PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Malfacine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulao Grosso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Malfacine looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Malfacine
vs
Grosso

165 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Malfacine!
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, Paulao Grosso!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grosso lands a leg kick that knocks Malfacine off balance momentarily.
Malfacine leaves Grosso with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Malfacine is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grosso.

Grosso shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Malfacine controlling the position for now.
Grosso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Malfacine keeps working.
Grosso really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Malfacine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grosso thows a huge punch but Malfacine dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfacine desperately trying to maintain half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Grosso gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Grosso can't keep his opponent in guard - Malfacine advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Malfacine with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Grosso manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Malfacine controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grosso is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Malfacine passes into half guard.
Malfacine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Grosso looks gassed!
Malfacine controlling the pace.
Malfacine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malfacine is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bruno Malfacine wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Malfacine is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grosso.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Malfacine shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Malfacine showed some decent athleticism there.
Malfacine controlling the action here.
Malfacine seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Grosso for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Malfacine dominated that round.
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.

Grosso drives through with a takedown into Malfacine's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Malfacine keeping moving, preventing Grosso from controlling successfully.
Malfacine managing to control the position.
Malfacine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malfacine is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Paulao Grosso wasn't active enough on the ground.

Malfacine changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Grosso looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grosso struggling a bit here.
Grosso is breathing heavily.
Malfacine content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Grosso is looking for a sweep.

Malfacine has hold of Grosso's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Grosso seems comfortable defending it but Malfacine has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Grosso is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Grosso is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Malfacine couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Malfacine!