PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Green Tea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spa Reine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tea
vs
Reine

185 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Green Tea!
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, Spa Reine!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tea shoots for a takedown but Reine saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reine tries to clinch up.
Reine slow jab from Tea misses its intended target.
Tea misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reine misses with a looping left.
Tea dodges the punch combination from Reine.
Reine looks to land a body kick but Tea moved away.
Reine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tea.
An elbow from Tea crashes against the mat.
Tea in side control, throwing shots but Reine defends.

Tea is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Reine is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tea working the ground and pound but Reine is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tea throws a strike aimed at the side of Reine's head but Reine avoids it well.
Tea tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Tea decides to stand back up.

Tea bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tea is breathing heavily.

Tea is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Reine knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tea scores with a couple of short elbows.
Reine manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Reine trying to control but Tea postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea throwing shots but Reine is blocking nicely.
Tea throws a strike but Reine avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tea throws and elbow that misses. Reine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tea's guard. Nice move by Reine!
Tea keeping full guard, as Reine tries to pass.
Reine tries to stand but Tea is controlling from the bottom.
Tea 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.
Tea throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tea on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reine tries to clinch but Tea moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Reine as Tea shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Green Tea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reine moves in looking to clinch but Tea pushes him off.
Tea fails with the takedown.

Tea decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Reine blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tea.
Tea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tea uses his free foot to push down on Reine's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Reine.
Reine holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tea tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tea cracks Reine 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.
Tea looking to ground and pound but Reine is blocking nicely.
Tea throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tea throwing strikes here but Reine is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tea avoids the attempt from Reine to control.
Tea misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Reine holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tea tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tea looking to finish with strikes here!
Tea avoids the attempt from Reine to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Green Tea dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Green Tea has been cut.
Green Tea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reine blocks a low kick nicely.
Tea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tea throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reine's waist but Reine gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tea off to one side.
Reine slips a jab and a cross from Tea.

Tea closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Reine to the mat! Reine manages to get full guard.
Tea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reine manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tea manages to get himself to full guard.
Tea throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Reine avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reine showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reine is looking to stand up but Tea won't let him.
Tea tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Tea throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tea thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Reine stopping the sweep attempt from Tea.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reine misses with a low kick as Tea jumps back.
Tea misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by Tea or perhaps it was just good defense by Reine which made him look bad.

Tea shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Reine is breathing heavily.
Tea working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Reine slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Tea throws a strike but Reine avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tea postures up in Reine's guard and throws a big left but Reine blocks it.
Tea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tea missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tea is looking to advance position but Reine has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tea tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea is working hard here to advance position.
Reine trying to control but Tea is having none of it.
Tea is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Green Tea overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spa Reine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Green Tea's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reine manages to avoid it.

Tea shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reine's guard.
Tea is looking to work some ground and pound but Reine has wrist control.

Tea postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Reine is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tea, into his guard.
Tea doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Reine pushing down on Tea's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tea regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tea 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.
Tea looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Reine puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reine looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Tea is looking for a sweep. Reine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Tea is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Reine pulls his head out easily.
Reine blocks the strikes from Tea.
Tea is looking for a sweep. Reine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tea throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reine's waist but Reine gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tea off to one side.
Tea with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reine to score with a decent uppercut.
Green Tea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reine throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tea throws a sloppy head kick and Reine moves out of range easily.
Tea misses with a combination
and Reine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reine as he jumps to the side.
Tea shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Reine but Reine pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Green Tea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reine with a hook.

Tea looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Reine wants to get back to his feet.
Tea misses with a head shot. Reine uses the momentum to regain guard.
Reine is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tea is controlling him.
Tea tries to free his leg and advance position but Reine is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea throwing strikes from guard but Reine blocks nicely.
Tea with a nice head shot there.
Tea throws and elbow that misses. Reine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tea's guard. Nice move by Reine!
Tea 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.
Tea trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Tea working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Reine doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Reine manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Reine preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Reine wants to control from the top but Tea keeps moving.
Reine stopping the sweep attempt from Tea.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tea shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reine pinned against the cage. Reine gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reine tries to clinch there but Tea circles away.
Tea darts in trying to clinch

and Reine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spa Reine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spa Reine!