bielkheden gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Paiva is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Bielkheden lets go of the hold and Paiva can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Bielkheden!