PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Filho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hernandez's choice of entrance music: "Saturday Night's Alright" by Nickleback. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Filho
vs
Hernandez

172 cm
23
191 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

MMA's Best Nutrition
2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 144 Quality

Convicted
Convicted

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Filho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Filho darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Filho throwing shots but Hernandez is blocking nicely.

Hernandez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hernandez wants to improve his position but Filho is controlling well.
Hernandez trying to control here.
Hernandez manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez looking for a guillotine here but Filho defends easily.
Hernandez looking to control but Filho passes into half guard.
Hernandez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hernandez trying to control but Filho postures up.
Hernandez is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Filho perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Filho stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Hernandez to get to his feet.

Filho scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hernandez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hernandez wants to control but Filho postures up.
You can see the frustration on Hernandez's face as Filho controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Filho is looking to take a break and control but Hernandez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hernandez tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Filho easily slips into full mount!
Hernandez working to try and regain half guard.
Filho controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Filho wants to control the pace but Hernandez is squirming around nicely.
Hernandez tries to reverse the position but Filho maintains control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Filho dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Hernandez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Filho circles away from the clinch attempt.

Filho gets the takedown into side control.
Filho in side control lands a decent elbow.
Filho trying to control the position but Hernandez is working away.

Filho decides to stand back up. Filho steps back and let's Hernandez get back to his feet.

Filho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Filho trying to control the position from guard on top but Hernandez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Filho won't allow Hernandez to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Filho is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Hernandez has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Filho is looking to defend but Hernandez has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Filho! Hernandez pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Filho taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ricky Hernandez! Ricky Hernandez retains his middleweight title!