PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Passos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dani Levi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dani Levi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Passos
vs
Levi

172 cm
22
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Passos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dani Levi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Levi shoots in and drives through. Passos sprawls well.
Passos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Passos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Passos tries to clinch but Levi is having none of it.
Passos lands with a slapping head kick.
Levi shoots in but no luck this time.
Passos connects with a solid leg kick.
Levi looks gassed!
Passos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Passos drives through and clinches with Levi against the cage.

Passos breaks the clinch.

Passos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Passos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Passos breaks the clinch.
Passos scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Passos moves into the clinch.
Passos with a knee to the head.
Passos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Levi backwards.
Passos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Levis head.
Passos lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Passos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Passos tries to clinch but Levi is having none of it.
Levi takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Passos.
Passos is looking to clinch but Levi is avoiding it.
Passos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Levi will feel that in the morning.
Passos lands a high kick!

Passos closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Passos breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passos stalks Levi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Levi's face. Levi staggers backwards, shaken.
Levi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Passos.

Passos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Passos showed some decent athleticism there.

Passos decides to return to a standing position.
Passos is looking to clinch.

Levi drives through and clinches with Passos against the cage.

Passos gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Levi regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Passos stopping the sweep attempt from Levi.
Levi thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Passos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Levi on the ground.
Passos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Levi keeping moving, preventing Passos from controlling successfully.
Levi wants to sweep here but Passos controlling him for the moment.
Levi is striking off his back. Passos thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Levi is not content to let Passos control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Levi slips a jab and a cross from Passos.
Levi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Passos pinned against the cage. Passos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Felipe Passos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dani Levi.
Passos lands a head kick. Levi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Passos moves into range and clinches up with Levi.
Levi tries for a takedown but Passos manages to get underhooks.

Passos pulls guard.
Levi is in close to Passos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Passos is looking to stand up but Levi isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Levi throws a strike but Passos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Passos doesn't manage to clinch there - Levi circles away.
Passos tries to close the distance and clinch but Levi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Felipe Passos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Passos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Levi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Levi is looking to work some ground and pound but Passos has wrist control.
Levi won't allow Passos to get back to his feet.
Levi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Passos trying to control the position.
Passos wants to get back to his feet but Levi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Levi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Levi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Passos scores with a head kick.
Levi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Passos counters with a big head kick but Levi shrugs it off.
No luck for Passos with that takedown attempt.
Passos is looking to clinch but Levi is avoiding it.
Passos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Passos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Levi avoids the head kick by Passos.

Levi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Levi lands a heavy elbow.
Levi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Passos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Passos tries to hold on but Levi pushes him away.
Levi lands a big elbow.
Levi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Levi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Levi cracks Passos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passos can't escape the position.
Levi landing strikes from the mount and Passos is in trouble!
Passos taking shots to the head.
Passos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Levi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Passos hang on?
Levi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Levi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Passos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Passos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Levi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Passos's face.
Levi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Levi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Levi lands a big shot there that rocks Passos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Passos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Levi with shots to the head and body - Passos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Passos is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Levi.
Levi looking to finish Passos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Passos!
Levi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Levi cracks Passos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Levi landing strikes from the mount and Passos is in trouble!
Passos is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dani Levi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Passos takes the fight into the clinch.
Passos lands a nice knee to the body.

Levi lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Passos tries to roll over but Levi keeps him under control.
Levi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dani Levi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Passos pushes Levi off looking to stand but Levi dives back in and keeps control.
Passos is looking to improve his position.
Levi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Levi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Passos's head.
Passos looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Levi.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Passos tries to clinch but Levi is having none of it.
Passos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Levi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Levi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Passos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Levi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Levi throwing strikes but missing.
Levi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Levi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Levi is in close to Passos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Passos has momentary wrist control but Levi slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Passos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Levi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Passos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Passos tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Levi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Passos!
Levi dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Levi.
Passos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Passos taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Levi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levi lands a big elbow.
Passos is looking to improve his position but Levi isn't that keen on the idea.
Levi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Passos's face.
Passos taking shots to the head.
Passos is working to get back to half guard.
Passos tries to lock up and control but Levi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Levi landing strikes from the mount and Passos is in trouble!
Levi with a couple of short strikes.
Levi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Passos hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Passos is in a horrible position here. Levi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Passos trying desperately to get to his feet.
Levi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Passos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Levi with the ground and pound from mount.
Passos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Levi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Passos tries to hold on but Levi postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dani Levi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Levi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!