PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barata Brucutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cello Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brucutu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Killed By Death - Motorhead. Dorh has chosen Join the Dots as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Brucutu
vs
Dorh

182 cm
20
184 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

WIN Nutritional
WIN Nutritional

Behold The Beast

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barata Brucutu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cello Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brucutu cracks Dorh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brucutu is looking to clinch but Dorh is avoiding it.
Brucutu thows a body shot but no joy.
Dorh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Brucutu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dorh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dorh controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brucutu passes into half guard.
Dorh is trying to control but can't.
Brucutu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dorh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dorh wants to get back to full guard.
Brucutu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dorh keeps working.
Brucutu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dorh defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brucutu is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dorh doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Brucutu.

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

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dorh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brucutu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dorh.
Barata Brucutu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brucutu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dorh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Brucutu there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brucutu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dorh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brucutu tries to clinch up but Dorh circles away and keeps his distance.
Dorh misses with a wild body shot.
Brucutu tries to clinch there but Dorh circles away.
Brucutu closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dorh does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brucutu wants to clinch.
Dorh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brucutu moves away.
Dorh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dorh throws a head kick but Brucutu moves out of range.
Dorh throws a head kick that misses.
Dorh looks gassed!
Dorh looks for the body kick but Brucutu saw that one coming.
Dorh takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brucutu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dorh gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Brucutu to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brucutu connects with a couple of short punches.
Brucutu connects with a couple of short punches.
Dorh trying to keep a closed guard but Brucutu is proving a slippery customer.
Brucutu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dorh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brucutu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brucutu thows a big elbow that misses.
Brucutu trying to move into half guard but instead Dorh has managed to sweep!

Brucutu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dorh defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorh looking to pass the guard.

Brucutu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dorh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brucutu swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Brucutu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dorh defends it easily.

Brucutu is looking for a triangle but Dorh pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Brucutu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dorh is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dorh trying to control the position from guard on top but Brucutu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barata Brucutu dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dorh shoots in but no luck this time.

Brucutu shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brucutu was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brucutu with good strikes from the mount here!
Brucutu landing punches.
Brucutu scoring with strikes but Dorh is staying in there.
Dorh is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dorh trying desperately to get to his feet.
Brucutu lands a nice shot to the head.
Brucutu raining down shots from the mount!
Dorh is breathing heavily.
Dorh is in a horrible position here. Brucutu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dorh is squirming around, avoiding Brucutu's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brucutu lands a heavy elbow.
Dorh is bucking up trying to escape but Brucutu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brucutu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dorh tries to lock up and control but Brucutu gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brucutu prevents Dorh from getting the reversal.
Brucutu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dorh's face.
Brucutu scoring with strikes but Dorh is staying in there.
Brucutu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dorh's face.
Brucutu with the ground and pound from mount.
Brucutu is landing with some decent strikes but Dorh is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Brucutu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brucutu landing strikes, looking to finish!
You get the feeling that Dorh really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Brucutu working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Brucutu unloading with bombs!
Dorh tries to hold on but Brucutu postures up.
A nice elbow there by Brucutu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dorh in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brucutu looking to control but Dorh is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brucutu landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brucutu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dorh's face.
Brucutu landing strikes from the mount and Dorh is in trouble!
Brucutu lands a big shot there that rocks Dorh but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brucutu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dorh?
Brucutu avoids the attempt from Dorh to control.
Dorh is working to get back to half guard.
Brucutu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brucutu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brucutu cracks Dorh with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brucutu raining down shots from the mount!
Brucutu breaks from Dorh's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dorh is in a horrible position here. Brucutu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brucutu landing strikes from the mount.
Dorh is bucking up trying to escape but Brucutu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dorh takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dorh is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brucutu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dorh?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brucutu scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Brucutu scoring with strikes but Dorh is staying in there.
Brucutu lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barata Brucutu dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brucutu scores with a jab to the body.
Dorh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Brucutu avoids it really well and circles away.
Brucutu scores with a hook to the body. Dorh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dorh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brucutu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brucutu moves into range and connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Dorh.
Brucutu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cello Dorh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brucutu lands a nice shot to the body.
Brucutu scores with a shot to the body.
Dorh on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brucutu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dorh doesn't seem bothered though.
Dorh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brucutu scores with a punch to the head.
Brucutu stuns Dorh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Brucutu shoots in and bounces Dorh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brucutu landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brucutu trying to control but Dorh is working from the bottom.
Dorh is looking to stand up but Brucutu isn't so interested in that idea.
Brucutu thows a big elbow that misses.
Brucutu would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brucutu with a nice head shot there.
Brucutu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brucutu distracts Dorh with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dorh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dorh is on top in guard.
Brucutu manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brucutu is landing with some decent strikes but Dorh is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dorh tries to reverse the position but Brucutu maintains control.
Brucutu with a couple of short strikes.
Brucutu scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Brucutu lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Brucutu has hold of Dorh's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dorh manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brucutu lands a heavy elbow.
Brucutu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dorh's face.
Dorh is working to get back to half guard.
Brucutu landing shots from mount.
Dorh tries to reverse the position but Brucutu maintains control.
Dorh wants to control but Brucutu is having none of it.
Brucutu with shots to the head and body - Dorh looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dorh is in a horrible position here. Brucutu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barata Brucutu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brucutu is landing with some decent strikes but Dorh is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dorh wants to hold on but Brucutu pushes him away.
Brucutu content just to control the position here.
Cello Dorh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brucutu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Brucutu connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Dorh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barata Brucutu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brucutu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barata Brucutu!