PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Estacio da Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Fonseca comes to the cage accompanied by "Chokechain" - 3oh!3. Estacio da Fonseca has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

da Fonseca
vs
Daniels

170 cm
27
140 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

179 cm
22
134 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Estacio da Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raymond Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Fonseca tries to clinch but Daniels moves out of range.
da Fonseca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daniels circles away quickly and effectively.
Estacio da Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Fonseca lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Raymond Daniels has been cut.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
da Fonseca tries to hold on but Daniels postures up.
da Fonseca is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Daniels is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
da Fonseca keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
da Fonseca sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
da Fonseca trying to hold on to Daniels's head to control him but Daniels postures up.
da Fonseca keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
da Fonseca tries to roll over but Daniels keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. da Fonseca manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Daniels really doesn't want to stay on the ground with da Fonseca. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
da Fonseca wants to sweep here but Daniels controlling him for the moment.
da Fonseca is looking to sweep but instead, Daniels has passed into half guard.
da Fonseca works his way to full guard. Good work.
da Fonseca seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
da Fonseca manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Daniels manages to get himself to full guard.
da Fonseca wants to pass the guard but Daniels is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Daniels is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
da Fonseca controlling from the top position.
da Fonseca stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Daniels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
da Fonseca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
da Fonseca stays in close to Daniels's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Daniels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
da Fonseca scoring with punches to the head and body.
da Fonseca sitting in guard, not really doing much.
da Fonseca postures up in Daniels's guard and throws a big left but Daniels blocks it.
da Fonseca tries to free his leg and advance position but Daniels is retaining full guard.
Daniels is trying to keep da Fonseca in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
da Fonseca slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
da Fonseca seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Daniels for as long as he can get away with.
Daniels looks gassed!
da Fonseca passes easily into side control. Nice work.
da Fonseca remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Estacio da Fonseca just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
da Fonseca fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estacio da Fonseca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Daniels's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

da Fonseca swinging wildly here.

da Fonseca scores a takedown into full mount!
da Fonseca landing strikes from the mount and Daniels is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Daniels taking shots to the head.

Daniels is rocked!

da Fonseca swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Estacio da Fonseca!