PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Barreto Neto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ermirio de Moraes comes to the cage accompanied by 'Vai Explodir' by Pregador Luo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ermirio de Moraes
vs
Barreto Neto

188 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Cobra Kai Nutrition

Syndicate Drugs
Win Nutritional - proof of quality

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Barreto Neto!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barreto Neto throws a hook to the side of Ermirio de Moraes's head but Ermirio de Moraes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barreto Neto scores with a nice right hand.
Ermirio de Moraes is looking to clinch.
Barreto Neto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ermirio de Moraes moves away.
Barreto Neto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barreto Neto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ermirio de Moraes throws a leg kick but Barreto Neto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barreto Neto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ermirio de Moraes closes the distance and pushes Barreto Neto back into the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barreto Neto's defenses.
Barreto Neto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes has Barreto Neto pressed against the cage.
Barreto Neto tries to work over Ermirio de Moraes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barreto Neto can't break the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barreto Neto.
Ermirio de Moraes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barreto Neto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Ermirio de Moraes.
Barreto Neto looks gassed!
Ermirio de Moraes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Ermirio de Moraes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ermirio de Moraes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ermirio de Moraes obliges.
Ermirio de Moraes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ricardo Barreto Neto has been cut.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barreto Neto is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes has Barreto Neto pushed against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barreto Neto's face.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice elbow.
Ermirio de Moraes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barreto Neto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ermirio de Moraes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes working Barreto Neto over with knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes works on Barreto Neto's body with a couple of short punches.
Ermirio de Moraes crunches a lovely knee into Barreto Neto's ribcage.
Ermirio de Moraes lands an elbow inside that Barreto Neto shrugs off.
Barreto Neto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ermirio de Moraes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barreto Neto's defenses.
Ermirio de Moraes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barreto Neto's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice knee to the body.
Barreto Neto tries to work over Ermirio de Moraes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ermirio de Moraes digs a right hand underneath Barreto Neto's ribcage. Barreto Neto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barreto Neto tries to break free but Ermirio de Moraes pushes him back against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barreto Neto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barreto Neto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice knee to the body.
Barreto Neto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barreto Neto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the body.
Barreto Neto has had enough of the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes keeps him there for the moment.
Barreto Neto is trying to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes has him pressed against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes working Barreto Neto over with knees to the body.
Barreto Neto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ermirio de Moraes trying to land knees to the body.
Barreto Neto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barreto Neto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ermirio de Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ermirio de Moraes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barreto Neto is trying to break free.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barreto Neto blocking some punches.
Ermirio de Moraes taking a breather.
Ermirio de Moraes misses with an elbow over the top.
Barreto Neto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ermirio de Moraes.
Barreto Neto avoids a wild elbow strike from Ermirio de Moraes.
Barreto Neto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ermirio de Moraes misses with a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes prevents Barreto Neto from breaking the clinch.
Barreto Neto blocks an elbow strike from Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barreto Neto's face.
Barreto Neto fails to pull guard.
Ermirio de Moraes lands with a short shot to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes has Barreto Neto pressed against the cage, preventing Barreto Neto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the temple.
Ermirio de Moraes being controlled against the cage.
Barreto Neto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ermirio de Moraes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Barreto Neto can't find room to land a body shot as Ermirio de Moraes controls the action.
Barreto Neto can't break the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ermirio de Moraes has Barreto Neto pressed against the cage, preventing Barreto Neto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ermirio de Moraes working Barreto Neto over with knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barreto Neto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ermirio de Moraes won't allow it.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ermirio de Moraes lands an elbow inside that Barreto Neto shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Barreto Neto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice uppercut.
Barreto Neto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barreto Neto looking to stall.
Ermirio de Moraes lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Barreto Neto's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barreto Neto throws a jab when Ermirio de Moraes was well out of range.
Ermirio de Moraes tries to clinch up but Barreto Neto circles away and keeps his distance.
Ermirio de Moraes feints and then cracks Barreto Neto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barreto Neto down.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a body shot.

