PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Armando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Plakad Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Armando is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Armando
vs
Sagat

192 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Experienced

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, Miguel Armando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Plakad Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Armando clinches.
Armando lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Plakad Sagat has been cut.
Sagat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armando lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Armando breaks from the clinch.
Armando moves in looking to clinch but Sagat pushes him off.

Armando moves into the clinch.
Armando throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sagat blocks it with crossed arms.
Armando has Sagat pushed against the cage.
Sagat fails to pull guard.
Armando is pushing Sagat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Armando lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armando taking a breather.
Armando tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sagat avoids it.

Armando's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Armando tries to close the distance and clinch but Sagat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Armando darts in and clinches Sagat up against the cage.
Sagat tries a body shot but Armando blocks it.
Armando on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armando.
Sagat can't get the takedown.

Armando successfully pulls guard.
Sagat wants to stand and escape but instead Armando has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armando won't allow Sagat to sweep him here.
Armando wants to stand but Sagat has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Armando stopping the sweep attempt from Sagat.
Sagat wants to stand up but Armando is controlling him.

Armando gets to his feet - Sagat follows without any prompting.
Nice takedown defense from Armando. No joy for Sagat on that attempt.
Miguel Armando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Plakad Sagat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armando throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sagat's waist but Sagat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Armando off to one side.
Armando tries to clinch but Sagat moves out of range.
Sagat fails with a takedown attempt.
Sagat stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sagat wants it to stay on the feet.
Sagat dives in and grabs Armando's left leg, looking for a takedown. Armando pushes down on Sagat's head and hops out.
Sagat looks gassed!
Armando tries to clinch there but Sagat circles away.
Armando throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armando tries to clinch but Sagat moves out of range.
Armando throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armando shoots in for a takedown but Sagat shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armando wants to clinch up but Sagat keeps it at a distance.
Armando throws a jab when Sagat was well out of range.
Sagat keeps the fight on the outside.
Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armando paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Sagat with that takedown attempt.
Sagat fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Armando avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armando tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sagat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Armando dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Plakad Sagat's cut.
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.

Armando wants to clinch up but Sagat keeps it at a distance.
Sagat closes this distance looking for a takedown but Armando circles away.
Sagat fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Sagat gets tackled into the cage by Armando. Armando maintains the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Armando takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Armando can't get the takedown.
Armando is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sagat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armando is looking for a takedown.

Armando pulls Sagat into guard.
Sagat tries to stand but Armando is controlling from the bottom.
Sagat must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sagat is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Armando is looking for a triangle here but Sagat uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Armando manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sagat's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat wants to stand but Armando has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Sagat is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Armando manages to get to full guard.
Armando throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Armando throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sagat trying to stand up but can't free himself from Armando's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sagat stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sagat chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Armando can pounce on him.
Armando shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sagat sprawls well. Sagat wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Armando gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Armando. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sagat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Armando is fending him off so far but Sagat persists. Nope, Armando circles away and we're back to standing.
Miguel Armando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armando misses with a few strikes there.
Sagat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Armando manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armando will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat swats away the attempt to clinch by Armando.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sagat is defended easily by Armando.
Armando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armando fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Armando.
Armando tries to close the distance and clinch but Sagat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Armando dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Plakad Sagat's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Armando tries to clinch but Sagat moves out of range.
Sagat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Armando tries to clinch but Sagat is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Armando. No joy for Sagat on that attempt.

Armando clinches up with Sagat and pushes him back against the cage.
Sagat trying to stall but Armando improves his position.
Armando gets underhooks to prevent Sagat's takedown attempt.
Miguel Armando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Plakad Sagat.
Armando is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sagat tries to score a body lock takedown but Armando shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Armando lands an elbow that stopped Sagat in his tracks for a moment.
Sagat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Armando drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Armando unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sagat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat blocks a body shot from Armando.
Armando putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sagat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miguel Armando has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Armando content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Armando lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Armando pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sagat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armando tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sagat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armando throws a sloppy head kick and Sagat moves out of range easily.
Armando fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sagat checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armando rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sagat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Armando has Sagat up against the cage in a clinch.

Armando breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Armando throws a leg kick that misses.
Sagat blocks a head kick by Armando.
Sagat fails to land the takedown.
Armando fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sagat closes the distance and clinches up with Armando, looking for a takedown. Sagat pushes Armando against the cage but Armando circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Armando closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sagat gets underhooks to prevent Armando's takedown attempt.
Armando pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sagat tries to pull guard but Armando forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Armando has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sagat is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Armando is pressed up against the cage. Sagat has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Armando down to the mat. Armando avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Armando gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Armando working hard to break the clinch.
Sagat misses with an elbow over the top.
Sagat is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Armando.

Armando ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Armando no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sagat would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Armando is on top in guard.
Armando has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sagat is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plakad Sagat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miguel Armando is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Armando wants to control from the top but Sagat keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Armando showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Armando has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Armando!
Miguel Armando decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.