PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeronimo Barcelos (ranked 7415 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chitavake Cheetah (ranked 4819 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barcelos
vs
Cheetah

187 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

167 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeronimo Barcelos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chitavake Cheetah!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barcelos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheetah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheetah tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cheetah misses with a double jab.
Jeronimo Barcelos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barcelos stuffs the takedown attempt from Cheetah. Cheetah gets slowly back to his feet.
Cheetah shoots in and drives through. Barcelos sprawls well.
Cheetah shoots for a takedown but Barcelos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jeronimo Barcelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chitavake Cheetah.
Barcelos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cheetah shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barcelos as he jumps to the side.
Barcelos scores with a sloppy right hand. Cheetah should have avoided that one.
Cheetah scores with a body shot.

Cheetah fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barcelos, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheetah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cheetah avoiding damage.

Cheetah breaks the clinch.
Barcelos pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheetah tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Barcelos defends well and Cheetah ends up having to push Barcelos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cheetah throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barcelos checks the leg kick.

Cheetah shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barcelos's guard.
Cheetah looks winded!

Barcelos pushes Cheetah off and scrambles back to his feet.

Cheetah clinches up with Barcelos and pushes him back against the cage.
Barcelos wants to stall.
Cheetah tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barcelos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barcelos is looking to control Cheetah's arms but Cheetah gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barcelos has his back to the cage.
Barcelos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cheetah has him pressed against the cage.
Cheetah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barcelos is defending well for now.
Barcelos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barcelos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barcelos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cheetah takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barcelos tries to throw a body punch but Cheetah avoids it by throwing Barcelos back against the cage.

Barcelos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Cheetah - just one landing.

Barcelos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barcelos is trying to force a seperation but Cheetah has the dominant position.
Cheetah tries to pull guard but Barcelos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Barcelos manages to break the clinch.
Barcelos tries a head kick but it misses.

Barcelos tries to sprawl but Cheetah drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Cheetah prevents Barcelos from standing back up.
Barcelos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cheetah tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Barcelos wants to get back to his feet.
Cheetah tries to pass the half guard into mount. Barcelos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Barcelos makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheetah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barcelos swivels and escapes.
Barcelos throws a quick counter head kick but Cheetah was just out of range.
Barcelos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheetah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheetah uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barcelos.
And Cheetah tries to counter it with a takedown but Barcelos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Barcelos throws a sloppy head kick and Cheetah moves out of range easily.
Jeronimo Barcelos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Barcelos closes the distance and clinches.
Cheetah goes for a takedown attempt but Barcelos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Barcelos throws a head kick that Cheetah semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barcelos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cheetah, pushing him back against the cage.
Barcelos tries to circle away but Cheetah has him pinned against the cage.
Barcelos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barcelos throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheetah.

Barcelos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barcelos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cheetah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Barcelos scores with a head kick.
Barcelos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheetah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cheetah tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Barcelos defends well and Cheetah ends up having to push Barcelos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Barcelos throws a head kick but Cheetah moves out of range.

Cheetah clinches up against the cage.

Cheetah breaks the clinch.
A combination from Cheetah does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeronimo Barcelos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barcelos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barcelos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cheetah's head.
Barcelos avoids the body shot from Cheetah.
Barcelos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cheetah circles away.
Barcelos wants to clinch.

Cheetah drives through and clinches with Barcelos against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheetah prevents Barcelos from breaking the clinch.
Barcelos trying to control the position but instead, Cheetah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barcelos into the cage.
Cheetah stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcelos is trying to push Cheetah away but Cheetah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cheetah manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cheetah blocks an elbow strike.
Cheetah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Barcelos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barcelos tries to circle away but Cheetah has him pinned against the cage.

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Barcelos wants to clinch up but Cheetah keeps it at a distance.
Cheetah throws a counter combo.
Cheetah keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Cheetah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cheetah is trying hard to land a takedown here. Barcelos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barcelos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cheetah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcelos wants to clinch.
Barcelos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheetah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barcelos is fending him off so far but Cheetah persists. Nope, Barcelos circles away and we're back to standing.
Jeronimo Barcelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chitavake Cheetah.

Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Barcelos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheetah can do to turn this around?
Cheetah is working for takedown but Barcelos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Barcelos stalling.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barcelos throws an elbow but misses.
Cheetah crunches a lovely knee into Barcelos's ribcage.
Cheetah wants to take the fight to the mat but Barcelos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Barcelos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barcelos tries to circle away but Cheetah has him pinned against the cage.
Barcelos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cheetah dodges an elbow strike from Barcelos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheetah misses with a body punch.
Barcelos is trying to push Cheetah away but Cheetah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barcelos as he jumps to the side.
Barcelos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cheetah circles away.
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses.

Barcelos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cheetah avoiding damage as Barcelos throws knees to the body.
Cheetah fails to pull guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barcelos.
Barcelos misses with a punch to the body.
Barcelos is trying to force a seperation but Cheetah has the dominant position.

Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barcelos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cheetah swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cheetah drives through and clinches with Barcelos against the cage.

Cheetah breaks the clinch.
Barcelos wants to clinch.
Barcelos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Barcelos moves into the clinch.
Barcelos scores with a shoulder strike.

Cheetah gets control of Barcelos's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cheetah will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Barcelos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barcelos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheetah wants to control the position but Barcelos says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jeronimo Barcelos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Barcelos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from Barcelos as Cheetah shoots in.
Barcelos is looking to counter with head kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barcelos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cheetah is looking for the big counter here.
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses.
Cheetah tries a quick counter leg kick but Barcelos is wise to it.
Cheetah fails with a takedown attempt.
Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheetah darts in looking for a takedown but Barcelos gets double underhooks and turns Cheetah into the cage.
Jeronimo Barcelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chitavake Cheetah.
Cheetah blocks a head kick by Barcelos.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barcelos is looking to clinch but Cheetah is avoiding it.
Barcelos darts in trying to clinch
and Cheetah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barcelos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheetah closes the distance and clinches up with Barcelos, looking for a takedown. Cheetah pushes Barcelos against the cage but Barcelos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cheetah takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Barcelos fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Barcelos.

Cheetah has Barcelos up against the cage in a clinch.

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barcelos lands a high kick!
Barcelos wants to clinch.
Cheetah tries to score a power double leg takedown but Barcelos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cheetah somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcelos tries to clinch up.
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses.

Cheetah moves into the clinch successfully.
Cheetah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Barcelos prevents it.
Barcelos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheetah is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Barcelos to keep the fight standing.

Barcelos breaks from the clinch.
Jeronimo Barcelos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barcelos wants to clinch.
Cheetah dives in for a single leg takedown but Barcelos sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Barcelos lands with a kick to the temple. Cheetah shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcelos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheetah throws a series of punches but Barcelos moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Barcelos.

Barcelos forces Cheetah back against the cage and clinches.
Barcelos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cheetah tries to pull guard but Barcelos won't allow it.
Barcelos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barcelos lands a head kick!
Cheetah shoots in and drives through. Barcelos sprawls well.
Barcelos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cheetah circles away.
Barcelos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cheetah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheetah keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheetah is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Cheetah. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barcelos tries to clinch but Cheetah is having none of it.

Cheetah fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barcelos, pushing him back against the cage.
Cheetah taking a breather.

Barcelos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barcelos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheetah.
Cheetah shoots in but no luck this time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barcelos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barcelos stuffs the takedown.
Barcelos throws a head kick that misses.
Cheetah fails to land the takedown.
Cheetah fails with the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeronimo Barcelos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barcelos 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeronimo Barcelos!