PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Julio Miranda (ranked 4872 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Budinha (ranked 5516 p4p, 213 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miranda
vs
Budinha

172 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Miranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Budinha!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budinha tries to clinch up but Miranda circles away and keeps his distance.

Miranda darts in and clinches Budinha up against the cage.
Budinha misses with an elbow strike.
Miranda is pushing Budinha up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Miranda avoids a wild elbow strike from Budinha.

Miranda has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Budinha uses from the top position.
Miranda has his hands on Budinha's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miranda wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miranda has a closed guard, preventing Budinha from standing up.
Miranda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Budinha manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miranda sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Miranda slips nicely into half guard.
Miranda will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Budinha is trying to stand back up but Miranda is controlling him
It looks like Miranda is going to stand back up.

Miranda is trying for a kimura here. Budinha looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Miranda wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julio Miranda!