PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Paol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Adauto Da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paol's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose . Adauto Da Costa has chosen Song 2 as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Paol
vs
Adauto Da Costa

188 cm
24
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucien Paol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonardo Adauto Da Costa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paol checks a leg kick.
Adauto Da Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
It looked like Paol was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Adauto Da Costa.
Adauto Da Costa throws a series of punches but Paol moves out of range.
Paol looks for a takedown but Adauto Da Costa sprawls well.
Adauto Da Costa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adauto Da Costa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Paol shoots in and bounces Adauto Da Costa off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adauto Da Costa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Paol sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Adauto Da Costa's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Paol wants to pass the guard but Adauto Da Costa is defending well.

Paol seems to be working for a kimura but Adauto Da Costa defends the submission attempt.

Paol is looking for a kimura here.

Adauto Da Costa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Adauto Da Costa is defending against the submission attempts here by Paol.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paol lands with a punch from half guard.

Paol looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Paol is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Paol is breathing heavily.
Adauto Da Costa tries to kick Paol off but Paol keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paol is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Paol not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Paol not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adauto Da Costa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paol. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Adauto Da Costa is looking to control Paol's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Adauto Da Costa avoid being mounted?

Paol is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Paol is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Adauto Da Costa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Paol.
Adauto Da Costa trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Paol wants to work for an arm triangle but Adauto Da Costa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Paol uses his free foot to push down on Adauto Da Costa's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Adauto Da Costa.
Paol thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Paol swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Adauto Da Costa is now in Paol's guard. A big mistake from Paol there, giving up the dominant position!
Adauto Da Costa tries to stand but Paol is controlling from the bottom.
Paol trying to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adauto Da Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Paol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adauto Da Costa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucien Paol dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Paol moves in looking to clinch but Adauto Da Costa pushes him off.
Leonardo Adauto Da Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paol shoots in and drives through. Adauto Da Costa sprawls well.
Paol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Paol misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adauto Da Costa shoots in for a takedown but Paol shows good takedown defense.

Paol instigates a clinch.
Paol is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Adauto Da Costa to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucien Paol. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Paol pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adauto Da Costa wants to stand but Paol is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Paol looking for a guillotine here but Adauto Da Costa defends easily.
Adauto Da Costa advances to half guard.
Paol wants to improve his position but Adauto Da Costa is controlling well.
Paol keeping hold of Adauto Da Costa's head, controlling as best he can.
Adauto Da Costa is thwarting Paol's attempts to control the position.

Paol looking for submissions off his back.
Adauto Da Costa seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Paol is looking to improve his position.

Adauto Da Costa has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Paol defend it? Adauto Da Costa steps over the head and cranks it - Paol is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Adauto Da Costa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Leonardo Adauto Da Costa!
A very excited looking Leonardo Adauto Da Costa rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.