PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Red Rum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rai Macaxeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rai Macaxeira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rum
vs
Macaxeira

173 cm
20
149 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Nemesis Cage Clothing (SALE)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Red Rum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rai Macaxeira!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Macaxeira moves into the clinch successfully.

Rum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Macaxeira works the jab nicely.
Rum shoots for a double leg takedown but Macaxeira sprawls well. He's pushed Rum's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rum closes the distance and pushes Macaxeira back into the cage.

Rum wants the takedown. Macaxeira is fighting it off but Rum persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Macaxeira's guard against the cage.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rum postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rum is breathing heavily.
Rum throws a strike but Macaxeira rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Macaxeira trying to control but Rum is working from the bottom.
Macaxeira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaxeira wants to pass the guard but Rum is keeping the position.
Macaxeira trying to control but Rum is working from the bottom.
Macaxeira looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Macaxeira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Macaxeira trying to control but Rum is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rum working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Macaxeira.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Macaxeira misses with a takedown

and Rum decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Macaxeira's guard.
Rum would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Macaxeira is trying to control the position but Rum postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Macaxeira is keeping the position for now.
Macaxeira looking for a sweep. Not yet Macaxeira, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Macaxeira tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macaxeira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Macaxeira with a lazy takedown attempt

and Rum decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Macaxeira's guard.
Macaxeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Macaxeira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rum loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rum tries to free his leg and advance position but Macaxeira is retaining full guard.
Macaxeira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rum working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rum looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Macaxeira fails with the takedown
and Rum counters with a one-two to the body.
Red Rum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rai Macaxeira.
A chopping leg kick lands by Macaxeira.
Red Rum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rum tries to clinch there but Macaxeira circles away.
Macaxeira throws a leg kick which misses Rum's front leg but catches the back leg as Rum tries to avoid it.
Rum shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Macaxeira as he jumps to the side.
Rum stuffs the takedown.

Macaxeira gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rum in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rum prevents Macaxeira from getting back to his feet.
Rum 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.

Rum 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Rum dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rum drives through and clinches with Macaxeira against the cage.
Macaxeira gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rum.
Macaxeira tries to pull guard but Rum won't allow it.
Macaxeira stops a takedown attempt from Rum.
Macaxeira is trying to break the clinch but Rum is controlling him.
Rum is pressed up against the cage. Macaxeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rum down to the mat. Rum avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Macaxeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Rum circles away.
Macaxeira wants to clinch

and Rum counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macaxeira wants to get back to full guard.
Rum trying to pass the guard but Macaxeira defending well.
Rum stops Macaxeira from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rum is looking for a kimura but Macaxeira is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rum to get the leverage.
Rum not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rum thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Macaxeira's head.
Rum tries to stand but can't do so whilst Macaxeira controls his leg.
Rum not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Rum shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Macaxeira napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Macaxeira is trying to control Rum's posture but Rum avoids it.
Macaxeira parries the strikes from Rum easily there. Rum is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Macaxeira to escape.
Rum is working Macaxeira over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaxeira is looking to reverse the position.
Rum tries to move to mount but Macaxeira blocks the move with his legs.
Macaxeira wants to control but Rum postures up.
Rum misses with the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Rum seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Macaxeira fails with the takedown
and Rum counters with a low kick, right behind Macaxeira 's knee.
Red Rum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rai Macaxeira.

Rum is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Macaxeira's half guard.
Rum is looking to advance position but Macaxeira won't allow it.
Rum landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rum works his way into full mount!
Rum landing punches.
Rum with shots to the head and body - Macaxeira looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rum postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Macaxeira looks a forlorn figure.
Rum unloads with some shots from mount but Macaxeira bucks and avoids them well.
Rum avoids the attempt from Macaxeira to control.
Rum has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Macaxeira's face.

That's four 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.
Macaxeira is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rum landing punches.
Rum punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rum looking to finish with strikes here!
Macaxeira avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rum.
Red Rum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Macaxeira wants to control but Rum is having none of it.
Rum landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rum working the ground and pound effectively.
Rum lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Rum 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. And we move into the final round!

Macaxeira tries to clinch but Rum moves out of range.
Rum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Red Rum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Macaxeira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Macaxeira tries for a takedown but Rum circles away easily

and Rum counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rum.
Rum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Macaxeira is keeping the position for now.
Rum in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Macaxeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rum postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Macaxeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rum throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rum postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Macaxeira tries for a takedown but Rum circles away easily

and Rum counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rum takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rum throwing shots but Macaxeira is blocking nicely.
Rum thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Macaxeira's head.
Rum missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Macaxeira wants to get back to his feet.
Rum throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Rum seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Macaxeira is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Red Rum!