PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Stravinsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Espoleta Pra Caramba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stravinsky
vs
Pra Caramba

180 cm
20
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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, Mike Stravinsky!
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, Espoleta Pra Caramba!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pra Caramba moves out of range as Stravinsky throws a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pra Caramba.
Stravinsky is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Pra Caramba lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stravinsky doesn't seem phased though.
Pra Caramba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pra Caramba stalks Stravinsky and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stravinsky's face. Stravinsky staggers backwards, shaken.
Pra Caramba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Pra Caramba forces Stravinsky back against the cage and clinches.
Stravinsky has Pra Caramba pressed against the cage, preventing Pra Caramba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Pra Caramba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stravinsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stravinsky checks a low kick from Pra Caramba.
Stravinsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pra Caramba.
Stravinsky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stravinsky shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stravinsky changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pra Caramba tries to avoid it but Stravinsky manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pra Caramba to the ground. Pra Caramba escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pra Caramba dives in and grabs Stravinsky's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stravinsky pushes down on Pra Caramba's head and hops out.
Pra Caramba misses with a combination
and Stravinsky counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pra Caramba thinking.
Pra Caramba keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stravinsky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stravinsky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pra Caramba.
Stravinsky misses with a wild combination.

Stravinsky shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stravinsky showed some decent athleticism there.
Stravinsky wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pra Caramba keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stravinsky throwing shots but Pra Caramba is blocking nicely.
Pra Caramba is staying active underneath Stravinsky, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mike Stravinsky just wasn't active enough.
Stravinsky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pra Caramba counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stravinsky feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stravinsky is breathing heavily.
Pra Caramba wants to stand but Stravinsky is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stravinsky slips nicely into half guard.

Stravinsky is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pra Caramba defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stravinsky wants to control but Pra Caramba is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pra Caramba wants to get back to his feet.
Stravinsky trying to control from Pra Caramba's half guard. Pra Caramba has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pra Caramba wants to stand but Stravinsky is controlling the position.
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 Mike Stravinsky will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stravinsky slips a jab and a cross from Pra Caramba.
Some wild striking there from Pra Caramba.

Stravinsky gets a clinch.

Pra Caramba manages to break the clinch.
Stravinsky tries to clinch but Pra Caramba is having none of it.
Pra Caramba defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stravinsky.
Stravinsky misses the jab.
Pra Caramba leaves Stravinsky with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pra Caramba stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pra Caramba wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stravinsky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Pra Caramba, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stravinsky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pra Caramba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stravinsky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stravinsky tries to clinch but Pra Caramba is having none of it.
Mike Stravinsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pra Caramba misses with a few strikes there.
Stravinsky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stravinsky misses with the combination.
Pra Caramba wants to clinch.
Pra Caramba throws a series of punches but Stravinsky moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pra Caramba drives through and clinches with Stravinsky against the cage.

Pra Caramba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Pra Caramba.
Pra Caramba tries to clinch up.
A combination from Pra Caramba does no damage.
Pra Caramba throws a series of punches but Stravinsky avoids them all with ease.
Pra Caramba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Stravinsky closes the distance and clinches.

Pra Caramba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pra Caramba misses with a few strikes there.
Pra Caramba falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stravinsky counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pra Caramba tries to clinch there but Stravinsky circles away.
Stravinsky tries to clinch there but Pra Caramba circles away.
Pra Caramba throws a combination that misses

and Stravinsky counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pra Caramba's guard now.
Stravinsky works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Stravinsky wants to advance to full mount but Pra Caramba doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Stravinsky's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Stravinsky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pra Caramba swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stravinsky works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stravinsky seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pra Caramba does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mike Stravinsky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stravinsky misses with a head shot. Pra Caramba uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stravinsky trying to control but Pra Caramba is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Stravinsky dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pra Caramba misses with the combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pra Caramba.
Pra Caramba throws a nice looking combination but Stravinsky bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pra Caramba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Stravinsky shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stravinsky showed some decent athleticism there.
Pra Caramba is not content to let Stravinsky control the position.
Pra Caramba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stravinsky working Pra Caramba over with strikes.
Pra Caramba is staying active underneath Stravinsky, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Stravinsky stalling away here and it's allowed Pra Caramba to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Pra Caramba wants to stand up but Stravinsky is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mike Stravinsky has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Pra Caramba works over Stravinsky's head and body with a nice combination.
Pra Caramba wants to clinch up but Stravinsky keeps it at a distance.
Pra Caramba stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pra Caramba wants it to stay on the feet.

Stravinsky closes the distance and clinches.

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

Pra Caramba pushes Stravinsky up against the cage in a clinch.
Pra Caramba tries to circle away but Stravinsky has him pinned against the cage.
Pra Caramba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pra Caramba tries to break free but Stravinsky pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pra Caramba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Pra Caramba.
Pra Caramba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stravinsky manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stravinsky checks a low kick from Pra Caramba.
Stravinsky shoots in looking for a takedown. Pra Caramba tries to sprawl out of it but Stravinsky keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pra Caramba manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pra Caramba is looking to slow Stravinsky down with leg kicks.
Pra Caramba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pra Caramba tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pra Caramba rushes Stravinsky and presses him up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Pra Caramba.

Pra Caramba breaks from the clinch.
Stravinsky looks to land a body kick but Pra Caramba moved away.
Pra Caramba lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stravinsky throws a lazy head kick

and Pra Caramba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Pra Caramba breaks the clinch.
Pra Caramba lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pra Caramba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Espoleta Pra Caramba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stravinsky fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Espoleta Pra Caramba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Stravinsky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Stravinsky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stravinsky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pra Caramba counters with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Espoleta Pra Caramba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stravinsky has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Stravinsky!