PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between New Hidden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edison Arantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edison Arantes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hidden
vs
Arantes

201 cm
18
264 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
235 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, New Hidden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edison Arantes!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Arantes. No joy for Hidden on that attempt.
Arantes looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hidden throws a front kick aimed at Arantes's knee but Arantes avoids it well.
Arantes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Arantes throws a sloppy head kick and Hidden moves out of range easily.
Hidden seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Arantes throws a series of punches but Hidden moves out of range.
Hidden shoots in but no luck this time.
Arantes wants to counter the offense by Hidden and move into the clinch position.
Hidden tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Arantes is able to avoid easily.
Arantes keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Arantes does no damage.
Arantes stuffs the takedown attempt from Hidden. Hidden gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for New Hidden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hidden has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arantes blocks a head kick by Hidden.
Arantes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hidden goes for a double leg but Arantes avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Arantes continues to drive forward.
Hidden scores with a jab. Arantes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hidden shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Arantes pinned against the cage. Arantes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No joy there for Hidden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arantes slaps away a takedown attempt from Hidden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hidden sets himself, and Arantes steps forward looking for the clinch! Hidden avoids it this time.
No joy there for Arantes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hidden tries to clinch but Arantes moves out of range.
Hidden dives in and grabs Arantes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Arantes pushes down on Hidden's head and hops out.
Hidden doesn't manage to clinch there - Arantes circles away.
Hidden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hidden shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Arantes defends it nicely.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hidden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Arantes circles away quickly and effectively.
Arantes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hidden is looking for a counter combo.
Arantes swats away the attempt to clinch by Hidden.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arantes as he avoids it easily.
Hidden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arantes tries to avoid it but Hidden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arantes to the ground. Arantes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hidden fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Arantes checks it well.
Arantes unleashes a big counter combination but Hidden bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hidden shoots in and drives through. Arantes sprawls well.
No luck for Hidden with that takedown attempt.
Hidden tries to clinch up but Arantes circles away and keeps his distance.
Arantes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hidden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Arantes backs away, Hidden returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hidden fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hidden catches Arantes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hidden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hidden fails with a takedown attempt.
A left and a right from Arantes both land. Nice combination.
We've been informed that Arantes has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hidden looks for a takedown but Arantes sprawls well.
Hidden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arantes tries to avoid it but Hidden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arantes to the ground. Arantes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Arantes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hidden tries to clinch but Arantes moves out of range.
Edison Arantes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arantes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Edison Arantes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hidden shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Arantes pinned against the cage. Arantes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown but Arantes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from Arantes misses.
Hidden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arantes with the counter takedown but Hidden avoids it easily.
Arantes misses with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Arantes slaps away a takedown attempt from Hidden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hidden scores with a sloppy right hand. Arantes should have avoided that one.
Arantes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hidden tries to clinch but Arantes moves out of range.
Hidden is looking to clinch.
Hidden throws a chopping leg kick but Arantes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Arantes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edison Arantes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hidden tries to clinch there but Arantes circles away.
New Hidden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hidden is looking to clinch but Arantes is avoiding it.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arantes as he jumps to the side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hidden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hidden has a takedown stuffed.
Hidden throws a sloppy head kick and Arantes moves out of range easily.
Hidden is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Arantes looks to land a combination but Hidden avoids it well.
Hidden closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arantes circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for New Hidden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hidden dives in for a single leg takedown but Arantes sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Arantes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hidden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hidden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arantes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hidden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arantes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hidden dives in and grabs Arantes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Arantes pushes down on Hidden's head and hops out.
Hidden tries to clinch up but Arantes circles away and keeps his distance.
Hidden fails with the takedown.
Hidden fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hidden avoids the head kick by Arantes.
Hidden fails to land the takedown.
Arantes misses with a head kick.
Hidden tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arantes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arantes throws a nice looking combination but Hidden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hidden closes the distance and clinches up with Arantes, looking for a takedown. Hidden pushes Arantes against the cage but Arantes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Arantes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arantes keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hidden scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arantes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hidden tries to counter by clinching up but Arantes breaks away and moves out of range.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hidden tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arantes swivels and escapes.
