PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason St Jaques (ranked 2182 p4p, 2653 weight class) and Robson Miudinho (ranked 125 p4p, 160 weight class). Mason St Jaques has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

St Jaques
vs
Miudinho

170 cm
26
140
7 - 1 - 0

162 cm
25
145
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason St Jaques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robson Miudinho!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Miudinho moves into range and clinches up with St Jaques.
St Jaques definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Miudinho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Jaques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miudinho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miudinho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Jaques drops down looking for an ankle pick but Miudinho pulls his leg out and moves away.

Miudinho closes the distance and clinches.
Miudinho missing with knees to the body.
Miudinho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Miudinho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Jaques.
St Jaques takes a knee right on the jaw!
Miudinho trying to land knees to the body.
Miudinho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St Jaques avoids it.

St Jaques pulls guard.

St Jaques is looking for a triangle but Miudinho pushes his legs off easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Jaques has control of Miudinho's left arm, preventing Miudinho from doing any damage.
Miudinho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Jaques trying to control the position here.
St Jaques looking to control.
St Jaques is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miudinho is looking for a sweep. St Jaques is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

St Jaques is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Jaques not landing any meaningful shots this time.

St Jaques is looking for a kimura but Miudinho is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Jaques to get the leverage.
Nice strikes from St Jaques there.

St Jaques is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Miudinho is just riding it out for now. St Jaques eventually gives up the hold.
Miudinho is looking to improve his position.

St Jaques wants to work for an arm triangle but Miudinho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. St Jaques lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Jaques wants to work for an arm triangle but Miudinho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
St Jaques has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Miudinho keeping hold of St Jaques's head, controlling as best he can.

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

St Jaques is working for a kimura but Miudinho is defending it quite comfortably.
St Jaques uses his free foot to push down on Miudinho's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Miudinho.

St Jaques looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miudinho tries to hold on but St Jaques pushes him away.
St Jaques pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Miudinho can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Jaques controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Jaques cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Miudinho tries to lock up and control but St Jaques gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
St Jaques trying to control but Miudinho is having none of it.

St Jaques looking to secure an arm triangle but Miudinho defends it well.
Miudinho is desperately trying to improve his position but St Jaques has a good base and remains in mount.
St Jaques lands a couple of good shots and Miudinho 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.

Mason St Jaques dominated that round.
That's time! St Jaques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A solid leg kick lands there for Miudinho.
Miudinho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Jaques.
Miudinho throws the kick towards the body but St Jaques avoids it.
St Jaques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miudinho throws a leg kick which misses St Jaques's front leg but catches the back leg as St Jaques tries to avoid it.
Miudinho lands with a nice body kick.

Miudinho forces St Jaques back against the cage and clinches.
Miudinho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Jaques avoiding damage as Miudinho throws knees to the body.
Miudinho connects with a knee to the head.
St Jaques fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

St Jaques pulls Miudinho into guard.

St Jaques scrambles and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Jaques shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Miudinho as he jumps to the side.
Miudinho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miudinho tries to keep at a distance but St Jaques has taken the fight into the clinch.
Miudinho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Jaques.
Miudinho trying to land knees to the body.
Miudinho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Jaques swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St Jaques has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miudinho is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason St Jaques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miudinho landing knees to the head.
Robson Miudinho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
St Jaques tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

St Jaques jumps guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miudinho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Miudinho preventing the sweep.

St Jaques escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Miudinho gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Miudinho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Jaques. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Miudinho trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Jaques's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miudinho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mason St Jaques overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Miudinho is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Miudinho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Jaques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Jaques is trying to control the position but Miudinho postures up.
St Jaques trying to control the position here.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mason St Jaques!