PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Felipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felipe has chosen Kiss Kiss as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nunes
vs
Felipe

198 cm
22
213 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Felipe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nunes clinches up against the cage.
Felipe looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nunes lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nunes.
Nunes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Joao Felipe has been cut.
Nunes lands a nice elbow.

Nunes connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Felipe goes down! Nunes jumps into full mount looking to finish!

Felipe is rocked!
Nunes controlling from mount.
Felipe is still in real trouble! Can Nunes finish him?

Nunes get's back to his feet.
Felipe seems to have recovered his senses.
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!

Nunes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nunes lands a nice elbow.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Felipe's face.
Nunes lands an elbow just above Felipe 's eye.
Nunes lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Nunes.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes misses with a knee to the head.
Felipe tries a knee to the head but Nunes blocks it.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Felipe's face.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felipe has had enough of the clinch but Nunes keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nunes.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nunes.
Felipe blocks an elbow strike from Nunes.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Felipe blocks the elbow strike.
Nunes with a knee to the head.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Felipe missing with knees to the body.
Felipe misses with a knee strike.
Nunes scores with a knee to the head.
Nunes landing knees to the body.
Felipe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nunes lands an elbow inside that Felipe shrugs off.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Felipe's ribcage.
Felipe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nunes has him pressed against the cage.
Nunes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felipe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nunes landing knees to the body.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Felipe avoids the damage to the body.
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nunes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Felipe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Felipe avoiding damage as Nunes throws knees to the body.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Felipe avoids the damage to the body.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes lands a damaging elbow.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Felipe lands a nice elbow.
Nunes lands an elbow inside that Felipe shrugs off.
Felipe looking to throw knees to the head but Nunes is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes landing knees to the body.
Felipe lands an elbow that stopped Nunes in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Felipe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes pushes off an throws an elbow but Felipe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nunes lands a knee to the head.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Nunes.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Felipe.
Felipe looking to throw knees to the head but Nunes is blocking nicely.
Nunes misses with an elbow strike.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nunes throws an elbow but misses.
Nunes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes lands an elbow inside that Felipe shrugs off.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Felipe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Felipe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Felipe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Felipe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Felipe manages to break the clinch.

Nunes closes the distance and clinches.
Nunes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Felipe lands a nice knee to the body.
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Felipe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Felipe has had enough of the clinch but Nunes keeps him there for the moment.
Nunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Felipe blocks with his arms.
Nunes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Felipe's defenses.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nunes keeps control of Felipe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but Felipe blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joao Felipe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Felipe tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Nunes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Felipe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felipe avoids a wild elbow strike from Nunes.
Felipe looking to throw knees to the head but Nunes is blocking nicely.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but Nunes blocks with his arms.
Nunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Felipe.
Felipe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nunes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Felipe avoids a wild elbow strike from Nunes.
Nunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Felipe tries to break the clinch but Nunes is controlling the position.
Nunes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Felipe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Felipe misses with a knee strike.
Nunes lands an elbow inside.
Nunes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Felipe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nunes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Nunes.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felipe pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Felipe blocks an elbow strike.
Felipe managing to block the knees to the body from Nunes.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Nunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but Nunes blocks with his arms.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Felipe.
Nunes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felipe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes lands an elbow just above Felipe 's eye.
Felipe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes with a knee to the head.
Nunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Felipe blocks the elbow strike.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Felipe lands an elbow that stopped Nunes in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Felipe avoids the damage to the body.
Nunes misses with an elbow over the top.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nunes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Felipe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nunes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Felipe missing with knees to the body.
Nunes landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes landing knees to the head.
Nunes scores with a knee to the head.
Nunes lands a knee to the head.
Felipe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Felipe blocks with his arms.
Felipe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nunes blocks it with crossed arms.
Felipe throws an elbow that misses.
Felipe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Felipe's face.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Felipe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Felipe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Felipe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Felipe scores with a knee to the head.
Felipe has had enough of the clinch but Nunes keeps him there for the moment.
Nunes lands a knee to the head.
Nunes lands an elbow just above Felipe 's eye.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Felipe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nunes's face.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes blocks the elbow strike.
Nunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Felipe's ribcage.
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nunes throws an elbow but misses.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes misses with a knee to the head.
Nunes effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Nunes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joao Felipe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nunes has Felipe up against the cage in a clinch.
Nunes lands an elbow inside that Felipe shrugs off.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felipe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nunes trying to land knees to the body.
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nunes lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Felipe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Felipe misses with a knee strike.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
Nunes lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felipe wants to break free but Nunes has control.
Nunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Felipe.
Felipe avoiding damage as Nunes throws knees to the body.
Felipe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Felipe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nunes blocks it with crossed arms.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Felipe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nunes misses with a knee strike.
Nunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes lands an elbow that stopped Felipe in his tracks for a moment.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Felipe trying to land knees to the body.
Nunes scores with a knee to the head.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Felipe looking to throw knees to the head but Nunes is blocking nicely.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Felipe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Felipe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nunes lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Nunes.
Nice elbow from Nunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice elbow from Nunes.
Nunes dodges an elbow strike from Felipe.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Felipe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nunes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes lands a damaging elbow.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes misses with a knee to the head.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes stalling against the cage.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Felipe's ribcage.
Nunes misses with an elbow strike.
Antonio Nunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.
Nunes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nunes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Felipe managing to block the knees to the body from Nunes.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes lands an elbow inside that Felipe shrugs off.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Felipe wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felipe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Felipe.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felipe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes keeps control of Felipe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nunes.
Nunes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Felipe wants to break free but Nunes has control.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nunes.
Nunes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Felipe's ribcage.
Felipe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Felipe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Felipe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Felipe wants to break free but Nunes has control.
Felipe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Felipe avoids the damage to the body.
Felipe avoids a wild elbow strike from Nunes.
Nunes managing to block the knees to the body from Felipe.
Felipe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Felipe blocks with his arms.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes misses with a knee to the head.
Felipe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nunes lands a knee to the head.
Felipe is trying to break the clinch but Nunes has him pressed against the cage.
Antonio Nunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Felipe tries a knee to the head but Nunes blocks it.
Felipe is trying to break free.
Nunes throws an elbow that misses.
Felipe misses with an elbow strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Felipe misses with a knee to the head.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joao Felipe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice elbow from Felipe.
Felipe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Nunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nunes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Nunes!