PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Do Nascimento (ranked 4032 p4p, 440 weight class) and Adonias Junior (ranked 3953 p4p, 431 weight class). Do Nascimento comes to the cage accompanied by Machine gun Kelly- Rap Devil. Adonias Junior has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Do Nascimento
vs
Junior

170 cm
25
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Likes musicals

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Do Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Adonias Junior!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior defending well as Do Nascimento loads up on a big left hand.
Junior is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Do Nascimento circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Junior tries to get set, Do Nascimento tries to push him back and clinch up but Junior manages to avoid the attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Junior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adonias Junior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Junior darts in trying to clinch

and Do Nascimento counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Do Nascimento seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Junior for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Junior wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Nascimento engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Do Nascimento has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Junior wants to clinch.
Do Nascimento tries to counter by clinching up but Junior breaks away and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Junior tries for a takedown but Do Nascimento sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Junior has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Junior tries to clinch up.
Junior throws a lazy body kick

and Do Nascimento counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento takes a knee right on the jaw!
Junior trying to land knees to the body.
Junior is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short body shot lands from Do Nascimento as the two fighters clinch.
Do Nascimento blocks an uppercut.
Junior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Do Nascimento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Do Nascimento lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Do Nascimento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Do Nascimento gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Junior regains guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento tries to free his leg and advance position but Junior is retaining full guard.
Junior is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Do Nascimento tries to free his leg and advance position but Junior is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do Nascimento is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Junior tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Do Nascimento manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Junior tries to clinch up

and Do Nascimento counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Junior is trying to keep Do Nascimento in close.
Junior throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Do Nascimento sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Do Nascimento dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Junior moves into the clinch successfully.
Junior stalling in the clinch but Do Nascimento improves position.

Do Nascimento manages to pull guard.
Do Nascimento wants to sweep here but Junior controlling him for the moment.

Do Nascimento looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Junior passes into side control.
Do Nascimento on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Do Nascimento tries to get out of the position.
Do Nascimento is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do Nascimento sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Do Nascimento is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Junior pulls his head out easily.
Do Nascimento has his hands clasped together around Junior's back. He's all about the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Do Nascimento looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Junior pushes past his half guard into mount!
Do Nascimento tries to hold on but Junior pushes him away.
Do Nascimento working to try and regain half guard.
Do Nascimento tries to hold on but Junior pushes him away.
Junior looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Do Nascimento working to try and regain half guard.
Junior throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Do Nascimento is working hard here to advance position.
Do Nascimento is squirming around, avoiding Junior's attempts to control the action.
Do Nascimento working to try and regain half guard.
Junior looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Junior there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Do Nascimento is trying to escape the mount.
Do Nascimento tries to hold on but Junior postures up.
Do Nascimento tries to reverse the position but Junior maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Junior thowing shots but they're missing.
Do Nascimento wants to hold on but Junior pushes him away.
Do Nascimento tries to reverse the position but Junior maintains control.
Do Nascimento regains half guard.
Do Nascimento wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento wants to control but Junior is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Junior wants to stand up but Do Nascimento is controlling the position.
Do Nascimento has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Junior is working away from the top position though.

Do Nascimento looking for submissions off his back.
Do Nascimento is staying active underneath Junior, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Do Nascimento wants to get back to full guard.

Do Nascimento looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Do Nascimento blocking the ground and pound attempt from Junior.
Junior thows a huge punch but Do Nascimento dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adonias Junior 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Junior moves in looking to clinch but Do Nascimento pushes him off.
Junior tries to clinch but Do Nascimento moves away

and Do Nascimento counters with a nice double leg into side control. Junior won't be happy with that.
Junior is trying to escape the position but Do Nascimento is controlling the position.
Junior wants to control but Do Nascimento postures up.
Do Nascimento remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do Nascimento continues to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Nascimento working away.

Do Nascimento thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Junior is trying to get back to his feet.
Junior being controlled for a moment.
More hug and hope from Do Nascimento.

That's two 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.
Ronaldo Do Nascimento overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Junior is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Do Nascimento is controlling him well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Junior.
Junior fails in his attempt to clinch.
Do Nascimento wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Do Nascimento is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Junior can do to turn this around?
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior tries to clinch but Do Nascimento is having none of it.
Junior tries to clinch up

and Do Nascimento counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee asks Do Nascimento politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Do Nascimento prefers to stall for the moment though.
Junior looking for a sweep but Do Nascimento has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Do Nascimento controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Do Nascimento here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Do Nascimento is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Junior has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Do Nascimento controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Junior tries to hold on but Do Nascimento pushes him away.
Junior is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Do Nascimento controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronaldo Do Nascimento showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Do Nascimento has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronaldo Do Nascimento!
Ronaldo Do Nascimento decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.