PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jew Doh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tato Luna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luna has chosen Quiero Que Me Quieras by Gael Garcia Bernal as his entrance music. Jew Doh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doh
vs
Luna

175 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
20
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jew Doh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tato Luna!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luna works Doh's body with a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Luna.
Luna swinging wilding here.
Luna misses with a two punch combination.
Doh looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luna is fending him off so far but Doh persists. Nope, Luna circles away and we're back to standing.
Luna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Luna drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Doh is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Luna is just content to waste time from the top position. Doh takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Doh has his foot on Luna's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Luna works his way back into a safe position though.
Doh pulls Luna in to control the position.
Luna postures up.
Luna throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doh pulls Luna in close to prevent any damage.
Doh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luna trying to control but Doh is working from the bottom.
Doh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luna is one step ahead there.
Doh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Luna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luna.
Doh doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

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.
Luna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luna stalks Doh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Doh's face. Doh staggers backwards, shaken.
Luna throws a right hand that Doh ducks under and follows up with a left that Doh also avoids with ease.
Doh fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jew Doh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doh is breathing heavily.
Luna darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Doh dodges the punch combination from Luna.
Luna scores with a nice right hand.
Doh has his takedown stuffed
and Luna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luna scores with a three punch combo!
Luna misses with a few strikes there.
Luna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tato Luna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doh dodges the punch combination from Luna.
Doh fails with the takedown

and Luna counters with a nice double leg into side control. Doh won't be happy with that.
Doh is looking for a sweep.

Luna is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Doh is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Doh wants to control but Luna postures up.
Luna is looking to take a break and control but Doh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doh struggling a bit here.
Luna looks up at the clock and then as Doh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Luna smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Luna thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Luna tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luna tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Doh manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Luna trying to mount his opponent but Doh defends it.
Doh is controlling Luna's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Luna throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Luna is looking for a kimura but Doh is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Luna to get the leverage.
Doh makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Doh.
Luna tries to free his leg and advance position but Doh is retaining full guard.

Doh had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Luna is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Doh Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Luna's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Doh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Doh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luna digs a good body shot into Doh's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Luna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luna throws a series of punches but Doh avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Luna does no damage.
Luna fails to land with a series of punches.

Doh drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Doh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Doh trying to control the action but Luna is working from the bottom.
Luna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Doh wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Luna gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Luna is working to get back to half guard.
Luna tries to control the position but Doh now has his back.
Will Doh go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Doh is riding his opponent, not letting Luna buck him off.
Luna breaks Doh's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Luna must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Doh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Luna tries to free his leg and advance position but Doh is retaining full guard.
Luna wants to stand but Doh is controlling his posture from full guard.
Luna postures up and lands a big shot to Doh's brow.
Doh has control of Luna's left arm, preventing Luna from doing any damage.
Doh keeping full guard, as Luna tries to pass.
Doh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Luna manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luna working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Doh has passed into half guard!

Doh is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Doh is trying to control the action in half guard but Luna is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doh not doing much here.
Doh passes the guard and advances to mount!
Doh controlling from mount.
Luna is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doh controlling from mount.
Luna sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Doh is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Luna tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Luna wants to control but Doh is keeping busy.
Still in half guard, Doh seems content to control.

Doh is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Luna has managed to free his arm - good work.
Luna tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Doh has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jew Doh dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Doh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Doh misses with a takedown attempt - Luna sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Doh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jew Doh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doh slips a jab and a cross from Luna.
Luna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luna throws out a powerful jab.
Doh fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luna throws a right and a left that Doh avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doh fails with the takedown
and Luna counters with a three punch combo that has Doh backing up. Doh nods at Luna to acknowledge the strikes.
Luna throws a right hand that Doh ducks under and follows up with a left that Doh also avoids with ease.
Luna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luna swinging wilding here.
Luna throws a right and a left that Doh avoids nicely.
Doh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luna.
Luna misses with a takedown attempt

so Doh counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Luna has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Doh has passed into side control.
Luna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Luna wants to control but Doh postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Luna is trying to get back to half guard.
Luna is trying to control Doh's posture but Doh avoids it.
Luna throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luna lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Luna swinging wilding here.
Doh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Luna. That snapped Doh's head back.
Luna misses with a hook. Doh ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doh slips a jab and a cross from Luna.
Doh has his takedown stuffed

and Luna counters with a takedown into side control.
Doh gets back to half guard.
Doh moves into full guard.

Doh looking for a guillotine here but Luna defends easily.

Luna 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.

Doh has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Luna should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Doh has tightened it up now! Luna should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jew Doh!