PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zeca Pagodinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bum Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pagodinho
vs
Love

187 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bum Love!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pagodinho.
Pagodinho shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense.
Pagodinho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Love sprawls well. Love wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pagodinho gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zeca Pagodinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love misses with a takedown attempt - Pagodinho sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pagodinho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice takedown defense from Pagodinho. No joy for Love on that attempt.

Pagodinho closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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.
Love trying to control from the bottom.
Pagodinho wants to control but Love is keeping him busy.
Love wants to control but Pagodinho is keeping busy.
Love works his way to full guard. Good work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Love is on top in guard.
Pagodinho keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wanted to stand there but Pagodinho had control of the position.
Pagodinho working a defensive guard here.
Love tries to free his leg and advance position but Pagodinho is retaining full guard.
Love slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pagodinho is breathing heavily.
Pagodinho managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Love.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pagodinho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Love avoids it really well and circles away.

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.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Poor strikes thrown by Love there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pagodinho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Love trying to control but Pagodinho is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love thowing shots but they're missing.
Love scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pagodinho?
Love prevents Pagodinho from getting the reversal.

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.
Pagodinho wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Love.
Love tries to control but Pagodinho wriggling away.
Pagodinho is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pagodinho avoids a series of strikes thrown by Love.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Love working for a guillotine from mount but Pagodinho is in no mood to give up.
Love tries to control but Pagodinho wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bum Love 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.

Pagodinho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pagodinho tries to clinch up.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love wants to clinch up but Pagodinho keeps it at a distance.
Love tries to clinch

and Pagodinho counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Love!
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pagodinho unloads with some shots from mount but Love bucks and avoids them well.
Love keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pagodinho misses with a head shot.
Love 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.
Love is trying to stand.
Love won't allow Pagodinho to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagodinho thows a huge punch but Love dodges it nicely.
Pagodinho trying to advance position but Love counters by regaining guard.
Pagodinho will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pagodinho trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Love manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Love wants to stand but Pagodinho is controlling his posture from full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pagodinho closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Pagodinho pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bum Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two 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.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Pagodinho closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pagodinho lands in his opponent's guard.
Pagodinho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Love trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Love looking to control.
Pagodinho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Love controls Pagodinho momentarily but Pagodinho frees himself.
Pagodinho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pagodinho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Love drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pagodinho wants to sweep but no luck.
Pagodinho wants to hit a switch here but Love passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Pagodinho there!
Pagodinho tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pagodinho wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Pagodinho is in bad spot here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Love has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Love doesn't have the hooks in and Pagodinho manages to turn into his guard.
Pagodinho postures up.
Love manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pagodinho manages to get himself to full guard.
Bum Love has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pagodinho can't keep his opponent in guard - Love advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pagodinho is not content to let Love control the position.
Pagodinho keeping hold of Love's head, controlling as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bum Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Love tries to clinch up.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pagodinho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love shoots in looking for a takedown. Pagodinho tries to sprawl out of it but Love keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pagodinho manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Love stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Love wants it to stay on the feet.
Pagodinho misses with a takedown attempt - Love sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Some wild striking there from Love.
Pagodinho really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pagodinho but Pagodinho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch but Pagodinho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pagodinho drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pagodinho is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Love has escaped the position, nice work there.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Love controls the position for a moment.
Love is looking to reverse the position.
The ground and pound from Pagodinho seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pagodinho trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.

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.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pagodinho working the body and head with strikes.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Pagodinho forces Love back against the cage and clinches.
Love stops a takedown attempt from Pagodinho.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zeca Pagodinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Love pushes off an throws an elbow but Pagodinho leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Love throws an elbow but it misses.
Pagodinho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pagodinho smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love shoots for a takedown but Pagodinho saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pagodinho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pagodinho shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Love throws a head kick that misses.
Pagodinho displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Love tries to work over Pagodinho's front leg with a kick but Pagodinho checks it.
Pagodinho with a poor takedown

and Love counters with a single leg into guard. Pagodinho didn't expect that.
Pagodinho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pagodinho keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Pagodinho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
Pagodinho is working hard here to advance position.

Pagodinho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Zeca Pagodinho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bum Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Love passes Pagodinho's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bum Love.
I've got Love winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bum Love!