PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Teixeira
vs
Wright

169 cm
26
177 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

195 cm
26
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cristiano Teixeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aaron Wright!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright swings widly with a right hand
and Teixeira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wright throws a lazy right hand but Teixeira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wright's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wright duly obliges.
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wright throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Teixeira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Aaron Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teixeira defending well as Wright loads up on a big left hand.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teixeira ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright falls off balance throwing a combination

and Teixeira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Teixeira has Wright pressed against the ropes, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wright tries to break free but Teixeira pushes him back against the ropes.
Teixeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wright tries to circle away but Teixeira has him pinned against the ropes.
Teixeira has Wright pressed against the ropes, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Teixeira jumps guard but Wright stands there with Teixeira around his waist. Teixeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Teixeira has him pressed against the ropes.
Teixeira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wright smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cristiano Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teixeira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Teixeira tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Wright throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Teixeira moves into the clinch.
Wright tries to circle away but Teixeira has him pinned against the ropes.
Teixeira jumps guard but Wright stands there with Teixeira around his waist. Teixeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Teixeira jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wright walks away with a smile on his face. Teixeira gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Teixeira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright looks to land a combination but Teixeira avoids it well.
Wright looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teixeira wants to clinch.
Teixeira wants to clinch up but Wright keeps it at a distance.
Wright throws a combination that misses

and Teixeira counters by clinching up.
Wright tries to break free but Teixeira pushes him back against the ropes.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Teixeira is controlling him.
Teixeira tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the ropes and eventually Teixeira drops back down to his feet.

Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright misses with a double jab

and Teixeira counters by moving into the clinch.
Teixeira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wright wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to break free but Teixeira pushes him back against the ropes.
Teixeira keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Teixeira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wright is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Teixeira has Wright pressed against the ropes, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Teixeira has Wright pressed against the ropes, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Teixeira jumps guard but Wright stands there with Teixeira around his waist. Teixeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wright is looking to break free of the clinch but Teixeira has double underhooks.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Teixeira won't allow it.
Teixeira has Wright pressed against the ropes, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Teixeira is controlling the position.
Teixeira jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wright walks away with a smile on his face. Teixeira gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wright throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Teixeira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Teixeira.

Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Teixeira.
Teixeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four 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.
Wright misses with a left hand

and Teixeira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Wright manages to break the clinch.
Wright misses with a hook. Teixeira ducked under it nicely.
Teixeira tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wright misses with a combination

and Teixeira counters by clinching up.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Teixeira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wright smiles and moves away.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teixeira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cristiano Teixeira will probably get the nod.
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.

Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Teixeira tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Teixeira tries to clinch up.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Teixeira circles away quickly and effectively.
Teixeira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.

Teixeira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Teixeira is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Teixeira successfully pulls guard.

Wright avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wright won't allow Teixeira to sweep him here.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wright scoring with punches to the head and body.

Teixeira looking for a guillotine here but Wright defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Teixeira has his foot on Wright's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wright works his way back into a safe position though.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Teixeira is looking for a triangle but Wright pushes his legs off easily.
Wright lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Teixeira looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wright scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Teixeira 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.
Wright must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Wright avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Teixeira might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Teixeira 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wright forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Teixeira looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wright is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wright lands strikes from half guard.
Wright really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Teixeira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wright winds up and cracks Teixeira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wright lands strikes from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright lands strikes from half guard.
Teixeira is pressing down on Wright's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Wright working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Teixeira's head.
Teixeira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wright content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wright works over Teixeira with some ground and pound from guard.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wright connects with a couple of short punches.

Teixeira has his foot on Wright's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wright works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Teixeira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wright landing with the ground and pound.

Teixeira has his foot on Wright's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wright works his way back into a safe position though.

Teixeira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wright scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wright works over Teixeira with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Teixeira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wright defends well.
Wright makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Teixeira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wright defends it easily.
Wright lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Teixeira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wright is aware though and is defending well.
Teixeira has momentary wrist control but Wright slips an elbow through the middle.
Wright with a nice head shot there.
Wright stands up over Teixeira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Teixeira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Teixeira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wright doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wright manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Teixeira 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Teixeira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wright working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aaron Wright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright throws a lazy uppercut

and Teixeira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Wright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Teixeira defending well as Wright loads up on a big left hand.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Wright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teixeira moves away.
Cristiano Teixeira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teixeira tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teixeira tries to close the distance and clinch but Wright swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Teixeira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright falls off balance throwing a combination

and Teixeira counters by clinching up.
Wright is trying to push Teixeira away but Teixeira has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Teixeira fails to pull guard.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Teixeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wright breaks the clinch.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Teixeira.
Teixeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Teixeira moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Wright works over Teixeira's head and body with a nice combination.
Teixeira is looking to clinch.
Wright throws a big shot that misses.
Wright misses with a combination

and Teixeira counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cristiano Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Teixeira has him pressed against the ropes.
Wright tries to break free but Teixeira pushes him back against the ropes.
Wright wants to break free but Teixeira has control.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Teixeira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wright just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Teixeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Teixeira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wright smiles and moves away.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss

and Teixeira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Teixeira jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wright walks away with a smile on his face. Teixeira gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.
Teixeira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teixeira is looking to clinch.
Wright throws a right hand that misses

and Teixeira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Teixeira pulls guard effortlessly.

Teixeira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wright can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Teixeira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Wright has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Teixeira to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Wright is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Teixeira pulls down on the head and he's put Wright to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Cristiano Teixeira!