PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Decision Specialist Dani (ranked 24018 p4p, 511 weight class) and Anderson Brandao (ranked 6719 p4p, 458 weight class). Brandao has chosen Sabotage - Rap É Compromisso as his entrance music. Decision Specialist Dani could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Anderson Brandao's chin.

Specialist Dani
vs
Brandao

200 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Enjoys gardening

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Decision Specialist Dani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anderson Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dani tries to keep at a distance but Brandao has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dani fails to land.

Brandao successfully pulls guard.
Brandao thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dani looking to sit in guard and control but Brandao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brandao wants to pass the guard but Dani is keeping the position.
Dani knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brandao on the ground.
Brandao 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.
Brandao loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brandao content to stall in guard here.
Brandao has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dani looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Brandao makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dani preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brandao controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

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.
Dani is looking to stand up but Brandao isn't so interested in that idea.
Brandao passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brandao in side control, throwing shots but Dani defends.
Brandao landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dani really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dani tries to bench press Brandao off him but Brandao keeps the position.

Brandao has hold of Dani's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Dani seems comfortable defending it but Brandao has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Dani is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Dani is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Brandao couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anderson Brandao!
A very excited looking Anderson Brandao rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.