PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Everton Pirolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagner Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nascimento's choice of entrance music: I N F E R N O. This should be a great matchup!

Pirolla
vs
Nascimento

185 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
191 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Everton Pirolla!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagner Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento throws a good cross that connects.
Nascimento bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pirolla lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Nascimento has Pirolla up against the ropes in a clinch.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Pirolla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nascimento takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nascimento tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pirolla sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nascimento somewhat.
Pirolla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pirolla fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nascimento lands a right hook to the body.
Pirolla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nascimento.
Pirolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Nascimento.
Nascimento misses with a head kick.
Pirolla throws a series of strikes that have Nascimento backpedaling.
Pirolla dodges the punch combination from Nascimento.
Everton Pirolla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pirolla pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nascimento slips a jab and a cross from Pirolla.
Nascimento shoots for a double leg takedown but Pirolla sprawls well. He's pushed Nascimento's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A big left from Nascimento misses.
Nascimento dodges the punch combination from Pirolla.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nascimento fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nascimento moves in looking to clinch but Pirolla pushes him off.
Nascimento has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nascimento there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pirolla lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nascimento moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pirolla missing with a left hand there. Nascimento was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nascimento gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pirolla.
Pirolla tries to bum rush Nascimento with a series of wild strikes but Nascimento uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento slips a straight right by Pirolla.
Pirolla misses with a looping left.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown but Pirolla shows good takedown defense.
Everton Pirolla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wagner Nascimento.
Nascimento swings for the body but Pirolla moves out of range.
Everton Pirolla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pirolla stalks Nascimento and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nascimento's face. Nascimento staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pirolla avoids the head kick by Nascimento.
Nice uppercut there from Pirolla.
Pirolla lands a jab.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Pirolla scores with a jab to the head.
Pirolla bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nascimento's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento clinches.
Pirolla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pirolla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pirolla is trying to break the clinch but Nascimento is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Pirolla's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nascimento is trying desperately to land a takedown but Pirolla is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Nascimento.
Pirolla is trying to force a seperation but Nascimento has the dominant position.
Pirolla working hard to break the clinch.
Pirolla is trying to force a seperation but Nascimento has the dominant position.
Pirolla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pirolla is trying to break the clinch but Nascimento is controlling him.

Nascimento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pirolla has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pirolla misses the jab.
Pirolla with a jab.
Pirolla scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pirolla throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nascimento shoots in looking for a takedown. Pirolla tries to sprawl out of it but Nascimento keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pirolla manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab by Pirolla.
Pirolla displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nascimento.
Nascimento is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pirolla.
Nascimento changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pirolla tries to avoid it but Nascimento manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pirolla to the ground. Pirolla escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nascimento looks gassed!
Pirolla throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nascimento counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pirolla wants to stand but Nascimento is controlling the position.
Nascimento postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Nascimento drops back looking for a leg! Pirolla is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pirolla manages to kick Nascimento off! Nascimento jumps back into Pirolla's guard.
Nascimento throwing strikes but missing.
Nascimento is looking to stand up but Pirolla won't let him.
Nascimento stops Pirolla from standing up.
Pirolla on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pirolla tries to get out of the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nascimento showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pirolla.
Pirolla fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pirolla lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

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.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Pirolla avoids them all with ease.
Nascimento swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pirolla.

Nascimento clinches up against the ropes.
Nascimento goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pirolla prevents it.

Nascimento breaks from the clinch.
Pirolla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pirolla lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pirolla connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nascimento throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pirolla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pirolla misses with the combination.
Nascimento fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pirolla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pirolla lands an overhand right.
Nascimento looks to throw the jab but Pirolla is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nascimento moves in looking to clinch but Pirolla pushes him off.
Pirolla fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Nascimento gets a clinch.

Nascimento manages to break the clinch.
Nascimento walks into a straight right hand from Pirolla.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Everton Pirolla dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pirolla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nascimento.
Nascimento is looking to clinch but Pirolla is avoiding it.
Nascimento shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pirolla pinned against the cage. Pirolla gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pirolla tries to bum rush Nascimento with a series of wild strikes but Nascimento uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A combination from Pirolla does no damage.

Nascimento closes the distance and pushes Pirolla back into the ropes.

Nascimento gets control of Pirolla's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nascimento will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Nascimento has his feet on Pirolla's thighs here. He's pushed Pirolla off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Pirolla screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wagner Nascimento!
Wagner Nascimento is the new middleweight champion!