PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lon Sihanouk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braga comes into the arena with Immortal - Beyond the North Waves blaring out of the sound system. Sihanouk has chosen Traditional Thai Fighting Music as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braga
vs
Sihanouk

186 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
207 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Resistance

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lon Sihanouk !
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sihanouk tries to land a front kick but Braga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Braga will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that misses.
Braga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braga scores with a body shot.
Sihanouk connects with a jab.
Sihanouk ducks under a wild hook from Braga.
Sihanouk keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Braga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sihanouk tries a head kick but it misses.
Sihanouk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An inside leg kick from Sihanouk misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Sihanouk is just out of range.
Braga throws a leg kick but Sihanouk checks it.
Gabriel Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braga lands a head shot.
Braga lands a body shot.
Braga connects with a solid leg kick.
Braga throws a hook but Sihanouk avoids it easily.
Braga lands with a straight right. Sihanouk didn't see that one coming.
Sihanouk looks for the body kick but Braga saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braga. Sihanouk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Braga circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sihanouk scores with a push kick.
Sihanouk wants to clinch.
Braga misses with a looping right.
Lon Sihanouk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sihanouk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sihanouk throws a head kick but Braga moves out of range.
Sihanouk is looking to land body kicks.
Sihanouk ducks under a wild hook from Braga.
Sihanouk ducks under a wild hook from Braga.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk throws a low kick, looking for Braga's leg but Braga calmly moves out of range.
Sihanouk works the jab nicely.
Sihanouk throws a head kick that misses.
Braga checks a leg kick.
Braga darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sihanouk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sihanouk scores with a head kick.
Braga takes a kick to the side of the head.
Braga moves away from the strike by Sihanouk .
Braga misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga throws a big shot that misses.
Sihanouk throws a head kick but Braga moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sihanouk manages to avoid it.
Sihanouk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braga.
Sihanouk connects with an inside leg kick.
Braga walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Braga misses with a hook.
Sihanouk connects with a looping right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braga shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sihanouk but Sihanouk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sihanouk misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lon Sihanouk will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sihanouk lands a slapping body shot.
Sihanouk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Braga fails to land the takedown.
Braga drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Sihanouk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sihanouk manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Braga misses with a body punch.
Braga tries a body shot but Sihanouk blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Braga.
Braga lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihanouk working aggressively here.
Sihanouk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sihanouk misses with a body punch.
Sihanouk misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sihanouk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sihanouk misses with a punch on the inside.
Sihanouk lands an uppercut.
Braga tries a body shot but Sihanouk blocks it.
Braga lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sihanouk backwards.
A shot in the inside from Braga.
Braga blocks an elbow strike.
Braga avoiding damage.
Sihanouk misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Sihanouk .
Sihanouk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Sihanouk fails to land.

Braga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sihanouk doesn't manage to clinch there - Braga circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Sihanouk as Braga shoots in.
Braga avoids the head kick by Sihanouk .
Braga is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sihanouk .
Braga connects with a body shot.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Braga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sihanouk loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.
Braga thows a body shot but no joy.
Braga misses with an uppercut
and Sihanouk makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Braga really felt that one!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk motions for Braga to come forward. Sihanouk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Braga throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sihanouk takes one to the side of the head.
Sihanouk scoring well with a low kick there.
Braga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sihanouk can pounce on him.
Sihanouk lands a head shot.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Sihanouk is just out of range.
Sihanouk lands a head kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Braga loads up on a big right hand but Sihanouk slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braga throws a jab when Sihanouk was well out of range.
No luck for Braga with that takedown attempt.
Sihanouk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Braga thows a leg kick but Sihanouk checks it
and Sihanouk counters with a thumping low kick.
A punch combination from Sihanouk misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sihanouk was well out of range. Poor timing from Braga.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Braga circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lon Sihanouk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Braga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Sihanouk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braga moves away.
Braga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sihanouk manages to avoid it.
Braga pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sihanouk is out of range and Braga settles back down.
Braga lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Lon Sihanouk has been cut.
Sihanouk scores with a kick to the body.
Braga throws a hook to the side of Sihanouk 's head but Sihanouk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Braga shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sihanouk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sihanouk is trying to stand up here but Braga is controlling him well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Braga throwing shots but Sihanouk is blocking nicely.

Braga wants to work for an arm triangle but Sihanouk is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Braga seems to be looking for submissions.
Braga lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gabriel Braga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk keeping control of the position.
Sihanouk wants to get back to his feet.
Sihanouk is trying to control but can't.

Braga in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Sihanouk tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Braga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Braga!