Ermirio de Moraes instigates a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ermirio de Moraes prevents Barreto Neto from breaking the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barreto Neto. Ermirio de Moraes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barreto Neto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a jab.
Ermirio de Moraes's corner calls for a 1-2. Ermirio de Moraes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barreto Neto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Ermirio de Moraes has closed the distance and engaged Barreto Neto in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barreto Neto working hard to break the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Ermirio de Moraes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barreto Neto up against the cage.
Barreto Neto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ermirio de Moraes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barreto Netos head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barreto Neto's defenses.
Ermirio de Moraes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes connects with a knee to the head.
Barreto Neto is trying to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling him.
Barreto Neto tries to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling the position.
Ermirio de Moraes stalling the fight.
Ermirio de Moraes crunches a lovely knee into Barreto Neto's ribcage.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barreto Neto backwards.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the body.
Barreto Neto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ermirio de Moraes smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ermirio de Moraes.
Barreto Neto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ermirio de Moraes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ermirio de Moraes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barreto Neto.
Ermirio de Moraes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a high kick!
Barreto Neto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Barreto Neto misses its intended target.
Ermirio de Moraes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ermirio de Moraes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ermirio de Moraes scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barreto Neto misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ermirio de Moraes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ermirio de Moraes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes is stalling here.
Ermirio de Moraes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barreto Neto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barreto Neto misses with a body punch.
Ermirio de Moraes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barreto Neto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barreto Neto is trying to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling him.
Ermirio de Moraes crunches a lovely knee into Barreto Neto's ribcage.
Ermirio de Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barreto Neto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ermirio de Moraes.
Barreto Neto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ermirio de Moraes lands an elbow inside that Barreto Neto shrugs off.
Ermirio de Moraes landing knees to the body.
Barreto Neto trying to stall but Ermirio de Moraes improves his position.
Ermirio de Moraes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barreto Neto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ermirio de Moraes's elbow.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the temple.
Barreto Neto wants to break free but Ermirio de Moraes has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ermirio de Moraes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barreto Neto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barreto Neto can't break the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barreto Neto is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Ermirio de Moraes to work.

Barreto Neto pulls guard effortlessly.
Barreto Neto wants to improve his position but instead Ermirio de Moraes has moved into half guard.
Barreto Neto wants to improve his position but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Barreto Neto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Barreto Neto's cut.
That's time! Ermirio de Moraes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ermirio de Moraes moves into range and clinches up with Barreto Neto.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a damaging elbow.
Barreto Neto is trying to force a seperation but Ermirio de Moraes has the dominant position.
Ermirio de Moraes lands an elbow just above Barreto Neto 's eye.
Ermirio de Moraes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barreto Neto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ermirio de Moraes is keeping busy.
Ermirio de Moraes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ermirio de Moraes is leaning against Barreto Neto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ermirio de Moraes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barreto Neto or not.
Barreto Neto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ermirio de Moraes scores with a hook to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barreto Neto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ermirio de Moraes crunches a lovely knee into Barreto Neto's ribcage.
Ermirio de Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Barreto Neto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ermirio de Moraes won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the temple.
Ermirio de Moraes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barreto Neto can do to turn this around?
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barreto Neto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barreto Neto tries to break free but Ermirio de Moraes pushes him back against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barreto Neto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes prevents Barreto Neto from breaking the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a body shot in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Barreto Neto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barreto Neto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ermirio de Moraes landing knees to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes missing with knees to the body.
Barreto Neto misses with a punch to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice elbow.
Ermirio de Moraes lands an elbow just above Barreto Neto 's eye.
Barreto Neto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barreto Neto's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ermirio de Moraes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barreto Neto's brow.
Barreto Neto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ermirio de Moraes walks away with a smile on his face. Barreto Neto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Barreto Neto.
Ermirio de Moraes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ermirio de Moraes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barreto Neto misses with a straight left.
Barreto Neto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ermirio de Moraes. That one must have hurt.
Ermirio de Moraes with a jab.

Ermirio de Moraes closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ermirio de Moraes obliges.
Ermirio de Moraes tries to land a knee to the head but Barreto Neto blocks with his arms.
Ermirio de Moraes trying to land knees to the body.
Barreto Neto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barreto Neto is looking to break free of the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes has double underhooks.
Ermirio de Moraes keeps control of Barreto Neto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes landing knees to the body.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice knee to the body.
Barreto Neto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ermirio de Moraes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barreto Neto's efforts to push away.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a knee to the body.
Barreto Neto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barreto Neto.
Barreto Neto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ermirio de Moraes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ermirio de Moraes keeps control of Barreto Neto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the temple.
Ermirio de Moraes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ermirio de Moraes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barreto Neto is trying to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling him.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ermirio de Moraes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ermirio de Moraes scores a nice knee to the body.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Ermirio de Moraes on the inside.
Ermirio de Moraes pushes off an throws an elbow but Barreto Neto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barreto Neto is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes pushes off an throws an elbow but Barreto Neto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barreto Neto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four 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.
Barreto Neto stalling against the cage.
Barreto Neto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ermirio de Moraes won't allow it.
Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barreto Neto is trying to break free.
A hook to the body from Ermirio de Moraes.
Ermirio de Moraes lands a good knee to the midsection. Barreto Neto won't want to take too many of those.
Ricardo Barreto Neto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barreto Neto can't find room to land a body shot as Ermirio de Moraes controls the action.
Ermirio de Moraes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barreto Neto's defenses.
Barreto Neto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ermirio de Moraes has Barreto Neto pressed against the cage, preventing Barreto Neto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barreto Neto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barreto Neto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ermirio de Moraes'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.
Barreto Neto tries to break the clinch but Ermirio de Moraes is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ermirio de Moraes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joaquim Ermirio de Moraes!