PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rising Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanly The Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Star
vs
The Man

179 cm
22
181 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
173 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rising Star!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stanly The Man!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Man fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Man shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Star as he avoids it easily.
Star tries to clinch there but The Man circles away.
The Man tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Star swivels and escapes.
Rising Star has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanly The Man.
Star tries to clinch but The Man is having none of it.
The Man shoots for a takedown but Star saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The Man lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Rising Star has been cut.
The Man tries a head kick but it misses.

The Man looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Star working for a triangle but The Man defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Star is looking to stand up but The Man isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Star escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Man gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Star working a defensive guard here.
Star manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Man manages to get himself to full guard.
Star would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The Man is working an open guard so Star takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Star is breathing heavily.
The Man will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Man shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Star as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Star tries to clinch up but The Man circles away and keeps his distance.
The Man shoots in looking for a takedown. Star tries to sprawl out of it but The Man keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Star manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Man misses with a takedown attempt - Star sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Man tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Star holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star goes for a takedown attempt but The Man pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The Man tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Star decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in The Man's guard.

Star is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The Man escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Star gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Star gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The Man fails with the takedown

and Star counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Star.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Man is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The Man is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Star gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Man fails to pull guard.

Star turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Star manages to end up in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Star tries for a kimura but The Man is defending well.
The Man tries to bench press Star off him but Star keeps the position.
Star trying to control the action but The Man is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Man prevents Star from improving position.
Star wants to stand but The Man is controlling his arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rising Star dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rising Star's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Man has his takedown stuffed

and Star counters with a takedown into side control.

Star stands up.
The Man has a takedown stuffed.

Star moves into the clinch.

The Man gets control of Star's arms and successfully pulls guard. The Man will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The Man wants to hit a switch here but Star passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for The Man there!

Star is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Man looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

The Man is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Star kicks The Man off and gets back to his feet.

The Man closes the distance and clinches.
The Man can't break the clinch.

Star tightens his grip and picks The Man up, before dumping him to the ground. The Man manages to land in guard.

Star gets to his feet. The Man looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The Man tries for a takedown but Star sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rising Star has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanly The Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Man looks to clinch

and Star counters with a shoot takedown. The Man fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Star stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Star counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rising Star overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Star preventing the sweep.

Star drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Star jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Star has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Star postures up.

Star drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Star jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The Man trying to keep a closed guard but Star is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man keeping moving, preventing Star from controlling successfully.
The Man has a closed guard, preventing Star from standing up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The Man shoots and misses

and Star counters with a single leg into guard. The Man didn't expect that.
Star trying to control the position from guard on top but The Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Star looking to sit in guard and control but The Man gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Star is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star stalling.
The Man is trying to break the clinch but Star has him pressed against the cage.
The Man has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Star avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Man wants a takedown but no success here.

Star pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Star is on top in guard.

The Man had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Star is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. The Man Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Star's back instead.
The Man controlling well, preventing Star from escaping the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Star trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Star trying to get back to his feet but The Man is in full control for now.
The Man lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rising Star dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rising Star's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The Man shoots and misses

and Star counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Man's guard now.
The Man keeping moving, preventing Star from controlling successfully.
Star looking to pass the guard.
The Man wants to get back to his feet but Star is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Star stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The Man has his takedown stuffed

and Star counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Star tries to stand and escape but The Man is controlling the position.

Star seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Man wants to control but Star is keeping busy.
Star is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Man can do to turn this around?

The Man is defending against the submission attempts here by Star.
Star tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The Man trying to hold on to Star's head to control him but Star postures up.

Star postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for The Man to stand up.

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.
Star shoots in and drives through. The Man sprawls well.
The Man doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Star counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rising Star has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanly The Man.

Star gets to his feet - The Man follows without any prompting.
The fight stays on the outside here - Star looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Star.
The Man throws a series of punches but Star avoids them all with ease.
The Man misses with a takedown attempt

and Star counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man is looking for a sweep. Star is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Star wants to stand but The Man has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Star stands up out of the half guard.
Star tries to clinch up.
The Man tries for a takedown but Star circles away easily

and Star counters with a takedown into side control.
Star trying to control the position but The Man is working away.

Star decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The Man keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man with a lazy takedown attempt

and Star counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Star.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Star decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The Man has his takedown stuffed

and Star counters with a takedown into side control.

Star working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Star looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stanly The Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rising Star is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee asks Star politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Star prefers to stall for the moment though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rising Star showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Star, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rising Star!