PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Breno Bastos (ranked 3593 p4p, 3985 weight class) and Maskar Flugamine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bastos
vs
Flugamine

186 cm
25
195
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
199
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Breno Bastos!
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, Maskar Flugamine!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bastos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flugamine controlling from the top position.
Flugamine chips away with some ground and pound.
Flugamine postures up and lands a big shot to Bastos's brow.
Flugamine won't allow Bastos to sweep him here.
Flugamine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Flugamine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bastos's head.
Flugamine is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flugamine with a nice head shot there.
Flugamine distracts Bastos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Flugamine landing some decent shots from guard.
Flugamine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flugamine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Flugamine advances to half guard.

Flugamine wants to work for an arm triangle but Bastos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Flugamine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Flugamine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bastos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Flugamine is taking a breather. Bastos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Flugamine lands with a punch from half guard.
Bastos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Flugamine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bastos trying to control from the bottom.
Flugamine prevents Bastos from improving his position.
Bastos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Flugamine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Flugamine seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flugamine is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bastos defends it well.
Flugamine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bastos has hold of Flugamine's hands but Flugamine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Flugamine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Bastos looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Flugamine lands a nice short elbow.
Bastos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Flugamine on the ground.
Bastos is looking to escape.
Flugamine is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Flugamine.
Flugamine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bastos is trying to maintain the position but Flugamine is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flugamine seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Flugamine's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Flugamine is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bastos defends it well.
Flugamine drops an elbow to the side of Bastos's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Flugamine lands a nice short elbow.
Flugamine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Flugamine wants to work for an arm triangle but Bastos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Flugamine in particular looking to stall.
Ground and pound from Flugamine.
Flugamine is trying to control the action in half guard but Bastos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Flugamine.
Flugamine slows the pace down in half guard.
Flugamine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flugamine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Well, if Flugamine is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maskar Flugamine dominated that round.
That's time! Bastos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bastos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Flugamine sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Flugamine regains full guard. Nicely done.
Flugamine controlling Bastos's posture.
Bastos trying to control but Flugamine is working from the bottom.
Flugamine is pulling down on Bastos's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flugamine wants to sweep but no luck.
Bastos is fighting to break Flugamine's control of his arms but Flugamine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Flugamine tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bastos defends well and Flugamine ends up having to push Bastos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Bastos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bastos prevents a takedown attempt there.

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.
Flugamine tries to score a body lock takedown but Bastos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Breno Bastos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maskar Flugamine.
Flugamine changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bastos fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Flugamine gets tackled into the cage by Bastos. Bastos maintains the clinch.

Flugamine has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bastos clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Bastos is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Flugamine gets his way!

Flugamine looking for the RNC.
Bastos tries to roll but Flugamine sticks to his back.
Flugamine looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Flugamine is riding his opponent, not letting Bastos buck him off.

Flugamine is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flugamine is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Flugamine gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Flugamine gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Flugamine apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Flugamine doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bastos counters with a nice uppercut.

Bastos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Flugamine!
Maskar Flugamine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Flugamine manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Flugamine slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bastos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Flugamine controlling the position.
Flugamine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bastos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Flugamine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bastos's guard.

Flugamine pushing down on Bastos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastos is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Flugamine in particular looking to stall.
Bastos wants to control but Flugamine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Flugamine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Flugamine content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Flugamine drops an elbow to the side of Bastos's head.
Bastos taking some punishment here, with Flugamine in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flugamine working the head and body with strikes.
Bastos is in trouble now - Flugamine has advanced to mount!
Flugamine sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Flugamine lands a couple of good shots and Bastos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maskar Flugamine 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!

The fight stays on the outside here - Bastos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flugamine drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bastos defends it well.
Bastos scores with a three punch combo!
No luck for Flugamine with that takedown attempt.

Bastos gets caught flat footed, as Flugamine shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Flugamine chips away with some ground and pound.
Flugamine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bastos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bastos tries to get out of the position.
Flugamine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bastos's head.

Bastos is rocked!
Flugamine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Oh Bastos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Flugamine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Flugamine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flugamine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Flugamine is in close to Bastos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Flugamine showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Flugamine scoring with some ground and pound.
Flugamine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bastos wants to sweep here but Flugamine controlling him for the moment.
Bastos seems to have got his legs back now.
Flugamine landing some decent shots from guard.
Flugamine with a nice head shot there.
Bastos keeping moving, preventing Flugamine from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos trying to keep a closed guard but Flugamine is proving a slippery customer.
Flugamine is working Bastos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bastos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Flugamine cracks Bastos with a solid left hand.
Flugamine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Flugamine looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Flugamine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Flugamine drops back looking for a leg! Bastos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bastos manages to kick Flugamine off! Flugamine jumps back into Bastos's guard.

Flugamine 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.
Flugamine slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bastos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Breno Bastos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big shot lands for Flugamine! That's hurt Bastos! Will he recover? Flugamine fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maskar Flugamine!