PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Horatio Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gastao Entrudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caine comes into the arena with Won't Get Fooled Again blaring out of the sound system. Gastao Entrudo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Caine
vs
Entrudo

182 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Horatio Caine!
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, Gastao Entrudo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caine is looking to clinch but Entrudo is avoiding it.

Caine closes the distance and clinches.

Entrudo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Entrudo looking for a sweep. Not yet Entrudo, not yet.
Caine stays in close to Entrudo's body and controls the position.
Caine's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Caine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Caine is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Entrudo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Entrudo wants to sweep here but Caine controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caine is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Caine gets to his feet - Entrudo follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entrudo tries to clinch but Caine moves away

and Caine moves into the clinch.
Caine content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Entrudo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Entrudo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Caine stalling the fight.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Caine.
Caine dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Entrudo looking to slow down the pace here.
Caine avoiding damage as Entrudo throws knees to the body.
Caine lands a hook that snaps the head of Entrudo backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Caine.
Entrudo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Caine fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Caine has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Entrudo takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Gastao Entrudo has been cut.
Caine displaying some good clinch control by pressing Entrudo up against the cage.
Entrudo missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Caine.
Caine avoids a wild elbow strike from Entrudo.
Entrudo landing knees to the body.
Entrudo looks gassed!
Caine slows down the pace here.
Caine lands a right hand.
Caine lands a hook that snaps the head of Entrudo backwards.
Entrudo being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Horatio Caine.

Caine moves into range and clinches up with Entrudo.
Entrudo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Entrudo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caine.
Entrudo fails to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Caine lands with a short shot to the head.

Caine has Entrudo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Caine pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Entrudo tumbling to the mat - Caine dives into Entrudo's guard.
Caine is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Caine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine stays in close to Entrudo's body and controls the position.
Caine 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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Entrudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Caine passes Entrudo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Caine controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horatio Caine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gastao Entrudo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Entrudo closes the distance and clinches.

Caine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Entrudo misses with a takedown attempt

and Caine holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Entrudo is trying to maintain a safe position but Caine gets an underhook and turns Entrudo into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Caine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Caine manages to break the clinch.
Caine lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Entrudo darts in trying to clinch

and Caine counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Caine.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Caine postures up in Entrudo's guard and throws a big left but Entrudo blocks it.
Caine advances position into side control!
Caine controls the position.
Entrudo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entrudo tries to buck Caine off but Caine is having none of it.
Caine controls the position from side control.
Caine working the head and body with strikes.
Caine taking a breather here.
Caine seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Entrudo for as long as he can get away with.
Caine lands an elbow.
Entrudo is trying to control Caine's posture but Caine avoids it.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Horatio Caine just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Caine moves into range and clinches up with Entrudo.
Caine lands a hook that snaps the head of Entrudo backwards.
Caine taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Caine.
Caine is pushing Entrudo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Caine has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Entrudo clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Caine slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Caine scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Caine biding his time, looking for the opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Entrudo up.
Caine controlling the position well here. Entrudo rolled but Caine kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Entrudo is covering up but some of the strikes from Caine are getting through and doing damage.
Caine lands punches and elbows.
Caine keeps control of the position as Entrudo tries to break free.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Caine.
Caine slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

Caine is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Entrudo knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Entrudo for a finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine has good solid back control here.

Caine is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Entrudo defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Caine lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Caine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horatio Caine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gastao Entrudo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Entrudo misses with a wild body shot.
Entrudo keeps the fight on the outside.

Caine rushes Entrudo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Caine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Caine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Entrudo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Caine manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Horatio Caine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Entrudo stopping the sweep attempt from Caine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Caine throwing short punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entrudo preventing the sweep.
Caine seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Caine keeping moving, preventing Entrudo from controlling successfully.
Caine is adopting a defensive guard.
Entrudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Caine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Entrudo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Caine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Caine has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Entrudo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Horatio Caine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Entrudo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caine is keeping the position for now.
Caine is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Caine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Caine tries to pass to full mount but Entrudo defends it.
Entrudo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Caine is controlling the pace.
Caine wants to pass to mount but Entrudo is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Entrudo wants to control but Caine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Caine content to control rather than advance.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Horatio Caine just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Entrudo swats away the attempt to clinch by Caine.

Caine clinches up with Entrudo and pushes him back against the cage.
Entrudo taking a breather.
Caine lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Caine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Entrudo wants to break free but Caine has control.
Caine lands an uppercut.
Entrudo trying to land knees to the body.
Caine lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That has opened up Gastao Entrudo's cut even more.
Caine avoids a wild elbow strike from Entrudo.
Entrudo tries to land knees in the clinch but Caine avoids the damage to the body.
Entrudo can't get the takedown.
Caine scores with a knee to the head.
Caine scores with a nice hook to the head.

Caine is trying to trip Entrudo. He has hold of a leg but Entrudo is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Caine persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Entrudo can't keep his opponent in guard - Caine advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Caine with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Caine frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Horatio Caine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horatio Caine!