PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Glass Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Panado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Panado has chosen Lorde - Team as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Joe
vs
Panado

183 cm
22
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
29
202 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great low kicks
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Pitt Nutrition 160Q!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Glass Joe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ernesto Panado!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Panado misses with a takedown attempt
and Joe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Panado shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Joe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Joe gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Joe works his way to full guard. Good work.
Joe controlling the position.
Joe trying to keep a closed guard but Panado is proving a slippery customer.
Panado looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joe is on top in guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joe postures up and lands a big shot to Panado's brow.
Joe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Joe trying to control but Panado is working from the bottom.
Joe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Panado looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe stays in close to Panado's body and controls the position.
Joe chips away with some ground and pound.
Joe controlling from the top position.
Panado is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Joe trying to control but Panado is working from the bottom.
Joe works over Panado with some ground and pound from guard.
Panado looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Joe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Panado looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panado is still trying to improve position.
Joe chips away with some ground and pound.
Joe won't allow Panado to sweep him here.
Joe chips away with some ground and pound.
Panado wants to sweep here but Joe controlling him for the moment.
Joe scoring with punches to the head and body.

Panado is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Joe is in close to Panado's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joe wants to control from the top but Panado keeps moving.
Our spies down at at The Warehouse inform us that Panado has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Joe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Panado is looking for a sweep.
Joe in side control lands a decent elbow.

Joe is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Panado knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Panado gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panado works his way to full guard. Good work.
Joe passes Panado's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Panado wants to sweep but Joe has passed to side control!
Joe working the head with strikes.
Joe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Panado taking punishment in the form of punches.
Panado tries to buck Joe off but Joe is having none of it.
Joe is looking to take a break and control but Panado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Panado is being controlled here.
Joe is working Panado over with some ground and pound from side control.
Panado manages to get back to half guard.
Joe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Panado is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Panado is not content to let Joe control the position.
Joe slips a nice elbow through Panado's hands, connecting with Panado's forehead.
Panado works his way to full guard. Good work.
Joe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Panado is rocked!
Panado keeping moving, preventing Joe from controlling successfully.
Panado is still in real trouble! Can Joe finish him?
Joe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Panado seems to have recovered his senses.

Panado escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Joe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Joe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Joe working some strikes from top position.
Joe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glass Joe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Panado shoots and misses
and Joe scores with a counter punch that sends Panado to the canvas! Joe smells blood - he's punishing Panado with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Panado has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glass Joe!
Glass Joe retains his middleweight title!
Glass Joe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
In defeat, Ernesto Panado stepped up to the mic, saying 'good win to my opponent sorry to my fans next time I will fight harder '.