Rio Grand Prix IV PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer OHarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Daves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think OHarra might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Ain't Stoppin Me. Spencer OHarra had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

OHarra
vs
Daves

194 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spencer OHarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ty Daves!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OHarra looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Daves doesn't manage to clinch there - OHarra circles away.
OHarra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up but OHarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spencer OHarra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OHarra throws a combination that misses
and Daves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps OHarra thinking.
OHarra is breathing heavily.

Daves drops OHarra with a right and a left! Daves comes rushing in but OHarra regains his composure and manages to keep Daves in guard.

OHarra is rocked!

It looks like Spencer OHarra has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Daves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oh OHarra is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Daves stands and steps away. OHarra gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Daves lands a right hook to the body.
OHarra seems to have got his legs back now.

OHarra gets tackled into the cage by Daves. Daves maintains the clinch.

Daves manages to break the clinch.
Daves wants to clinch.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up but OHarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
OHarra slaps away a takedown attempt from Daves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Daves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
OHarra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Daves tries to clinch but OHarra moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daves drives through and clinches with OHarra against the cage.
Daves utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daves misses with a knee to the head.
Daves creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through OHarra's defenses.
OHarra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daves connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
OHarra takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daves tries to land a knee to the head but OHarra blocks with his arms.

Daves breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OHarra defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Daves.
Daves moves in looking to clinch but OHarra pushes him off.
OHarra misses with a jab, cross combination.
OHarra throws a nice looking combination but Daves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Daves has closed the distance and engaged OHarra in a clinch.
Daves using the Thai plumb to throw knees but OHarra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daves lands a knee to the body.
Daves has OHarra pressed against the cage.
Daves has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. OHarra avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Spencer OHarra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Daves.
Daves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. OHarra is defending well for now.
Daves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
OHarra avoiding damage as Daves throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daves wants to take the fight to the mat but OHarra manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Daves manages to break the clinch.
OHarra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch but OHarra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
OHarra misses with a double jab
and Daves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Daves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daves tries to clinch but OHarra is having none of it.

Daves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Daves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. OHarra is defending well for now.

Daves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daves moves into the clinch.
Daves missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daves lands a knee to the body.

Daves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Daves rushes OHarra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Daves missing with knees to the body.

Daves breaks the clinch.
OHarra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daves fails in his attempt to clinch.
OHarra swats away the attempt to clinch by Daves.

Daves darts in and clinches OHarra up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Daves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Daves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Spencer OHarra'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.

Daves doesn't manage to clinch there - OHarra circles away.
A punch combination from OHarra misses.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up but OHarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Daves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
OHarra is trying to break free.
OHarra wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Daves manages to break the clinch.
Daves wants to clinch.
Daves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Daves has OHarra up against the cage in a clinch.
Daves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Daves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daves utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OHarra managing to block the knees to the body from Daves.
Daves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from OHarra.
Daves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ty Daves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
OHarra working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Daves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and OHarra avoids it.

Daves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daves fails with a takedown attempt.
Daves tries to score a power double leg takedown but OHarra sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Daves somewhat.
Ty Daves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daves tries to clinch but OHarra is having none of it.
Spencer OHarra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OHarra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up but OHarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Daves is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in OHarra's half guard.

Daves decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but OHarra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daves tries to clinch up.
OHarra takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daves shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with OHarra but OHarra pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Spencer OHarra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Daves.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch but OHarra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
OHarra throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

A momentary lapse in concentration from OHarra enables Daves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. OHarra manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Daves stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OHarra closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Daves scores with a body shot.
Daves tries to clinch up.
Daves tries to clinch but OHarra is having none of it.
OHarra keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for OHarra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daves lands with a shot to the body.
OHarra keeps the fight on the outside.

Daves moves into the clinch successfully.
OHarra takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daves tries a knee to the head but OHarra blocks it.
Daves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from OHarra.
OHarra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daves misses with a knee to the head.
OHarra is trying to push Daves away but Daves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
OHarra managing to block the knees to the body from Daves.
Daves landing knees to the body.
Daves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and OHarra avoids it.
Daves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daves trying to land knees to the body.
OHarra wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
OHarra can't break the clinch.
Daves trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Daves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Spencer OHarra's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

OHarra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Daves counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
OHarra misses with a few strikes there.
OHarra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body punch from Daves.
Daves tries to close the distance and clinch up but OHarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Daves has managed to clinch.
Daves slowing the pace effectively.
Daves tries to land knees in the clinch but OHarra avoids the damage to the body.
Daves missing with knees to the body.
Daves working OHarra over with knees to the body.
OHarra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
OHarra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daves lands a good knee to the midsection. OHarra won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from OHarra.

Daves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

OHarra gets tackled into the cage by Daves. Daves maintains the clinch.

Daves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daves moves in looking to clinch but OHarra pushes him off.
OHarra misses with a combination
and Daves counters with a stiff right hand.
Daves tries to clinch up.
OHarra misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab from Daves.

Daves gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Daves jumps guard and drags OHarra to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Daves is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! OHarra rolls with it to try and escape but Daves cranks on the arm and OHarra is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ty Daves!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yasiel Puig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puig has chosen Enter the Sandman - Metallica as his entrance music. Yasiel Puig is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gomes
vs
Puig

180 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Gomes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yasiel Puig!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puig fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomes looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Puig misses with a jab, cross combination.
Puig rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Puig misses with a two punch combination.
Gomes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomes misses with a takedown attempt

and Puig counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Puig wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomes won't allow it.
Gomes wants a takedown but no success here.
Puig wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Puig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomes has him pressed against the cage.
Puig wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Puig wants to break the clinch but can't.

Puig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Puig fails to land with a series of punches.
Puig falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gomes counters with a leg kick.
Puig lands with a nice combination. Gomes backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Anderson Gomes has been cut.
A left and a right from Puig both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Puig has knocked Gomes down with a huge combo! Puig steps away and waves a wobbly Gomes back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Gomes is rocked!
Puig throws a series of punches but Gomes avoids them all with ease.
Oh Gomes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sloppy strikes from Puig. Those never looked like landing.
Puig throws a combination that misses
and Gomes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puig with a hook.
Puig bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gomes's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Puig.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes shoots and misses
and Puig counters with a two punch combo.

Anderson Gomes's cut is getting worse.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puig scores with a nice strike.
Puig misses with the combination.
Puig throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Puig misses.
Puig misses with the combination.
Gomes misses with a takedown attempt

and Puig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Puig.
Puig wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomes seems to have got his legs back now.
Gomes goes for a takedown attempt but Puig pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Puig misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circle momentarily. Puig darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Puig scores with a punch to the head.

Anderson Gomes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puig slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Puig throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Gomes colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Puig as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Gomes is left battered and dazed whilst Puig and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yasiel Puig! Yasiel Puig retains his light heavyweight title!
After the fight, Yasiel Puig was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
69%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Diaz
vs
Munoz

180 cm
22
178 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munoz missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Munoz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diaz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Munoz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Munoz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Munoz misses with a kick to the body.
Munoz circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Diaz to the canvas! Diaz doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Munoz keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Munoz!
Mark Munoz is the new welterweight champion!