PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Minerva Wulf (ranked 494 p4p, 359 weight class) and Hobo Garrincha (ranked 31 p4p, 22 weight class). Wulf comes to the cage accompanied by Sanctus Dominus. Hobo Garrincha acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Wulf
vs
Garrincha

150 cm
26
145
13 - 7 - 0

170 cm
29
141
14 - 4 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Minerva Wulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hobo Garrincha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrincha is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wulf slips a jab from Garrincha.
Garrincha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wulf.

Wulf gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garrincha is staying active underneath Wulf, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garrincha works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wulf passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Garrincha is looking to reverse the position.
Wulf taking a break here but Garrincha is having none of it and regains half guard.
Wulf scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wulf passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garrincha!
Wulf 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrincha is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulf looking to control but Garrincha is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wulf breaks from Garrincha's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Garrincha keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wulf looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
We've been hearing good reports from Wulf's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Wulf trying to control but Garrincha is having none of it.
Garrincha wants to hold on but Wulf pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrincha sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wulf tries to pass the half guard into mount. Garrincha knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wulf's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wulf's back!
Wulf turns into Garrincha and is now in his guard.
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!
Wulf postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garrincha looking for a sweep. Not yet Garrincha, not yet.
Wulf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wulf won't allow Garrincha to sweep him here.
Garrincha has his hands on Wulf's head, controlling the position.
Wulf might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wulf is looking to advance position but Garrincha has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Wulf is desperately trying to improve his position but Garrincha has a good base and remains in mount.
Wulf is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha is stalling here but it's allowed Wulf to get half guard.
Wulf is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Garrincha's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Garrincha's back!
Wulf is not going to allow Garrincha to sit and survive in this position.

Garrincha defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Wulf's arms.
Garrincha wants to escape the position.
Garrincha is still trying to improve position.
Wulf gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Garrincha trying to control the action but Wulf just sinks the hooks in.
Can Garrincha hold on?! Wulf is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Garrincha's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Garrincha showing good submission defense here.
Garrincha rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wulf scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Garrincha looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Garrincha is not content to let Wulf control the position.
Wulf is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wulf prevents Garrincha from improving his position.
Garrincha trying to control here.
Wulf is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Garrincha!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Minerva Wulf dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wulf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garrincha.
Garrincha swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Wulf counter with a right hand.
Wulf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrincha can do to turn this around?
Wulf misses with an uppercut. Garrincha saw that one coming.
Wulf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garrincha.
Garrincha throws a hook but Wulf avoids it easily.
Wulf fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A shot to the body from Wulf misses
and Garrincha counters with a stiff right hand.
Wulf connects with a single shot there.
Garrincha wants to slow Wulf down by chopping away at his legs.
Garrincha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garrincha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wulf swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garrincha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wulf misses the jab.
Minerva Wulf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wulf throws a nice looking combination but Garrincha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wulf throws the left hand but Garrincha avoids the punch easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrincha throws a hook but Wulf blocks it.
Wulf throws a hook to the side of Garrincha's head but Garrincha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wulf takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrincha stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garrincha wants it to stay on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrincha. Wulf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wulf looks to land a left hand but Garrincha moved out of range nicely.
Wulf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garrincha.
A jab from Wulf misses.
A nice side step and Garrincha releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wulf has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garrincha finds it's way round the side to connect with Wulf's head.
Garrincha throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wulf swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrincha misses with a looping left.
Wulf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrincha manages to avoid it.
Hobo Garrincha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wulf misses the jab.
Garrincha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Garrincha throws a shot from downtown. Wulf moves away and avoids it.
Wulf misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garrincha.

Garrincha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Garrincha throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Garrincha looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wulf trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrincha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Garrincha is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Garrincha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wulf doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wulf manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Minerva Wulf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wulf works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wulf passes the guard and advances to mount!

Wulf looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Garrincha felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wulf swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Garrincha is now in Wulf's guard. A big mistake from Wulf there, giving up the dominant position!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wulf is on top in guard.

Wulf passes Garrincha's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wulf throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wulf prevents Garrincha from improving his position.
Wulf trying to control from half guard but Garrincha is working away.
Garrincha is trying to maintain the position but Wulf is very close to passing his half guard.
Wulf trying to mount his opponent but Garrincha defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha is looking to improve his position.
Garrincha is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wulf's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wulf's back!

Garrincha is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Wulf defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Wulf is trying to break free.

Garrincha tightening his grip on Wulf, looking for the choke.
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!
Wulf is trying to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Minerva Wulf will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Garrincha. Wulf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wulf misses with a series of wild punches.
Wulf throws a body shot but no joy.
Garrincha smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wulf swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Garrincha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wulf throwing strikes from guard but Garrincha blocks nicely.
Garrincha working a defensive guard here.

Wulf avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrincha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wulf.

Garrincha working for a triangle but Wulf defends it easily.
Wulf pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garrincha is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garrincha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wulf defends it easily.
Wulf won't allow Garrincha to sweep him here.
Wulf sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Garrincha's guard.
Wulf working over Garrincha with some ground and pound. Garrincha looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wulf is looking to take a break and control but Garrincha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wulf connects with a nice short shot to Garrincha's temple.
Wulf working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Garrincha's thigh. Garrincha counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Wulf content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Garrincha working for a triangle but Wulf defends it easily.
Hobo Garrincha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wulf stands and throws Garrincha's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Garrincha regains half guard.
Wulf tries to pass to full mount but Garrincha defends it.
Wulf is trying to control. Garrincha wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wulf tries to pass to full mount but Garrincha defends it.
Garrincha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wulf works his way into full mount!
Wulf scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wulf looking to isolate an arm here. Garrincha doesn't see it coming and as Wulf extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Wulf!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Minerva Wulf!
After winning the bout, Minerva Wulf thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.