PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between cain velazques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulao Cesinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

velazques
vs
Cesinha

190 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, cain velazques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulao Cesinha!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cesinha throws a series of punches but velazques avoids them all with ease.
velazques throws a hook to the side of Cesinha's head but Cesinha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
velazques fails in his attempt to clinch.

velazques drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cesinha prevents velazques from improving position.
Cesinha is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
velazques trying to control the position but Cesinha is working away.
Cesinha is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, velazques asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
velazques misses with the ground and pound.
velazques is looking to take a break and control but Cesinha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cesinha scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Cesinha as velazques shoots in.
velazques ducks right into an uppercut from Cesinha.

It looks like cain velazques has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Cesinha as velazques shoots in.
Cesinha looks to land a combination. velazques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
velazques is breathing heavily.
velazques fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for cain velazques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
velazques on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Cesinha does no damage.
velazques tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cesinha swivels and escapes.
A punch combination from Cesinha misses.
Cesinha fails to land with a series of punches.
Cesinha throws a series of punches but velazques avoids them all with ease.
Cesinha getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cesinha tries to clinch but fails miserably

and velazques counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cesinha is trying to force a seperation but velazques has the dominant position.
Cesinha tries to break the clinch but velazques is controlling the position.
velazques throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
velazques looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Cesinha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cesinha tries to break the clinch but velazques is controlling the position.
velazques jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cesinha walks away with a smile on his face. velazques gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cesinha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
velazques closes the distance and clinches up with Cesinha, looking for a takedown. velazques pushes Cesinha against the cage but Cesinha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cesinha connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between velazques's hands.
Nice body punch from Cesinha.
velazques takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cesinha lands a slapping body shot.
Cesinha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cesinha connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
velazques walks into a jab.
Cesinha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cesinha lands a nice shot that snaps velazques's head back.
velazques moves forwards but Cesinha connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cesinha digs a good body shot into velazques's ribs.
velazques is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cesinha.
Cesinha is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!velazques had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cesinha lands a jab-cross combination.
Cesinha tries to clinch there but velazques circles away.
velazques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cesinha.
velazques takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cesinha lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cesinha clinches but velazques breaks the clinch

and velazques counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by velazques.
velazques tries for a takedown but Cesinha manages to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cesinha is trying to break the clinch but velazques is controlling him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cesinha tries to break the clinch but velazques is controlling the position.
Cesinha avoids a wild elbow strike from velazques.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulao Cesinha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on cain velazques's cut.
That's time! velazques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cesinha throws a nice looking combination but velazques bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
velazques tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cesinha sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten velazques somewhat.
velazques tries for a takedown but Cesinha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
cain velazques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
velazques shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cesinha as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for cain velazques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cesinha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No joy there for Cesinha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cesinha lands with an overhand left.
velazques thows a body shot but no joy.
Paulao Cesinha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cesinha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Cesinha clinches up against the cage.
Cesinha is looking to break free of the clinch but velazques has double underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
velazques is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cesinha wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but velazques has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cesinha's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cesinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
velazques could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cesinha is trying to break the clinch but velazques is controlling him.
velazques tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cesinha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
velazques tries to land knees in the clinch but Cesinha avoids the damage to the body.
Cesinha is trying to force a seperation but velazques has the dominant position.

velazques breaks the clinch.
Cesinha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cesinha cracks velazques with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cesinha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by velazques.
Cesinha lands a jab to the head.
Cesinha darts in trying to clinch
and velazques counters with a nice leg kick.
Cesinha stuffs the takedown.
velazques shoots in for a double leg but Cesinha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cesinha connects with a good right hand that stumbles velazques. velazques circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
velazques has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cesinha with a nice cross.
Cesinha punishes velazques's body with a nice straight punch.
Cesinha misses with a series of wild punches.
Cesinha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Paulao Cesinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

velazques closes the distance and clinches.
velazques prevents Cesinha from breaking the clinch.

velazques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cesinha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from velazques both land. Nice combination.

velazques drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cesinha seems a little lost for a moment, as velazques dominates the positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
velazques trying to control the position but Cesinha is working away.
velazques creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

velazques decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cesinha to his feet.
velazques lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cesinha's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cesinha duly obliges.
velazques dodges the punch combination from Cesinha.
velazques looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

velazques darts in and clinches Cesinha up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cesinha gets underhooks to prevent velazques's takedown attempt.
Cesinha wants to get back to striking at distance but velazques won't allow it.
velazques tries to pull guard but Cesinha won't allow it.
velazques prevents Cesinha from breaking the clinch.

velazques breaks the clinch.
velazques looks to score with a jab to the body but Cesinha is just out of range.
Cesinha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and velazques counters with a single leg into guard. Cesinha didn't expect that.
Cesinha wants to stand but velazques is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cesinha can do anything to dispel that myth.

velazques stands up from Cesinha's guard - velazques perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cesinha doesn't manage to clinch there - velazques circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that cain velazques will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on cain velazques's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Cesinha misses.
Cesinha keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cesinha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cesinha leaves velazques with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
velazques fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for cain velazques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cesinha lands with a nice combination. velazques backs away looking to recover.
velazques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice shot lands for Cesinha.
velazques checks the leg kick.
Cesinha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cesinha throws a nice looking combination but velazques bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
velazques shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cesinha lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cesinha moves into the clinch.
velazques tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cesinha just stands there and leans against the cage.
velazques has Cesinha pressed against the cage, preventing Cesinha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
velazques keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cesinha's efforts to push away.
velazques tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cesinha avoids it.
Cesinha has had enough of the clinch but velazques keeps him there for the moment.
velazques prevents Cesinha from breaking the clinch.
velazques has Cesinha pressed against the cage, preventing Cesinha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
velazques tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cesinha smiles and moves away.
velazques walks into a left hand.
Cesinha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but velazques moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice takedown defense from Cesinha. No joy for velazques on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
velazques fails with an attempt to clinch.
velazques shoots for a takedown but Cesinha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cesinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cesinha lands a really nice looking cross but velazques seems unphased.
velazques moves in looking to clinch but Cesinha pushes him off.
Cesinha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cesinha throws a right hand that velazques ducks under and follows up with a left that velazques also avoids with ease.
velazques closes the distance and clinches up with Cesinha, looking for a takedown. velazques pushes Cesinha against the cage but Cesinha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cesinha takes a swing at velazques's ribcage but misses.
Cesinha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from velazques.
velazques misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cesinha misses with the body kick
and velazques counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cesinha lands with a cross.
velazques doesn't manage to clinch there - Cesinha circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cesinha scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cesinha throws a series of punches but velazques moves out of range.

velazques gets a clinch.

velazques pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
velazques fails to land the takedown.
velazques tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cesinha counters with a two punch combo.
Cesinha throws a right and a left that velazques avoids nicely.
Cesinha slips a jab and a cross from velazques.
Cesinha lands a right hook to the body.
velazques throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice takedown defense from Cesinha. No joy for velazques on that attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cesinha.
Cesinha slaps away a takedown attempt from velazques, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cesinha digs a good body shot into velazques's ribs.
Cesinha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. velazques doesn't seem bothered though.

velazques moves into the clinch successfully.
Cesinha prevents a takedown attempt there.
velazques keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cesinha's efforts to push away.
Cesinha letting velazques take a breather here.

velazques manages to break the clinch.
velazques moves in looking to clinch but Cesinha pushes him off.
velazques tries a head kick but it misses.
Cesinha lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulao Cesinha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cesinha has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulao Cesinha!