PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murilo Ninja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaan Patricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murilo Ninja had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ninja
vs
Patricks

182 cm
22
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Ninja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vaan Patricks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patricks throws a head kick but Ninja moves out of range.
Vaan Patricks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Ninja as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Vaan Patricks has been cut.
Patricks slips a jab and a cross from Ninja.
Ninja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patricks moves away.
Ninja goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ninja misses with a looping left.
Patricks scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninja tries a low kick but Patricks avoids it.
A combination from Ninja does no damage.
Patricks throws a shot from downtown. Ninja moves away and avoids it.
Ninja takes a jab right on the kisser.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Patricks.
Patricks happy to just control the position for now.

Patricks looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patricks in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Patricks in side control lands a decent elbow.
Patricks scores with punches from side control.

Patricks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ninja has escaped the position, nice work there.
Patricks working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patricks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ninja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ninja is not content to let Patricks control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ninja tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Patricks wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ninja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Patricks on the ground.

Patricks is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ninja knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ninja tries to escape but Patricks is in control.
Patricks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Patricks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ninja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Patricks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ninja has escaped the position, nice work there.
Patricks working the ground and pound but Ninja is defending the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ninja on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Patricks looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Patricks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Patricks looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Patricks goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ninja rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Patricks's guard! Nice work there by Ninja!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vaan Patricks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vaan Patricks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ninja throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Patricks staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Patricks - just one landing.
Patricks throws a looping overhand right but Ninja ducks down to avoid it.
Patricks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patricks looks to land a right hand but Ninja moved out of range.
Ninja connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patricks's hands.
Patricks throws a sloppy head kick and Ninja moves out of range easily.
Patricks thows a left - swing and a miss!

Ninja drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ninja pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patricks is keeping the position for now.
Patricks throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ninja postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Patricks is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ninja, into his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Patricks drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ninja manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Patricks has Ninja in his guard.
Ninja works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ninja wants to lay and pray for a moment but Patricks keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninja stalling away here and it's allowed Patricks to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ninja throws and elbow that misses. Patricks uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ninja's guard. Nice move by Patricks!
Patricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Ninja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Patricks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ninja keeping moving, preventing Patricks from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patricks pushes down on Ninja's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Patricks wants to work for an arm triangle but Ninja is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Patricks wants to control but Ninja is keeping him busy.

Patricks is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Patricks looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Patricks is looking for a kimura here.

Ninja is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Patricks pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murilo Ninja dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vaan Patricks's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ninja connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Patricks scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Patricks connects with a body shot.
Ninja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patricks moves out of range of the strikes.
Patricks fails with a takedown attempt.
Ninja connects with a crisp jab.
Ninja checks the leg kick.
Patricks scores with a three punch combo!
Patricks lands a nice shot to the body.
Ninja misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patricks. Ninja does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patricks throws a one two combo.

It looks like Murilo Ninja has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patricks swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ninja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patricks throws a jab when Ninja was well out of range.
Patricks throws a looping overhand right but Ninja ducks down to avoid it.
Patricks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Patricks.
Murilo Ninja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patricks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patricks tries to land a leg kick but Ninja saw it coming and moves away.
Patricks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Patricks fails with the takedown.
Patricks lands a really nice looking cross but Ninja seems unphased.
Patricks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ninja.
Patricks throws a wild body kick that Ninja sees coming a mile off.
Patricks lands a jab-cross combination.
Patricks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ninja manages to avoid it.
A big left from Patricks misses.
Ninja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patricks throws the kick towards the body but Ninja avoids it.
Ninja misses with a two punch combination.

Patricks shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Ninja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Patricks stays in close to Ninja's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninja avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Patricks passes into half guard.

Patricks is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Patricks tries to pass to full mount but Ninja defends it.

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.
Patricks controlling the action here.

Patricks is working for a kimura but Ninja is defending it quite comfortably.

Patricks wants to work for an arm triangle but Ninja is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vaan Patricks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Patricks has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Vaan Patricks!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Vaan Patricks!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Vaan Patricks!

Vaan Patricks wins by unanimous decision!