PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toquinho Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uhtred Bebbanburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Palhares
vs
Bebbanburg

173 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
33
179 lbs
22 - 9 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toquinho Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 2, fighting out of London, Uhtred Bebbanburg!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Palhares decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Palhares is looking to take a break and control but Bebbanburg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bebbanburg has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Palhares is working away from the top position though.
Bebbanburg is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bebbanburg wants to control but Palhares is keeping busy.
Palhares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bebbanburg keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bebbanburg keeping control of the position.
Palhares thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bebbanburg's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bebbanburg controlling the position well.
Palhares performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bebbanburg fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Palhares to the ground. Bebbanburg is now in Palhares's guard.
Bebbanburg postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bebbanburg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palhares seems keen to control Bebbanburg's posture.
Bebbanburg is working Palhares over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bebbanburg postures up in Palhares's guard and throws a big left but Palhares blocks it.
Bebbanburg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bebbanburg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bebbanburg landing some decent shots from guard.
Palhares bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bebbanburg's guard.

Palhares stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bebbanburg swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Palhares not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Bebbanburg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares postures up and lands a big shot to Bebbanburg's brow.
Bebbanburg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Palhares wants to control from the top but Bebbanburg keeps moving.
Bebbanburg controls Palhares momentarily but Palhares frees himself.
Palhares trying to move into half guard but instead Bebbanburg has managed to sweep!

Palhares has momentary wrist control but Bebbanburg slips an elbow through the middle.
Palhares looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bebbanburg is pushing down on Palhares's leg trying to pass to half guard. Palhares is fighting to maintain full guard but Bebbanburg has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares is pressing down on Bebbanburg's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bebbanburg is looking to work some ground and pound but Palhares has wrist control.
Bebbanburg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Palhares is on top in guard.

Palhares seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Palhares missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Bebbanburg is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Palhares is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Palhares trying to control but Bebbanburg is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Toquinho Palhares will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bebbanburg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bebbanburg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bebbanburg working the ground and pound.
Palhares is looking for a sweep.
Palhares is working hard here to advance position.
Bebbanburg working away.
Palhares manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bebbanburg's best efforts.
Bebbanburg drops an elbow to the side of Palhares's head.
Palhares taking some punishment here, with Bebbanburg in his half guard.
Bebbanburg working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bebbanburg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bebbanburg landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bebbanburg lands a big elbow - Palhares is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bebbanburg!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uhtred Bebbanburg!
Uhtred Bebbanburg seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.