PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Daugherty (ranked 24692 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Pereirinha (ranked 5731 p4p, 0 weight class). Matheus Pereirinha will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Daugherty
vs
Pereirinha

169 cm
25
279 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lorenzo Daugherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matheus Pereirinha!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pereirinha moves into the clinch successfully.
Daugherty lands a hook that snaps the head of Pereirinha backwards.
Pereirinha is working for takedown but Daugherty is calmly controlling the position for now.
Come on Pereirinha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Daugherty is trying to break the clinch but Pereirinha is controlling him.
Pereirinha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Daugherty's efforts to push away.
Come on Daugherty - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pereirinha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daugherty wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pereirinha has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereirinha has Daugherty pressed against the cage, preventing Daugherty from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pereirinha prevents Daugherty from breaking the clinch.
Pereirinha jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Daugherty walks away with a smile on his face. Pereirinha gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Daugherty keeps the fight on the outside.
Pereirinha fails with a takedown attempt.
Lorenzo Daugherty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Pereirinha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daugherty dodges the punch combination from Pereirinha.
Daugherty dodges the punch combination from Pereirinha.
It looked like Daugherty was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Pereirinha has Daugherty up against the cage in a clinch.

Daugherty manages to pull guard.
Daugherty trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Daugherty might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty being controlled here, momentarily.
Daugherty wants to stand but Pereirinha is controlling the position.
Daugherty has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Pereirinha must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pereirinha stopping the sweep attempt from Daugherty.

Daugherty manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Daugherty dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Pereirinha breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereirinha doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Daugherty counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Daugherty tries to break free but Pereirinha pushes him back against the cage.
Daugherty working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Daugherty is looking to break free of the clinch but Pereirinha has double underhooks.
Pereirinha tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daugherty smiles and moves away.
Daugherty really is a fat lump.
Pereirinha fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pereirinha fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Daugherty tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pereirinha manages to circle out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pereirinha misses with an uppercut

and Daugherty counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Pereirinha breaks from the clinch.
Pereirinha shoots for a double leg takedown but Daugherty sprawls well. He's pushed Pereirinha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pereirinha looks winded!

Daugherty looking to score a takedown here. Pereirinha is defending well but Daugherty drives through and ends up in Pereirinha's guard.
Daugherty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pereirinha wants to control but Daugherty passes easily into half guard.
Daugherty looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Daugherty is nestled in close to Pereirinha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pereirinha has hold of Daugherty's hands but Daugherty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daugherty winds up and cracks Pereirinha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Daugherty dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pereirinha clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Daugherty's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pereirinha jumps guard.
Daugherty throws a big right hand that misses.
Daugherty working some strikes from top position.
Daugherty works over Pereirinha with some ground and pound from guard.
Daugherty is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Daugherty postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daugherty wants to control from the top but Pereirinha keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daugherty lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daugherty working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daugherty landing some decent shots from guard.
Daugherty works over Pereirinha with some ground and pound from guard.
Daugherty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Daugherty works over Pereirinha with some ground and pound from guard.
Daugherty wants to stand but Pereirinha has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Daugherty throwing strikes but missing.
Daugherty looking to pass the guard.
Daugherty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pereirinha can do to turn this around?
Daugherty lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty chips away with some ground and pound.
Daugherty lands a couple of elbows.
Pereirinha is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Daugherty dives into side control.
Pereirinha tries to buck Daugherty off but Daugherty is having none of it.
Pereirinha is breathing heavily.
A lull in the action here.
Daugherty cracks Pereirinha with a big right hand but Pereirinha just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Daugherty scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pereirinha to see if he's OK.
Daugherty lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty is working Pereirinha over with some ground and pound from side control.
Daugherty trying to control the position but Pereirinha is working away.
Daugherty is working Pereirinha over with some ground and pound from side control.
Daugherty scoring with punches and elbows.
Daugherty lands a nice forearm strike.
Lorenzo Daugherty overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pereirinha takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pereirinha bucks up and tries to throw Daugherty off but instead Daugherty has got his back!
Daugherty scores with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty has Pereirinha flattened out and is raining down punches.
Pereirinha covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Daugherty punches Pereirinha on the ear.
Pereirinha prevents Daugherty from getting a body triangle.
Daugherty scores with punches from the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereirinha staying busy and making it hard for Daugherty to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Daugherty.
Daugherty connects with a big shot to the side of Pereirinha's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Daugherty dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Pereirinha shoots in but no luck this time.
Pereirinha closes the distance but Daugherty moves to the side

and Daugherty counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Daugherty.
Daugherty working some strikes from top position.
Daugherty stopping the sweep attempt from Pereirinha.
Daugherty working some strikes from top position.
Daugherty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Daugherty looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daugherty lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pereirinha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daugherty wants to stand and escape but instead Pereirinha has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Pereirinha tries to free his leg and advance position but Daugherty is retaining full guard.
Daugherty seems keen to control Pereirinha's posture.
Daugherty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pereirinha looks like he's trying to stand up.
Daugherty 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.
Nice strikes from Daugherty there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereirinha tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Daugherty manages to move to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daugherty cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daugherty lands a nice shot to the head.
Pereirinha tries to lock up and control but Daugherty gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Daugherty in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daugherty dominating with strikes here.
Daugherty breaks from Pereirinha's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daugherty tries to control but Pereirinha wriggling away.
Daugherty is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pereirinha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty dominating with strikes here.
Daugherty is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pereirinha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pereirinha is in a horrible position here. Daugherty smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Daugherty is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Daugherty lands a nice shot to the head.
Daugherty scoring with strikes but Pereirinha is staying in there.
Daugherty working Pereirinha over with strikes here.
Daugherty content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Daugherty connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty controlling the pace for now.
Pereirinha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daugherty. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daugherty scoring with strikes but Pereirinha is staying in there.
Daugherty is landing with some decent strikes but Pereirinha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Daugherty is landing with some decent strikes but Pereirinha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Daugherty working the ground and pound effectively.
Pereirinha is working to get back to half guard.
Daugherty with the ground and pound from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Daugherty showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daugherty, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Daugherty!