PBP Commentary

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

Mira
vs
Carochinha

186 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algenir Mira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davi Carochinha!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mira lands a glancing blow to the side of Carochinha's head.
Mira uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carochinha has time to react.
Carochinha tries to clinch up.
Carochinha changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mira tries to avoid it but Carochinha manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mira to the ground. Mira escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Algenir Mira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown but Mira shows good takedown defense.
Mira throws the left hand but Carochinha avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Carochinha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carochinha fails with the takedown.
Algenir Mira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Carochinha.
Mira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carochinha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mira swivels and escapes.
Carochinha closes the distance and clinches up with Mira, looking for a takedown. Carochinha pushes Mira against the cage but Mira circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mira lands a jab-cross combination.
Mira defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Carochinha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carochinha tries to clinch there but Mira circles away.
Mira cracks Carochinha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mira misses with the combination.
Mira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carochinha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carochinha swats away the attempt to clinch by Mira.
Mira misses the shot to the body.
Carochinha is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Mira has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carochinha lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Mira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carochinha is defended easily by Mira.
Mira lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mira scores with a shot to the body.
Carochinha looks gassed!
Carochinha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mira clinches with his opponent.

Mira manages to break the clinch.
Carochinha takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mira throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mira looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mira misses with a few strikes there.
Mira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No joy there for Mira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mira tries to clinch up.
Mira misses with a low kick.
Algenir Mira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mira misses with a double jab.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mira as he avoids it easily.
Mira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carochinha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mira pinned against the cage. Mira gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carochinha has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Carochinha.
Mira leaves Carochinha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mira throws a series of punches but Carochinha moves out of range.
Mira is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown but Mira shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algenir Mira dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Carochinha tries for a takedown but Mira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Algenir Mira is winning the standup battle so far.
Mira throws a big shot that misses.
Mira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Carochinha's head backwards.
Algenir Mira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carochinha shoots in but Mira avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mira swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carochinha is defended easily by Mira.
Algenir Mira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Carochinha.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Carochinha or perhaps it was just good defense by Mira which made him look bad.
Mira jabs at Carochinha's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carochinha shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mira defends it nicely.
Carochinha is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mira. Carochinha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carochinha has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carochinha tries to work over Mira's front leg with a kick but Mira checks it.
Mira displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Carochinha takes one to the side of the head.
Carochinha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mira.
A telegraphed right hand from Mira misses the target.
Carochinha is trying desperately to land a takedown but Mira is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Carochinha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carochinha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mira swivels and escapes.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown but Mira shows good takedown defense.

Mira gets a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carochinha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mira has Carochinha pressed against the cage, preventing Carochinha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Mira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mira stalks Carochinha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carochinha's face. Carochinha staggers backwards, shaken.

Mira has closed the distance and engaged Carochinha in a clinch.
Mira has Carochinha pressed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown but Mira shows good takedown defense.
Mira goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mira dodges the punch combination from Carochinha.
Carochinha misses with the combination.
Carochinha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mira digs a good body shot into Carochinha's ribs.
Mira swinging wildly here.
Mira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carochinha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

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.
Mira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Carochinha counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mira!
Carochinha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mira wants to try and get back to his feet.
Mira is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Carochinha scoring with strikes but Mira is staying in there.
Carochinha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mira is looking to escape.
Carochinha landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carochinha looking to finish with strikes here!
Mira avoids a series of strikes thrown by Carochinha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algenir Mira dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Carochinha misses with a wild body shot.
Mira tries to clinch up but Carochinha circles away and keeps his distance.
Carochinha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mira circles away.
Carochinha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mira swivels and escapes.
Mira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mira misses with a head kick.
Mira leaves Carochinha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Algenir Mira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Carochinha.
Mira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carochinha moves in looking to clinch but Mira pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carochinha misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Carochinha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carochinha shoots in but Mira avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mira scores with a shot to the body.
Carochinha fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mira avoids it really well and circles away.
Mira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Carochinha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Carochinha counters by clinching up.

Mira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carochinha fails with a takedown attempt.
Mira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carochinha throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mira's waist but Mira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Carochinha off to one side.

Carochinha shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Carochinha preventing the sweep.
Algenir Mira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carochinha must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carochinha is working Mira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carochinha trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mira looking for a sweep. Not yet Mira, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carochinha wants to control from the top but Mira keeps moving.
Mira wants to stand and escape but Carochinha is having none of it.
Carochinha passes Mira's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mira has hold of Carochinha's hands but Carochinha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Carochinha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mira's head.

Carochinha decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Carochinha shoots in but Mira avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mira digs a good body shot into Carochinha's ribs.
Carochinha fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mira misses with the combination.
Mira moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mira wants it to stay on the feet.
Davi Carochinha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carochinha swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mira counters with a left and a right that stings Carochinha.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Algenir Mira.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mira, 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Algenir Mira!