PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo comes to the cage accompanied by Numb. Carlos Eduardo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eduardo
vs
Pontes

185 cm
28
200 lbs
10 - 8 - 2

180 cm
28
199 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 10 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Eduardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Pontes!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eduardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Felipe Pontes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pontes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pontes is looking to clinch.

Pontes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Eduardo to the ground. Pontes is now in Eduardo's guard.
Eduardo looking for a sweep. Not yet Eduardo, not yet.
Pontes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Eduardo's guard.

Pontes is looking for a kimura here.
Pontes stops Eduardo from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes is looking to take a break and control but Eduardo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Eduardo trying to control but Pontes postures up.
Pontes is trying to control the action in half guard but Eduardo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pontes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Eduardo is trying to get back to full guard.
Pontes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Eduardo's head.

Pontes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Eduardo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pontes throwing shots but Eduardo is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo is trying to maintain the position but Pontes is very close to passing his half guard.
Pontes prevents Eduardo from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eduardo is trying to control but can't.
Pontes works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Pontes.

It looks like Carlos Eduardo has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pontes is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Eduardo is surviving well by controlling Pontes's body position as best he can.
Pontes lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pontes working Eduardo over with strikes here.

Carlos Eduardo's cut is getting worse.
Pontes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Jeez, Carlos Eduardo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carlos Eduardo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Felipe Pontes!
After winning the bout, Felipe Pontes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.