Hidden takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hidden throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Arantes's waist but Arantes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hidden off to one side.
Arantes tries to counter with a clinch but Hidden shakes him off and moves away.
Hidden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arantes.
Hidden tries to clinch up.
Arantes throws a sloppy head kick and Hidden moves out of range easily.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch but Arantes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hidden wants to clinch up but Arantes keeps it at a distance.
Arantes tries to counter with a clinch but Hidden shakes him off and moves away.
Arantes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hidden closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arantes circles away.
Arantes wants to counter the offense by Hidden and move into the clinch position.
Hidden shoots for a double leg takedown but Arantes sprawls well. He's pushed Hidden's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arantes throws a series of punches but Hidden avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Arantes. Those never looked like landing.
Arantes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arantes wants it to stay on the feet.
Arantes is looking for the big counter here.
Arantes misses with a few strikes there.
Hidden was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hidden has a takedown stuffed.
Arantes throws a counter combo.
A leg kick checked by Arantes.
Arantes slaps away a takedown attempt from Hidden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No joy there for Hidden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arantes tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hidden tries for a takedown but Arantes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Arantes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arantes misses with a double jab.
Hidden throws a solid leg kick but Arantes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hidden.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hidden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hidden tries a head kick but it misses.
Arantes tries a head kick but it misses.
Hidden throws a head kick that misses.
Arantes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arantes tries a head kick but it misses.
Hidden attempts a counter takedown but Arantes avoids it well and moves away.
A combination from Hidden does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hidden blocks a head kick by Arantes.
Hidden wants to clinch.
Hidden shoots in but Arantes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Arantes tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edison Arantes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hidden darts in looking for a takedown but Arantes gets double underhooks and turns Hidden into the cage.
Hidden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arantes misses with a few strikes there.
Hidden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Arantes avoids it really well and circles away.
Hidden tries to clinch but Arantes moves out of range.
Hidden looks for a takedown but Arantes sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for New Hidden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arantes throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hidden closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arantes circles away.
Arantes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hidden is looking for a counter combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hidden looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arantes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arantes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arantes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hidden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hidden is looking to clinch.
Hidden is trying hard to land a takedown here. Arantes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hidden avoids the head kick by Arantes.
Arantes stuffs the takedown.
Hidden avoids the head kick by Arantes.
Hidden throws a big counter combination but Arantes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Arantes swinging wildly here.
Hidden fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arantes is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hidden has a takedown stuffed.
Arantes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hidden feinted with a counter takedown.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hidden. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arantes sprawls well. Arantes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hidden gets slowly back to his feet.
Hidden shoots in looking for a takedown. Arantes tries to sprawl out of it but Hidden keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Arantes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Arantes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hidden.
Hidden shoots in and drives through. Arantes sprawls well.
Arantes swinging wildly here.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arantes sprawls well. Arantes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hidden gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Arantes does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hidden misses with a head kick.
Hidden misses with an attempted mid kick.
Arantes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hidden shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arantes as he jumps to the side.
Hidden moves in looking to clinch but Arantes pushes him off.
Hidden tries to clinch up but Arantes circles away and keeps his distance.
Arantes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hidden.
Arantes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hidden misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arantes misses with a wild combination.
Hidden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arantes stuffs the takedown attempt from Hidden. Hidden gets slowly back to his feet.
Arantes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hidden shoots in and drives through. Arantes sprawls well.
Arantes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hidden doesn't manage to clinch there - Arantes circles away.
Arantes wants to counter with a clinch but Hidden pushes him away.
Hidden tries a head kick but it misses.
Hidden tries to clinch but Arantes is having none of it.
Despite the aggression on Arantes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Arantes throws a right and a left that Hidden avoids nicely.
Arantes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hidden moves in looking to clinch but Arantes pushes him off.
Hidden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arantes stuffs the takedown.
New Hidden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edison Arantes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arantes throws a right and a left that Hidden avoids nicely.
Hidden drops down looking for a counter takedown but Arantes sprawls and moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edison Arantes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Arantes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edison Arantes!