PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Pies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pies
vs
Laranja

190 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
177 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piotr Pies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pies displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Laranja.
Pies feinted with a counter takedown.

Laranja gets tackled into the ropes by Pies. Pies maintains the clinch.
Pies really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Pies successfully pulls guard.

Pies had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Laranja defends it easily.
Laranja throwing strikes but missing.

Laranja avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Laranja is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Pies looking for a guillotine here but Laranja defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laranja passes Pies's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Laranja lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pies gets back to full guard.

Pies looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Pies looking for subs off his back but Laranja has passed one foot through into half guard.
Pies is refusing to be controlled, as Laranja sits in half guard.
Pies tries to roll over but Laranja keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laranja seems to be looking for submissions.
Pies wants to control but Laranja is keeping busy.
Laranja is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Laranja is trying to control the action in half guard but Pies is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Pies actively working from the bottom here.
Laranja is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Laranja wants to control but Pies is keeping him busy.

Pies looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Laranja lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pies is not content to let Laranja control the position.

Pies is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Laranja pulls his head out easily.
Laranja is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Laranja wants to control but Pies is keeping him busy.
Laranja thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pies definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pies is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Laranja scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pies wants to control but Laranja is keeping busy.
Laranja wants to free his trapped foot but Pies is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Laranja missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

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.

Pies actively working from the bottom here.
Pies is trying to get back to full guard.
Laranja working the head and body with strikes.
Laranja not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Laranja lands a nice short elbow.
Laranja thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pies's head.

Laranja is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pies defends it well.

Laranja is working for a submission of some sort.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

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

Renato Laranja 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.

Pies swats away the attempt to clinch by Laranja.
Laranja tries to clinch up.

Pies clinches up against the ropes.

Pies manages to pull guard.
Pies throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Pies is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Laranja is aware though and is defending well.

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

Pies has his foot on Laranja's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Laranja works his way back into a safe position though.
Laranja trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Pies looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja wants to control from the top but Pies keeps moving.
Laranja is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laranja trying to control the position from guard on top but Pies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pies had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Laranja defends it easily.

Laranja drops back looking for a leg! Pies is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pies manages to kick Laranja off! Laranja jumps back into Pies's guard.
Laranja passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pies is looking to reverse the position.
Laranja trying to control the action but Pies is working from the bottom.
Pies gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Laranja has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laranja maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Pies could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Laranja has cracked it and Pies is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Laranja!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Renato Laranja!