PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Albuquerque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Aguiar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as David Aguiar enters the cage!

Albuquerque
vs
Aguiar

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Phil Albuquerque!
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, David Aguiar!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguiar doesn't manage to clinch there - Albuquerque circles away.

Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Aguiar tries to hold on but Albuquerque pushes him away.
Aguiar regains half guard.
Albuquerque tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Albuquerque passes to side control.

Albuquerque is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aguiar has escaped the position, nice work there.

Albuquerque decides to stand back up. Albuquerque steps back and let's Aguiar get back to his feet.

Albuquerque darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Albuquerque is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Albuquerque is breathing heavily.
Aguiar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Albuquerque is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Aguiar has one foot on Albuquerque's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Albuquerque fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aguiar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Albuquerque scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Albuquerque has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Aguiar fails to land with a series of punches.
Aguiar misses the shot to the body.

Albuquerque looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Aguiar!

Albuquerque gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Albuquerque closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Aguiar to the mat! Aguiar manages to get full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Albuquerque drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Albuquerque jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Albuquerque wants to pass the guard but Aguiar is keeping the position.

Albuquerque drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Albuquerque jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Albuquerque drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Albuquerque jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Albuquerque drops back, looking for a kneebar! Aguiar looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Aguiar looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Aguiar!
Albuquerque manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Albuquerque is pressing down on Aguiar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Albuquerque has his feet on Aguiar's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Phil Albuquerque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Albuquerque scores a takedown into full mount!

Albuquerque looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguiar can't escape the position.
Albuquerque wants to take Aguiar's back but he can't do it this time.
Aguiar wants to hold on but Albuquerque pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Albuquerque jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Aguiar is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Aguiar and Albuquerque has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Aguiar is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Albuquerque's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Aguiar kicks off Albuquerque and gets to his feet.
Aguiar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Albuquerque's waist but Albuquerque gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Aguiar off to one side.
Aguiar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Albuquerque backs up against the cage.

Albuquerque scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Albuquerque is working for a kimura but Aguiar is defending it quite comfortably.

Albuquerque decides to stand up.

Albuquerque decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Albuquerque is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Albuquerque gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Aguiar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albuquerque swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Albuquerque looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Aguiar scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Aguiar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Albuquerque has hold of Aguiar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Aguiar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Albuquerque is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Aguiar has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aguiar is trying to escape the mount.
Albuquerque seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Aguiar is holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Albuquerque dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Albuquerque closes this distance looking for a takedown but Aguiar circles away.

Albuquerque feints and as Aguiar raises his hands in defense, Albuquerque changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Albuquerque wants to stand but Aguiar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Albuquerque drops back, looking for a kneebar! Aguiar looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Aguiar looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Aguiar!
Aguiar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Albuquerque keeps working.

Aguiar decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Albuquerque. No joy for Aguiar on that attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Albuquerque misses with a takedown

and Aguiar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Albuquerque's guard.
Phil Albuquerque overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguiar slips nicely into half guard.
Albuquerque keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Albuquerque looking for submissions off his back.
Aguiar is looking to take a break and control but Albuquerque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Albuquerque is trying to stand up here but Aguiar is controlling him well.

Albuquerque actively working from the bottom here.

Albuquerque looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Albuquerque manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Albuquerque wants to stand but Aguiar is controlling the position.
Albuquerque looking for a sweep. Not yet Albuquerque, not yet.

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.
Aguiar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Albuquerque works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Albuquerque throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Albuquerque escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aguiar gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Albuquerque tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Albuquerque looking for a triangle here. Aguiar is fighting it but it looks tight! Albuquerque pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Aguiar is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Phil Albuquerque!