PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Iron Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Man
vs
Thiago

180 cm
23
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
24
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iron Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Man has a takedown stuffed.
Thiago throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man shoots for a takedown but Thiago saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thiago wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Thiago stuffs the takedown attempt from Man. Man gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iron Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Thiago.
Thiago throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
Thiago stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thiago wants it to stay on the feet.
No luck for Man with that takedown attempt.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man shoots in looking for a takedown. Thiago tries to sprawl out of it but Man keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thiago manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Thiago has managed to clinch.
Thiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thiago gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thiago taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago is trying to force a seperation but Man has the dominant position.

Thiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Thiago closes the distance and clinches.
Thiago gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thiago cracks Man with a nice body shot.
Man has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Thiago avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Thiago taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thiago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Thiago - that landed with a thud.
Thiago working hard to break the clinch.
Thiago lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Thiago as the two fighters clinch.
Thiago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thiago's efforts to push away.
Thiago tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thiago's efforts to push away.
Thiago leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago lands with a light punch inside.
Thiago tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Thiago looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Thiago scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thiago lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Thiago.
Thiago working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Man has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Thiago avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thiago works on Man's body with a couple of short punches.

Thiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Iron Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Thiago moves into range and clinches up with Man.
Thiago lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thiago scores with a shot to the side of Man's head.
Thiago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Man or not.
Thiago trying to land knees to the body.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Thiago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Thiago misses with a double jab.

Thiago takes the fight into the clinch.
Man letting Thiago take a breather here.
Thiago throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thiago looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Man drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thiago lands a shoulder strike.
Man letting Thiago take a breather here.
Thiago has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Thiago - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thiago lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago lands a body shot.
Thiago lands a body punch.
Thiago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thiago lands a body shot.
Man goes for a takedown attempt but Thiago pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thiago is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Thiago misses with a series of wild punches.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thiago counters with a left and a right that stings Man.

Thiago gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Man to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Thiago dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Man fails with a takedown attempt.
Man is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thiago sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Thiago throws a shot to the body.

Thiago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Man has Thiago pressed against the cage, preventing Thiago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thiago manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thiago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thiago is trying to break free.
Man is working for takedown but Thiago is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iron Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Thiago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Thiago moves into range and clinches up with Man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thiago taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Thiago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thiago works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries to pull guard but Thiago won't allow it.
Thiago works on Man's body with a couple of short punches.
Thiago will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Man up against the cage.

Thiago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thiago tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Man fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Man is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thiago.
Thiago throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Man shoots in for a takedown but Thiago shows good takedown defense.
Man fails to land the takedown.
Thiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Man scores with a takedown into Thiago's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago 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.
Thiago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thiago wants to stand but Man is controlling the position.
Man is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Man drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Thiago dives on top into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Thiago wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
Man controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man has a closed guard, preventing Thiago from standing up.
Man is pulling down on Thiago's head to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Man 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.
Man is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Thiago showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Man or perhaps it was just good defense by Thiago which made him look bad.
Thiago changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thiago closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Thiago.
Thiago tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Thiago stalks Man and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Man's face. Man staggers backwards, shaken.

Thiago closes the distance and pushes Man back into the cage.
Thiago presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thiago is looking to break free of the clinch but Man has double underhooks.
Man drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thiago gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iron Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thiago lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Man or not.
Thiago prevents the takedown attempt.
Thiago scores with a shot to the side of Man's head.
Thiago is pressed up against the cage. Man has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thiago down to the mat. Thiago avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thiago lands a jab to Man's midsection.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thiago swinging wildly here.

Thiago has taken the fight to the clinch.
Man tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thiago is working Man over against the cage.
Thiago lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Man or not.
Thiago gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Man.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thiago's efforts to push away.
Thiago scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man goes for a takedown attempt but Thiago pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Man takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Man shoots in for a double leg but Thiago sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thiago scores with a jab to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thiago tries to break the clinch but Man is controlling the position.
Man wants a takedown but no success here.
Thiago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thiago wants to get back to striking at distance but Man won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Thiago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Man tries for a takedown but Thiago manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Man drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thiago gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Man's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thiago misses with a punch to the body.
Man is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thiago pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short uppercut from Thiago.

Thiago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thiago counters with a two punch combo.

Man shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Man throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago is not content to let Man control the position.
Thiago is looking to improve his position.
Man is nestled in close to Thiago, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thiago can do anything to dispel that myth.
Man takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Man throwing shots but Thiago is blocking nicely.
Man seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Iron Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulo Thiago is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man throws a strike but Thiago avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Thiago comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thiago 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Thiago!