PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Rafao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faded Faded (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rafao might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sandstorm. Faded Faded told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Rafao
vs
Faded

170 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Rafao!
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, Faded Faded!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faded shoots in for a takedown but Rafao shows good takedown defense.
Rafao throws a right and a left that Faded avoids nicely.
Faded looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Faded shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Faded cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Faded working for a submission but Rafao is keeping him at bay.
Faded wants to control the pace but Rafao is squirming around nicely.
Rafao's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rafao regains half guard.
Faded passes into side control, despite Rafao's attempt to control the position.
Rafao can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faded has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Rafao wants to control but Faded is having none of it.
Faded misses with a head shot.

Faded jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Rafao is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Rafao and Faded has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Rafao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rafao is not content to let Faded control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faded prevents Rafao from escaping the position.

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.

Faded decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Rafao is breathing heavily.
Faded will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rafael Rafao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Faded Faded.

Rafao has taken the fight to the clinch.
Faded's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Rafao is fighting off a takedown attempt but Faded is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Rafao to the mat. Rafao regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Rafao is looking to stand up but Faded isn't so interested in that idea.
Faded throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rafao could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Faded stands and steps away. Rafao gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faded throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Faded darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Faded is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Rafao is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Faded Faded!