PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hyury Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filemom Macarenco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filemom Macarenco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Freire
vs
Macarenco

180 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hyury Freire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filemom Macarenco!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macarenco tries to bum rush Freire with a series of wild strikes but Freire uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freire closes the distance and clinches up with Macarenco, looking for a takedown. Freire pushes Macarenco against the cage but Macarenco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Freire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Macarenco.
Filemom Macarenco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macarenco plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
No joy there for Macarenco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Freire looks for a takedown but Macarenco sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Freire.
Freire misses with a takedown attempt - Macarenco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyury Freire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macarenco misses with a few strikes there.
Macarenco throws a lazy head kick

and Freire counters by clinching up.
Macarenco is trying to break the clinch but Freire has him pressed against the cage.
Freire stalling the fight.
Macarenco wants to break the clinch but can't.

Freire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freire misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Freire is looking to slow Macarenco down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macarenco misses with a two punch combination.
Macarenco misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Freire.
Freire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Macarenco looks gassed!
Freire looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Macarenco is fending him off so far but Freire persists. Nope, Macarenco circles away and we're back to standing.
Macarenco throws a right and a left that Freire avoids nicely.
Macarenco looks to land a combination but Freire avoids it well.
Freire throws a series of punches but Macarenco avoids them all with ease.
Macarenco falls off balance throwing a combination

and Freire decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Macarenco's guard.

Freire decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Macarenco, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Freire.
Macarenco parries the strikes from Freire easily there. Freire is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Macarenco to escape.
Freire has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Freire throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Freire working the ground and pound but Macarenco is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freire decides to stand back up.
Freire defending well as Macarenco loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to de liver by Macarenco. Beautiful body shot.
Freire misses the jab.
Macarenco misses with the combination.
Macarenco throws a combination that misses

and Freire counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Freire.
Macarenco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Macarenco wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Freire manages to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Freire gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyury Freire dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No luck with that takedown attempt from Freire.
Macarenco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hyury Freire is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Macarenco lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Freire pushes Macarenco up against the cage in a clinch.

Freire manages to break the clinch.

Freire rushes Macarenco and presses him up against the cage.

Freire breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Macarenco catches Freire right on the button with a cross.
Macarenco misses with a double jab.
Freire shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Macarenco sprawls well. Macarenco wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Freire gets slowly back to his feet.
Macarenco throws a series of punches but Freire moves out of range.
Freire shoots in looking for a takedown. Macarenco tries to sprawl out of it but Freire keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Macarenco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyury Freire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macarenco throws a left and a right that both miss

and Freire counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Macarenco's guard now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire throwing strikes from guard but Macarenco blocks nicely.
Freire prevents Macarenco from getting back to his feet.
Macarenco keeping moving, preventing Freire from controlling successfully.

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.
Freire is looking to work some ground and pound but Macarenco has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freire postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Freire trying to control the position from guard on top but Macarenco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macarenco is looking to stand up but Freire isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macarenco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Freire.
Freire wants to control from the top but Macarenco keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Freire decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Freire dodges the punch combination from Macarenco.
Macarenco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Freire.
Filemom Macarenco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Macarenco displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Freire.
Macarenco throws a nice looking combination but Freire bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Macarenco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyury Freire dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Freire has a takedown stuffed.

Freire changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Macarenco looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hyury Freire overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Freire tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Freire lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macarenco is trying to buck Freire off.
Macarenco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Freire. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Freire is looking to take a break and control but Macarenco is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

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.
Freire in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Freire seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macarenco defending against the ground and pound.
Freire wants to lay and pray for a moment but Macarenco keeps working.

Freire stands up.
Macarenco throws a right hand that Freire ducks under and follows up with a left that Freire also avoids with ease.

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.
Freire shoots for a double leg takedown but Macarenco sprawls well. He's pushed Freire's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Macarenco misses with a series of wild punches.
Freire misses with a takedown attempt - Macarenco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hyury Freire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, jab by Macarenco - just one landing.
Hyury Freire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Macarenco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Macarenco throws a left and a right that both miss

and Freire counters with a nice double leg into side control. Macarenco won't be happy with that.
Freire in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Freire tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hyury Freire showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Freire, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hyury Freire!