RFC 1 - The Big Bang PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Shleifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shleifer
vs
Silva

193 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Andrei Shleifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shleifer darts in trying to clinch

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Diego Silva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Shleifer leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shleifer throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Diego Silva has been cut.
Shleifer throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Shleifer wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.

Shleifer gets a clinch.
Shleifer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shleifer fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Andrei Shleifer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Silva.
Nice sprawl there from Shleifer as Silva shoots in.
Shleifer tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Shleifer.
Shleifer lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries for a takedown but Shleifer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shleifer lands a brutal head kick. Silva looks out on his feet and Shleifer throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Andrei Shleifer!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
80%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelyanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soprano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: anabolic. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Emelyanenko
vs
Soprano

200 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
262 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Emelyanenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soprano works the jab nicely.
Soprano throws a hook but Emelyanenko blocks it.
Soprano misses with a left hand

and Emelyanenko counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Soprano!
Soprano is trying to stand up.

Emelyanenko is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Emelyanenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fedor Emelyanenko!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
62%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wezzy Caffery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Cook struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Wezzy Caffery could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Cook's chin.

Caffery
vs
Cook

190 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wezzy Caffery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Cook!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook shoots in looking for a takedown but Caffery manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cook's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cook fails with a takedown attempt.

Cook shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Caffery napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cook looks up at the clock and then as Caffery takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cook smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cook postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Caffery is trying to buck Cook off.
Cook passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Caffery!
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook content just to control the position here.
Caffery is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Cook controlling the pace for now.
Cook has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You get the feeling that Caffery really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Cook raining down hammerfists from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caffery tries to buck Cook off but Cook takes his back!
Caffery is breathing heavily.

That's two 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.
Cook softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Cook scores with punches from the back.

Cook has managed to slip his arm under Caffery's chin. This could be all over... yep, Caffery is tapping out! Submission win for Cook.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Daniel Cook!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
41%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartan Chuteboxe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oneil Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oneil Stewart will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Chuteboxe
vs
Stewart

200 cm
20
260 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

215 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spartan Chuteboxe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oneil Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart works Chuteboxe's body with a nice hook.
Chuteboxe looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Chuteboxe backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Stewart's temple! It sends Stewart violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Chuteboxe celebrates and the doctors try to help Stewart!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Spartan Chuteboxe!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
34%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Stolbov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Big Things Poppin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Vlad Stolbov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vlad Stolbov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Stolbov
vs
Gracie

192 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 2

193 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vlad Stolbov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie has his takedown stuffed

and Stolbov counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gracie!
Gracie working to try and regain half guard.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Stolbov from controlling successfully.

Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stolbov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stolbov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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!
Stolbov wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stolbov tries to stand but Gracie is controlling from the bottom.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Stolbov controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gracie is looking to sinch up a triangle. Stolbov throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gracie's body to avoid the submission. Gracie has instead reached around Stolbov's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gracie arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Roger Gracie!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
96%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McCallum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cook comes to the cage accompanied by motherlover. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cook
vs
McCallum

195 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damien Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Conor McCallum!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook swinging wildly here.
Damien Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cook throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCallum counters with a nice body shot.
Cook is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

McCallum lands a big right hand that sends Cook crashing to the mat! McCallum stays standing though and waves Cook back to his feet!

It looks like Damien Cook has been cut.
Crack! A monster head kick from McCallum and Cook falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by McCallum!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Conor McCallum!