PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shoei Braz (ranked 1741 p4p, 250 weight class) and Bruno Aires (ranked 445 p4p, 63 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braz
vs
Aires

175 cm
35
205 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

188 cm
32
205 lbs
29 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

KAISER Nutrition - Q160
Aspire Clothing

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 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shoei Braz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bruno Aires!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Braz looking to score a takedown here. Aires is defending well but Braz drives through and ends up in Aires's guard.
Braz is fighting to break Aires's control of his arms but Aires is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Aires looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aires's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Braz has gone for a leg lock! Aires slips out almost immediately though and dives into Braz's guard.

Aires slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braz keeping moving, preventing Aires from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Braz is keeping the position for now.
Aires trying to control the position from guard on top but Braz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Braz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aires.
Aires trying to control but Braz is working from the bottom.
Aires's corner is telling him to maintain position.

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.
Aires wants to control from the top but Braz keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Braz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Braz is working for a kimura but Aires is defending it quite comfortably.

Braz wants to work for an arm triangle but Aires is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Braz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Aires is just riding it out for now. Braz eventually gives up the hold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires wants to control but Braz is keeping busy.

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

Aires is defending against the submission attempts here by Braz.
Aires is looking to improve his position.

Braz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aires doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Braz.

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.

Braz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Aires is just riding it out for now. Braz eventually gives up the hold.

Braz seems to be looking for submissions.
Aires works his way to full guard. Good work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aires not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Aires keeping full guard, as Braz tries to pass.
Braz passes Aires's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shoei Braz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Aires drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Aires is looking to take a break and control but Braz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Braz dodges the ground and pound from Aires.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee asks Aires politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Aires prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Braz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Aires just content to control the position.
Aires is continuing to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Aires throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Braz tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Aires is in Braz's guard.
Aires controls from within his opponent's guard.

Braz is looking for a triangle but Aires pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braz being controlled here, momentarily.
Braz can't keep his opponent in guard - Aires advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Braz is staying active underneath Aires, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Aires lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Aires trying to control from half guard but Braz is working away.
Braz tries to get to full guard but Aires has control of the leg.

Braz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Aires scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Braz looking for submissions off his back.

Braz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aires throwing shots but Braz is blocking nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Aires showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Braz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Braz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Braz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Braz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shoei Braz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Braz.
Aires wants to counter the offense by Braz and move into the clinch position.

Aires closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Aires works his way into full mount!
Aires raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires cracks Braz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aires working the ground and pound effectively.
Aires sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Braz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Aires can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Braz is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aires is landing with some decent strikes but Braz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Aires with a couple of short strikes.
Aires is landing with some decent strikes but Braz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Aires lands a big elbow.
Aires wants to control the pace but Braz is squirming around nicely.
Aires wants to control but Braz has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Braz actively working from the bottom here.
Aires content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Braz actively working from the bottom here.
Aires not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Braz is not content to let Aires control the position.
Aires might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Braz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bruno Aires has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aires not landing any meaningful shots this time.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Aires comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aires has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Aires!
A relieved looking Bruno Aires thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Shoei Braz spoke after the fight, saying 'I`ll be back'.