PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adriel Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Porra Caralho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Marques
vs
Caralho

165 cm
25
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
138 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriel Marques!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Porra Caralho!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marques closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Marques lands in his opponent's guard.
Caralho keeping moving, preventing Marques from controlling successfully.
Caralho trying to control the position here.
Marques is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Caralho for as long as he can get away with.
Caralho is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice sprawl there from Caralho as Marques shoots in.
Marques shoots in but no luck this time.
Caralho keeps the fight on the outside.

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.
Marques shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Caralho defends it nicely.
Marques has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Rio in the buildup to the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriel Marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marques is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Caralho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Caralho throws a nice looking combination but Marques bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marques is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Caralho throws a series of punches but Marques avoids them all with ease.
Marques throws a sloppy head kick and Caralho moves out of range easily.
Caralho slips under a jab.
Caralho is looking to land body kicks.
Caralho lands a jab to the head.
Marques avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marques looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caralho is fending him off so far but Marques persists. Nope, Caralho circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Caralho. That snapped Marques's head back.
Marques fails with a takedown attempt.
Marques throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Caralho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marques tries to score a power double leg takedown but Caralho sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Marques somewhat.
Marques closes this distance looking for a takedown but Caralho circles away.
Caralho has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Marques is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Caralho lands a slapping body shot.
Caralho throws a right hand that Marques ducks under and follows up with a left that Marques also avoids with ease.
A combination from Caralho does no damage.
Caralho misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques has his takedown stuffed
and Caralho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Porra Caralho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marques is breathing heavily.
Marques closes the distance and clinches up with Caralho, looking for a takedown. Marques pushes Caralho against the cage but Caralho circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Caralho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caralho connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marques on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Caralho looks to land a combination. Marques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Caralho's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Caralho duly obliges.

Marques gets the takedown into side control.
Caralho is trying to escape the position but Marques is controlling the position.
Caralho gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Porra Caralho 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.

Marques misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Caralho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caralho throws a combination. Marques tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Caralho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marques.
Horrible takedown attempt by Marques or perhaps it was just good defense by Caralho, which made it look bad.
Adriel Marques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caralho leaves Marques with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Marques throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marques doesn't manage to clinch there - Caralho circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Marques or perhaps it was just good defense by Caralho, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriel Marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Caralho misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caralho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Caralho. Those never looked like landing.
Marques slips a jab and a cross from Caralho.
Marques tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Caralho defends well and Marques ends up having to push Caralho into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Marques forces Caralho back against the cage and clinches.
Caralho is trying to break the clinch but Marques has him pressed against the cage.

Marques breaks the clinch.
Caralho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Porra Caralho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caralho scores with a jab to the jaw.
Caralho throws a right and a left that Marques avoids nicely.
It looked like Marques was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caralho.
As Caralho looks to move away, Marques throws a big counter combo but Caralho just gets out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Marques with that takedown attempt.
Marques connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marques is looking to clinch but Caralho is avoiding it.
Caralho looks to land a combination. Marques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caralho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Porra Caralho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caralho throws a body shot but no joy.
Marques throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Caralho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marques misses with a takedown attempt - Caralho sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marques fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caralho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Caralho's waist but Caralho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Marques off to one side.
Marques shoots in for a takedown but Caralho shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Caralho unleashes a big counter combination but Marques bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Caralho stalks Marques and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marques's face. Marques staggers backwards, shaken.
Caralho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marques avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caralho throws a nice looking combination but Marques bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marques is looking to clinch.
Marques is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Caralho misses.

Marques looking to score a takedown here. Caralho is defending well but Marques drives through and ends up in Caralho's guard.
Marques controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caralho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marques pushes down on Caralho's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marques is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Caralho!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Porra Caralho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Marques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Marques decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Marques postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Caralho to stand up.
Caralho swats away the attempt to clinch by Marques.
Caralho misses with a two punch combination.
Marques tries to counter by clinching up but Caralho breaks away and moves out of range.
Marques tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caralho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marques dives in and grabs Caralho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Caralho pushes down on Marques's head and hops out.

Marques closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Caralho wants to break free but Marques has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caralho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Caralho's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caralho missing with knees to the body.
Caralho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Marques manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Caralho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marques shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Caralho sprawls well. Caralho wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Marques gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriel Marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caralho throws a head kick but Marques moves out of range.
Marques throws a counter high kick but Caralho was just alert enough to avoid it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Marques.
Marques trying to control the action but Caralho is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Caralho's face as Marques controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques in side control, throwing shots but Caralho defends.
Caralho is trying to buck Marques off.
Marques tries to move to mount but Caralho blocks the move with his legs.
Caralho is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Caralho tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marques putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Caralho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Marques landing strikes from the mount and Caralho is in trouble!
Caralho is desperately trying to improve his position but Marques has a good base and remains in mount.
Caralho blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Caralho is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Marques working the ground and pound effectively.
Marques has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Caralho's face.
Marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marques is landing with some decent strikes but Caralho is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriel Marques clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Caralho gets caught napping as Marques dives in and scores a takedown. Caralho manages to retain guard.
Caralho wants to get back to his feet but Marques passes into half guard.

Caralho is looking to escape.
Marques trying to control from half guard but Caralho is working away.
Caralho wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marques is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Caralho is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Marques thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caralho is looking to get back to is feet but Marques passes into side control.
Marques creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Marques decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Caralho throws a hook to the side of Marques's head but Marques sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marques is looking to counter punch.
Marques dodges the punch combination from Caralho.
Marques appears to be looking for a big counter.
Marques tries to close the distance and clinch but Caralho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caralho displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marques.
Caralho tries to land a front kick but Marques steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marques has his takedown stuffed

and Caralho holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marques is trying to pull guard but Caralho has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriel Marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caralho has had enough of the clinch but Marques keeps him there for the moment.
Caralho has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marques misses with an elbow over the top.

Caralho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marques on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Caralho tests Marques's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice sprawl there from Caralho as Marques shoots in.
Marques tries to move into range but Caralho moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Caralho throws a lazy head kick

and Marques counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Marques's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marques drives through with a takedown into Caralho's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Marques stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Caralho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Caralho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marques is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Caralho trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caralho wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Marques is now in half guard.
Marques throwing shots but Caralho is blocking nicely.
Marques wants to pass to mount but Caralho is defending the position.
Caralho is trying to control but can't.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Marques closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Adriel Marques will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some wild striking there from Caralho.
A big right from Caralho misses.
Caralho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marques is looking to clinch.
Caralho misses with a series of wild punches.
Caralho misses with a jab, cross combination.

Marques closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Caralho quickly recovers to half guard.
Caralho pushes Marques off but Marques dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caralho is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Caralho gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Marques looking to isolate an arm here. Caralho doesn't see it coming and as Marques extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Marques!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adriel Marques!
Adriel Marques retains his bantamweight title!