PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wandy Wandeco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wandeco has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pontes
vs
Wandeco

180 cm
24
199 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

181 cm
25
199 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

ANABOLIC **160** and LAUNDRY
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ANABOLIC **160** and LAUNDRY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Pontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandy Wandeco!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pontes connects with a body shot that sends Wandeco's belly button to the back.

Wandeco drives through and clinches with Pontes against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wandeco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pontes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pontes taking a breather.
Wandeco lands a hook that snaps the head of Pontes backwards.
Pontes gets through Wandeco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pontes can't find room to land a body shot as Wandeco controls the action.
Wandeco lands a hook to the side of the head.

Wandeco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pontes closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Pontes fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wandeco throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wandeco as Pontes tries to tie him up.
Pontes misses with a body punch.
Wandeco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pontes pushes Wandeco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pontes misses with a body punch.
Pontes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Wandeco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wandeco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pontes ducks under a wild hook from Wandeco.
Nice shot by Pontes.
Pontes throws a lazy right hand but Wandeco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pontes dips to his left and cracks Wandeco with an uppercut!
Wandeco gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Pontes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wandeco misses with a knee strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pontes trying to stall but Wandeco improves his position.
Wandeco has Pontes pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wandeco lands an elbow just above Pontes 's eye.
Pontes misses with the head strike.
Pontes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wandeco.
Wandeco prevents a body shot from Pontes.
Pontes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wandeco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pontes backwards.
Wandeco scores with a shoulder strike.
Pontes struggles to land a body shot inside as Wandeco controls his hands.

Wandeco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pontes moves into the clinch successfully.
A short body shot lands from Wandeco as the two fighters clinch.
Pontes stalling in the clinch but Wandeco improves position.
Wandeco connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pontes's face.
Pontes misses with a body punch.
Wandeco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pontes trying to control the position but instead, Wandeco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pontes into the cage.

Wandeco breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pontes rushes Wandeco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pontes struggles to land a body shot inside as Wandeco controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wandeco.
Pontes has a couple of punches blocked by Wandeco.
Wandeco lands an elbow just above Pontes 's eye.

Wandeco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pontes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wandeco was well out of range. Poor timing from Pontes.

Pontes gets a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pontes can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Wandeco lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wandeco pushes Pontes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pontes swings wildly with an uppercut but Wandeco uses good head movement to avoid it.

Wandeco manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pontes darts in and clinches Wandeco up against the cage.
Pontes takes a shot to the head.
Pontes is trying to maintain a safe position but Wandeco gets an underhook and turns Pontes into the cage.

Wandeco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pontes clobbers Wandeco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pontes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pontes has closed the distance and engaged Wandeco in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wandeco scores with a shot to the side of Pontes's head.
A shot in the inside from Wandeco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pontes.
Pontes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pontes lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wandy Wandeco will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wandeco ducks under a wild hook from Pontes.
Wandeco takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Pontes closes the distance and clinches.
Pontes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wandeco blocks a body shot from Pontes.
A right handed body shot lands from Pontes.
Wandeco tries a knee to the head but Pontes blocks it.
Wandeco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pontes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pontes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pontes scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pontes is working Wandeco over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pontes fails to land.
Wandy Wandeco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wandeco lands a nice elbow.
Pontes misses with a punch to the body.
Wandeco lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Wandeco breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Pontes has managed to clinch.
Pontes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pontes tries a body shot but Wandeco blocks it.
Wandeco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pontes is looking to control Wandeco's arms but Wandeco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pontes has his back to the cage.
Wandeco will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pontes up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Wandeco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pontes.
Wandeco is trying to maintain a safe position but Pontes gets an underhook and turns Wandeco into the cage.
Wandeco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pontes looking to stall.
Pontes has a couple of punches blocked by Wandeco.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wandeco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wandeco lands with a left to the head.
Pontes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wandeco pushes Pontes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Wandeco.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Wandeco.
Pontes misses with a punch on the inside.
Wandeco lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wandeco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pontes or not.
Wandeco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wandeco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Wandeco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wandeco moves into the clinch successfully.
Wandeco scores with a knee to the head.
Wandeco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Pontes is rocked!
Wandeco stalling in the clinch.
Oh Pontes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pontes seems to have got his legs back now.
Wandeco crunches a lovely knee into Pontes's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wandeco trying to control the position but instead, Pontes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wandeco into the cage.
Wandeco tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wandeco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pontes backwards.
Pontes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pontes trying to control the position but instead, Wandeco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pontes into the cage.
Wandeco lands a hook that snaps the head of Pontes backwards.
Wandeco connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pontes's face.

Wandeco drops Pontes with a big knee straight up the middle! Pontes is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pontes throws an off balance right hand
and Wandeco scores with a counter punch that sends Pontes to the canvas! Wandeco smells blood - he's punishing Pontes with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Pontes has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wandy Wandeco!
Wandy Wandeco thanked the fans post fight for their support.