PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Cerimonia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Humbero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cristian Humbero has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andre Cerimonia's chin.

Cerimonia
vs
Humbero

170 cm
23
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Cerimonia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cristian Humbero!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerimonia swinging wildly here.
Cerimonia tries to clinch up.
Cerimonia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Humbero but Humbero pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cerimonia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Humbero, as that shot connected.
Humbero leaves Cerimonia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Cerimonia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Humbero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cerimonia shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Humbero sprawls well. Humbero wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cerimonia gets slowly back to his feet.
Humbero misses with a few strikes there.
Humbero tries to move into range but Cerimonia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Humbero swinging wildly here.
Cerimonia tries to clinch but Humbero is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humbero connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Humbero is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Humbero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cerimonia is defended easily by Humbero.
Humbero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Humbero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Humbero scores with a hook to the body. Cerimonia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Humbero misses with a straight left.
Cerimonia shoots in for a takedown but Humbero shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Humbero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Cerimonia closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Humbero did well to prevent Cerimonia getting side control.
Cerimonia prevents Humbero from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Humbero slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

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

Humbero breaks from the clinch.
Humbero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cerimonia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Humbero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cerimonia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Humbero looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Humbero wants to get back to full guard but Cerimonia has passed into side control.
Cerimonia thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Cerimonia there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Humbero is looking to improve his position but Cerimonia isn't that keen on the idea.
Humbero regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cerimonia seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cerimonia wants to take a breather but Humbero is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cerimonia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Cerimonia stands up from half guard.

Cerimonia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cerimonia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Humbero is looking to escape.
Cerimonia throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cerimonia tries to control but Humbero wriggling away.
Cerimonia with shots to the head and body - Humbero looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cerimonia get's back to his feet.
A left and a right from Humbero both land. Nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Cerimonia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cerimonia.
Humbero misses with a body punch
and Cerimonia counters with a two punch combo.
Cerimonia shoots for a takedown but Humbero saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Humbero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cerimonia.
Humbero throws a combination that misses
and Cerimonia counters with a series of strikes. Humbero will be more careful next time no doubt.
Humbero lands a slapping body shot.
Cerimonia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Humbero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cerimonia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Humbero scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cerimonia doesn't seem bothered though.
Humbero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cerimonia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Humbero throws a right and a left that Cerimonia avoids nicely.
Humbero is breathing heavily.
Cerimonia fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Cerimonia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cerimonia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Humbero avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerimonia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Humbero.
Andre Cerimonia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cerimonia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Humbero wants to get back to his feet.

Cerimonia postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Humbero to stand up.
Humbero misses with a straight left.
Humbero comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cerimonia tries to clinch there but Humbero circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerimonia is looking to clinch but Humbero is avoiding it.

Cerimonia scores with a takedown into Humbero's guard.
Cerimonia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Humbero is proving hard to escape from.
Humbero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cerimonia.
Cerimonia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cerimonia advances to half guard.
Cerimonia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Humbero's head.
Humbero is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerimonia is trying to control the action in half guard but Humbero is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Humbero tries to get to full guard but Cerimonia has control of the leg.
Humbero is not content to let Cerimonia control the position.
Cerimonia is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Humbero!

Cerimonia looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Cerimonia tries to control but Humbero wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Humbero sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Cerimonia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Humbero wants to get back to full guard but Cerimonia has passed into side control.
Humbero is squirming around, avoiding Cerimonia's attempts to control the action.
Humbero is trying desperately to improve position.
Cerimonia looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Cerimonia dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cerimonia tries to clinch but Humbero is having none of it.
Humbero misses with a few strikes there.

Cerimonia throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Humbero was covering up waiting for the punch and Cerimonia finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cerimonia wants to control from the top but Humbero keeps moving.

Humbero looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cerimonia wants to pass the guard but Humbero is keeping the position.
Humbero is wriggling around but Cerimonia manages to pass to half guard.
Humbero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerimonia works his foot free and advances to mount.
Cerimonia misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Humbero is trying to reverse the position but instead Cerimonia has taken his back - oops!

Cerimonia is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Humbero trying to control the hands but Cerimonia won't let him.
Cerimonia just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbero prevents Cerimonia from getting a body triangle.
Andre Cerimonia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cerimonia thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Cerimonia throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Cerimonia throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Cerimonia trying to control.
Cerimonia gets his hands free as Humbero looks to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerimonia misses with a punch to the head.

Cerimonia is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Humbero won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Cerimonia off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Andre Cerimonia!