PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Like Whoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paiva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Darude - Sandstorm kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Like Whoa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Whoa
vs
Paiva

188 cm
20
206 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Like Whoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Paiva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paiva slips under a jab.
Paiva swats away the attempt to clinch by Whoa.
Whoa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paiva circles away quickly and effectively.
Whoa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Paiva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paiva lands a really nice looking cross but Whoa seems unphased.

It looks like Like Whoa has been cut.
Whoa misses with a straight left.
Paiva lands a lovely overhand right.
Whoa wants to clinch up but Paiva keeps it at a distance.
Like Whoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whoa ducks under a wild hook from Paiva.

Paiva moves into the clinch.
Paiva lands with a light punch inside.
Whoa blocking some punches.
Whoa pushes Paiva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paiva misses with the head strike.
Paiva throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paiva just leaning against Whoa, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Paiva fails to land.

Whoa breaks from the clinch.
Whoa throws a series of punches but Paiva moves out of range.
Whoa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paiva fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Whoa misses.
Paiva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whoa misses with a wild body shot.
Paiva tries to clinch but Whoa is having none of it.
Whoa clinches but Paiva breaks the clinch
and Paiva counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Whoa tries to avoid it but Paiva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Whoa to the ground. Whoa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Whoa takes a swing at Paiva's ribcage but misses.
Paiva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paiva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paiva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Whoa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paiva misses with a straight right.
Whoa just misses with a punch to the body.

Whoa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paiva, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Paiva.
Whoa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whoa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paiva.
Whoa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paiva or not.
Whoa blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Paiva fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paiva.
Whoa blocks an uppercut.

Whoa manages to break the clinch.
Paiva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paiva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Paiva misses the target.
Whoa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paiva manages to avoid it.
Whoa swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Paiva counter with a right hand.
Whoa misses with a combination
and Paiva counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paiva misses the jab.
Whoa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whoa throws a series of punches but Paiva avoids them all with ease.
Whoa looks to land a combination but Paiva avoids it well.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Whoa knocks Paiva out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Like Whoa!