PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wolfblitzer Maxar (ranked 4215 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaucho Berinho (ranked 4294 p4p, 497 weight class). Wolfblitzer Maxar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gaucho Berinho's chin.

Maxar
vs
Berinho

184 cm
16
187 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wolfblitzer Maxar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaucho Berinho!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berinho misses with a hook to the body
and Berinho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Berinho clinches up with Maxar and pushes him back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Maxar has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Maxar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maxar has Berinho pressed against the cage.
Maxar stalling the fight.
Berinho blocking some punches.
Berinho tries to score a body lock takedown but Maxar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Berinho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Maxar finds it's target.
Maxar misses with a wild body shot.
Berinho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maxar throws out the jab.
Maxar circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Berinho clinches up against the cage.
Berinho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maxar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berinho's elbow.
Maxar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maxar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Berinho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maxar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maxar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berinho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Berinho jumps into guard, dragging Maxar to the mat.
Berinho striking off his back but it's not causing Maxar any problems.
Maxar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Maxar trying to control but Berinho is working from the bottom.
Berinho preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maxar tries to free his leg and advance position but Berinho is retaining full guard.
Maxar throwing strikes from guard but Berinho blocks nicely.

Berinho has an active guard here but Maxar has managed to pass into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxar prevents Berinho from improving his position.
Maxar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maxar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Berinho moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maxar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maxar with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maxar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berinho is keeping the position for now.

Berinho throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Berinho has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Maxar doesn't defend quickly enough and Berinho has managed to lock this one up! Can Maxar escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Berinho on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Gaucho Berinho!