PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Fernando de Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All Calza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Fernando de Guzman
vs
Calza

173 cm
18
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Fernando de Guzman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, All Calza!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calza shoots in for a takedown but de Guzman shows good takedown defense.
de Guzman misses with the combination.
Calza slips a straight right by de Guzman.

de Guzman feints and as Calza raises his hands in defense, de Guzman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
de Guzman throwing strikes but missing.
de Guzman with a flurry of punches that miss.
de Guzman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Calza keeping moving, preventing de Guzman from controlling successfully.
de Guzman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
de Guzman is in close to Calza's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Calza keeping moving, preventing de Guzman from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guzman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Calza's head.
de Guzman postures up in Calza's guard and throws a big left but Calza blocks it.
de Guzman throws a strike but Calza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
de Guzman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Calza looks gassed!
de Guzman tries to strike from the bottom.
de Guzman wants to sweep but no luck.
de Guzman tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Guzman is trying to control the position but Calza postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
de Guzman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Calza avoids the body shot from de Guzman.
A combination from de Guzman does no damage.
de Guzman misses with a wild combination.
Calza misses with a takedown
letting de Guzman counter with a right hand.
de Guzman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Calza slips a jab and a cross from de Guzman.
de Guzman throws a body punch but Calza moves out of range.
de Guzman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from de Guzman does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calza avoids a punch combination nicely.

de Guzman shoots in and bounces Calza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
de Guzman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
de Guzman postures up in Calza's guard and throws a big left but Calza blocks it.
Calza working a defensive guard here.
de Guzman throwing strikes from guard but Calza blocks nicely.
de Guzman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Calza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman throwing strikes but missing.
de Guzman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Guzman thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Calza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
de Guzman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
de Guzman throws and elbow that misses. Calza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de Guzman's guard. Nice move by Calza!
de Guzman throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Fernando de Guzman dominated that round.
That's time! de Guzman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

de Guzman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
de Guzman throws a nice looking combination but Calza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Calza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and de Guzman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Calza won't be happy with that.
de Guzman in side control, throwing shots but Calza defends.
de Guzman throws a strike aimed at the side of Calza's head but Calza avoids it well.
Calza taking punishment in the form of punches.
de Guzman in side control, throwing shots but Calza defends.
Calza is working to avoid the ground and pound but de Guzman connects with a decent elbow.
de Guzman lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Guzman trying to control the position but Calza is working away.
de Guzman creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
de Guzman really is a fat lump.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calza is trying to buck de Guzman off.

Calza sneaks out the side door and pushes de Guzman away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
de Guzman throws a body punch but Calza moves out of range.
Don Fernando de Guzman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from de Guzman misses.
de Guzman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
de Guzman tries to bum rush Calza with a series of wild strikes but Calza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
de Guzman missing with a left hand there. Calza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calza shoots and misses

and de Guzman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Calza controlling de Guzman's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman is looking to work some ground and pound but Calza has wrist control.
de Guzman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Guzman looking to pass the guard.
de Guzman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
de Guzman looks up at the clock and then as Calza takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, de Guzman smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
de Guzman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Calza some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Guzman controlling the position from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman working the ground and pound.

Calza is rocked!
Calza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by de Guzman.
Calza dodges the ground and pound from de Guzman.
Calza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by de Guzman.
de Guzman postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Calza is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, de Guzman asserts his dominance and retains side control.
de Guzman is trying to ground and pound but Calza uses the momentary lack of control by de Guzman to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calza won't allow de Guzman to pass to mount.
de Guzman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
de Guzman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Calza's head.
de Guzman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Calza wants to get back to his feet.
de Guzman works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calza tries to hold on but de Guzman postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Fernando de Guzman dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

de Guzman misses with the combination.
Calza moves out of range of the strikes.
de Guzman throws a jab when Calza was well out of range.
A combination from de Guzman does no damage.
Calza slips a jab and a cross from de Guzman.
de Guzman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
de Guzman looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Calza is fending him off so far but de Guzman persists. Nope, Calza circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
de Guzman throws a right hand that Calza ducks under and follows up with a left that Calza also avoids with ease.
de Guzman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calza doesn't succeed with the takedown

and de Guzman counters with a single leg into guard. Calza didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guzman scoring with some ground and pound.
de Guzman thows a big elbow that misses.

de Guzman stands up from guard. Let's bang!
de Guzman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
de Guzman throws a series of punches but Calza avoids them all with ease.

de Guzman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
de Guzman lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ground and pound from de Guzman seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Calza is trying to get back to his feet.
An elbow from de Guzman crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman grinds an elbow into Calza's temple.
Calza takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Calza wants to get back to his feet but de Guzman drags him back down.
Calza on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Calza tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Calza looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
de Guzman somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards de Guzman.
de Guzman is looking to control Calza but Calza is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Calza looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
de Guzman is punishing Calza with strikes - can he finish him?!
Calza trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Calza is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from de Guzman 's hooks.
de Guzman working the ground and pound effectively.
Poor strikes thrown by de Guzman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
de Guzman thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
de Guzman working Calza over with strikes here.
Calza is in a horrible position here. de Guzman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
de Guzman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Calza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
de Guzman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Calza is still in real trouble! Can de Guzman finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Guzman with the ground and pound from mount.
de Guzman scoring with strikes but Calza is staying in there.
All Calza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
de Guzman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Fernando de Guzman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Guzman 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Fernando de Guzman!