PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Pacheco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho's entrance music is Sexy Chick. A fine choice. Pacheco comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Surfacing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Felipe Pacheco struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Felipe Pacheco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gustavo Carvalho's chin.

Carvalho
vs
Pacheco

183 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Cage Wars: Rocha Nutrition

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Pacheco!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacheco takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pacheco tries to clinch up.

Carvalho shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Carvalho showed some decent athleticism there.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Carvalho scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Carvalho works his way into full mount!
Pacheco is trying to escape the mount.
Carvalho postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pacheco looks a forlorn figure.
Pacheco wants to try and get back to his feet.
Pacheco looks gassed!
Carvalho 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.
Carvalho wants to control the pace but Pacheco is squirming around nicely.

Carvalho working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Pacheco looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Carvalho! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Gustavo Carvalho!