PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Mackenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Mackenzie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Miranda
vs
Mackenzie

225 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Miranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Mackenzie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miranda fails with the takedown

so Mackenzie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mackenzie seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Miranda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mackenzie on the ground.
Mackenzie tries to free his leg and advance position but Miranda is retaining full guard.
Mackenzie forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackenzie content to control rather than advance.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jake Mackenzie hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Miranda fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Miranda missing with a left hand there. Mackenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Miranda gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mackenzie to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie slips nicely into half guard.

Mackenzie gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Mackenzie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Miranda is out of range and Mackenzie settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mackenzie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mackenzie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Miranda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Mackenzie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Still in half guard, Mackenzie seems content to control.
Miranda is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Jake Mackenzie has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Mackenzie dives in and scores a takedown into Miranda's guard.

Mackenzie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mackenzie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mackenzie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Mackenzie dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mackenzie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mackenzie lands in his opponent's guard.
Mackenzie works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jake Mackenzie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Miranda is in trouble now - Mackenzie has advanced to mount!

Mackenzie working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Miranda turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Mackenzie off and cradles Miranda's limp body as Mackenzie celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jake Mackenzie!