PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ante Decker (ranked 3964 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ret Ired (ranked 2694 p4p, 0 weight class). Ante Decker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Decker
vs
Ired

180 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

150 cm
36
191 lbs
15 - 6 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Decker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ret Ired!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decker lands a jab-cross combination.
Decker misses with a looping right.
Decker jabs Ired to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Ired gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ired taking a breather.
Decker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ired breaks the clinch.
Decker looks to land a left hand but Ired moved out of range nicely.
Ired scoring well with a low kick there.
Ired bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Ired gets a double leg takedown into Decker's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ired stands up over Decker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Decker wants to stand up but Ired is controlling him.
Ired passes Decker's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ired throwing shots but Decker is blocking nicely.
Well, if Ired is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Decker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ired on the ground.
Ired lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Decker wants to control the action here but instead Ired manages to pass to full mount!
Ired controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Ired! Decker is hurt baaadly! Ired is firing away with more strikes - Decker is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ret Ired!
After the big win, Ret Ired made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sully's Bar & Grill ($150) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.