PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Alwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alwa has chosen Spongebob - End Theme as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Fantana
vs
Alwa

168 cm
22
142 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Brian Fantana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Alwa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alwa fails with the takedown.

Fantana looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Alwa!
Fantana looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alwa can't escape the position.
Fantana controlling from the full mount.
Alwa can't escape the position.
Alwa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Alwa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alwa looks gassed!
Fantana lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana tries to pass to full mount but Alwa defends it.
Alwa is trying to get back to full guard.

Fantana decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Fantana drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alwa tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Fantana easily slips into full mount!
Fantana controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantana prevents Alwa from getting the reversal.
Fantana controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantana landing strikes from the mount and Alwa is in trouble!
Fantana takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alwa tries to hold on but Fantana postures up.
Fantana has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Alwa's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alwa is bucking up trying to escape but Fantana cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantana lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantana controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantana seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Alwa for as long as he can get away with.
Alwa tries to hold on but Fantana postures up.

Fantana wants to finish this one by submission but Alwa is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Fantana.
Alwa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fantana controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantana trying to control but Alwa is having none of it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brian Fantana just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Fantana misses with a few strikes there.
Fantana moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantana moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Alwa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alwa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fantana checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Fantana dominated that 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.

Alwa slips a jab and a cross from Fantana.
No joy there for Fantana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantana throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alwa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alwa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Fantana scores a takedown into full mount!
Fantana controlling the pace for now.
Fantana can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alwa is looking to escape.
Alwa is breathing heavily.
Alwa tries to reverse the position but Fantana maintains control.
Alwa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantana landing punches.
Fantana controlling from the full mount.
Fantana looking to control but Alwa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fantana takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alwa is looking to improve his position but Fantana isn't that keen on the idea.
Fantana trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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.
Fantana landing strikes from the mount.
Alwa is looking to get to half guard.
Fantana with shots to the head and body - Alwa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantana landing shots from mount.
Fantana working Alwa over with strikes here.
Fantana controlling from the full mount.
Fantana looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantana in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantana content just to control the position here.
Fantana's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brian Fantana just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fantana!
Fantana with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantana throws a one two combo.
Fantana moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantana lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Fantana shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Alwa is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alwa looking for a kimura from the bottom but Fantana passes into side control!
Alwa tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Fantana presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Alwa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fantana 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.
Fantana tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Alwa has left one of his arms exposed and Fantana doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Alwa screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Fantana!