PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Disco Kid (ranked 288 p4p, 175 weight class) and Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 35 p4p, 24 weight class). Marcelo Costa De Andrade will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kid
vs
De Andrade

164 cm
27
144
18 - 8 - 0

175 cm
27
150
16 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Disco Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Andrade misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kid lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kid misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Andrade jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kid takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kid half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
De Andrade misses with a combination

and Kid counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Andrade keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kid not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kid has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kid seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De Andrade does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kid controlling the action here.
Kid trying to control from half guard but De Andrade is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid stalling.
De Andrade trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Kid trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kid with the ground and pound from mount.
De Andrade is trying desperately to improve position.
Kid can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Andrade is looking to escape.
Kid with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade is looking to get to half guard.
Kid connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kid lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De Andrade hang on?
Kid with a couple of short strikes.

De Andrade is rocked!
De Andrade tries to lock up and control but Kid gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Andrade is bucking up trying to escape but Kid cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Andrade is still in real trouble! Can Kid finish him?
Kid looking to control and managing it successfully.
De Andrade working to try and regain half guard.
De Andrade seems to have recovered his senses.
De Andrade wants to control but Kid is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid trying to control but De Andrade is having none of it.
De Andrade is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Kid goes for an armbar but he's not got it… De Andrade turns into him and now he's in Kid's guard.

Kid looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Andrade is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kid looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De Andrade wants to stand but Kid has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
De Andrade must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Kid is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Andrade is aware though and is defending well.

Kid had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. De Andrade defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Disco Kid dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kid keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Andrade lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Andrade throws a head kick that misses.
Kid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Andrade.
De Andrade's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kid connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Andrade scrambles back to his feet.

Kid decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
De Andrade has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kid is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. De Andrade manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
De Andrade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kid might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
De Andrade is pulling down on Kid's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid wants to control from the top but De Andrade keeps moving.
Kid is really struggling to control De Andrade but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Kid stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Andrade swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Andrade has control of Kid's left arm, preventing Kid from doing any damage.
Kid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Kid takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

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.
Kid slips under a jab.
Kid is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Andrade can do to turn this around?
Kid throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Andrade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Andrade keeps Kid at a distance using the push kick.
Kid tries to move into range but De Andrade moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Andrade throws a sloppy head kick and Kid moves out of range easily.
Kid slips a straight right by De Andrade.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Kid. Beautiful body shot.
De Andrade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kid.
Kid avoids the head kick by De Andrade.
De Andrade throws a hook but Kid avoids it easily.
Kid is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as De Andrade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kid doesn't seem phased though.
De Andrade missing with a left hand there. Kid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kid attempts a counter takedown but De Andrade avoids it well and moves away.
De Andrade throws out a loose jab but Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Andrade lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from De Andrade misses.
De Andrade just misses with a punch to the body.
De Andrade moves forwards but Kid connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Andrade throws out a loose jab but Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
As De Andrade looks to move away, Kid throws a big counter combo but De Andrade just gets out of the way.
Kid just misses with a punch to the body.
Kid digs a good body shot into De Andrade's ribs.
De Andrade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Andrade throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Kid to counter with a crisp jab.
De Andrade throws an overhand right that lands on Kid's shoulder, as Kid tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Kid misses its target.
Kid misses with an uppercut.
Kid fails with a takedown attempt.
De Andrade misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Andrade is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kid on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Andrade.
De Andrade misses with a hook. Kid ducked under it nicely.
Kid slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Andrade misses with a double jab
enabling Kid to counter with a crisp jab.
De Andrade takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Andrade throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kid counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Andrade lands with an overhand left.
De Andrade misses with a few strikes there.
De Andrade blocks a jab.
De Andrade throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Kid to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Costa De Andrade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Andrade throws a lazy uppercut

and Kid counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kid postures up in De Andrade's guard and throws a big left but De Andrade blocks it.
De Andrade is pulling down on Kid's head. It's preventing any offense from Kid, at least for the moment.

De Andrade has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kid can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kid pushes down on De Andrade's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

De Andrade is defending against the submission attempts here by Kid.
De Andrade blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kid.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Andrade looking for submissions off his back.
Kid is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kid thows a huge punch but De Andrade dodges it nicely.
De Andrade wants to get back to full guard.
De Andrade trying to control here.
Kid wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Andrade keeps working.
Kid 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.

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.
Kid throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing De Andrade to regain full guard.
Kid trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kid throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kid connects with a couple of short punches.
Kid wants to control from the top but De Andrade keeps moving.
De Andrade controlling the position.
De Andrade keeping moving, preventing Kid from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
De Andrade misses with a head kick.
Kid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Andrade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Andrade sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kid somewhat.
De Andrade with a nice cross.
De Andrade misses with a straight left.
Kid feinted with a counter takedown.
Kid ducks under a wild hook from De Andrade.
Kid misses with a body shot.
Kid takes one to the chin there.
Kid throws a lazy right hand but De Andrade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Andrade.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kid takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Andrade throws a push kick but Kid slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Andrade throws a lazy right hand but Kid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Andrade misses with a leg kick.

Kid scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Andrade is looking to improve his position.
Still in half guard, Kid seems content to control.
Kid landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kid takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kid winds up and cracks De Andrade with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kid works his way into full mount!
De Andrade is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Disco Kid showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kid has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Disco Kid!
After winning the bout, Disco Kid thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.