PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Juliao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes to the cage accompanied by When We Ride . The key to victory for Vinicius Carvalho has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Carvalho
vs
Juliao

190 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Carvalho!
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, Will Juliao!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Juliao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Carvalho gets tackled into the cage by Juliao. Juliao maintains the clinch.
Juliao lands an uppercut.

Juliao drags the fight down to the ground.
Carvalho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carvalho preventing the sweep.

Juliao had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carvalho defends it easily.
Juliao tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carvalho throwing strikes but missing.
Juliao wants to get back to his feet but Carvalho is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Juliao wants to sweep but no luck.
Carvalho trying to control but Juliao is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juliao is adopting a defensive guard.
Juliao bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carvalho's guard.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Carvalho is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Juliao trying to control the position from guard on top but Carvalho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carvalho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carvalho slaps away a takedown attempt from Juliao, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Juliao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Juliao goes for a takedown in the clinch but Carvalho prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carvalho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carvalho wants to get back to striking at distance but Juliao won't allow it.
Carvalho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Juliao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Juliao scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Juliao working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carvalho is trying to control Juliao's posture but Juliao avoids it.
Carvalho is looking for a sweep.
Juliao working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
You can see the frustration on Carvalho's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Juliao has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Juliao with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Carvalho defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Juliao.
Juliao in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

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.
Juliao with a couple of short strikes.
Juliao fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Carvalho tries to reverse the position but Juliao maintains control.
Juliao looking to control and managing it successfully.
Carvalho is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Carvalho is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Carvalho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Juliao looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Carvalho wants to control but Juliao is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Juliao dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Juliao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Carvalho swivels and escapes.
Carvalho throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Juliao clinches with his opponent.
Juliao lands an elbow that stopped Carvalho in his tracks for a moment.

Juliao manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Juliao is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Juliao wriggles free and stands up.
Carvalho dips to his left and cracks Juliao with an uppercut!

Juliao gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Juliao looks up at the clock and then as Carvalho takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Juliao smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Juliao working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juliao stands up and beckons Carvalho to his feet.
Carvalho shoots in but no luck this time.

Juliao closes the distance and clinches.

Juliao jumps into guard, dragging Carvalho to the mat.
Carvalho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Juliao looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carvalho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carvalho postures up.
Juliao looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carvalho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carvalho won't allow Juliao to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juliao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Juliao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Juliao trying to keep a closed guard but Carvalho is proving a slippery customer.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Juliao manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Carvalho manages to get himself to full guard.
Carvalho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Juliao is controlling him.
Juliao tries to free his leg and advance position but Carvalho is retaining full guard.

Juliao gets to his feet. Carvalho looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Juliao slips a jab and a cross from Carvalho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juliao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Juliao moves into the clinch.
Carvalho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Juliao pressing his opponent against the cage.

Juliao pulls guard effortlessly.

Carvalho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Carvalho thows a big elbow that misses.
Carvalho passes Juliao's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Juliao controlling the position well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juliao tries to kick Carvalho off but Carvalho keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Juliao trying to hold on to Carvalho's head to control him but Carvalho postures up.
Carvalho seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Juliao does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Juliao wants to get back to full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Juliao rushes Carvalho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carvalho taking a breather.
Juliao is pushing Carvalho up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Juliao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A punch combination from Carvalho misses.

Carvalho gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Carvalho is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Juliao dives into side control.
Juliao controlling from side mount.
Juliao passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Carvalho!
Carvalho tries to reverse the position but Juliao maintains control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juliao controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Carvalho won't allow Juliao to get back to his feet.
Juliao trying to keep a closed guard but Carvalho is proving a slippery customer.
Juliao wants to sweep here but Carvalho controlling him for the moment.
Carvalho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carvalho throws a big right hand that misses.
Juliao trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Juliao pulls Carvalho in to control the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Will Juliao hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Juliao looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carvalho is fending him off so far but Juliao persists. Nope, Carvalho circles away and we're back to standing.
Vinicius Carvalho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carvalho lands with a shot to the body.
Carvalho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Juliao sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Juliao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Carvalho with a poor takedown

and Juliao decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carvalho's guard.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet but Juliao is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Carvalho working a defensive guard here.
Carvalho wants to stand up but Juliao is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juliao throws a big right hand that misses.
Carvalho doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Juliao trying to control but Carvalho is working from the bottom.
Juliao scoring with some ground and pound.
Juliao wants to stand but Carvalho is controlling his posture from full guard.
Carvalho working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Juliao.
Carvalho throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Carvalho 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.
Juliao slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Vinicius Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.
Juliao wants to control from the top but Carvalho keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Will Juliao.

Juliao moves into range and clinches up with Carvalho.
Carvalho jumps guard but Juliao stands there with Carvalho around his waist. Carvalho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Carvalho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short body shot lands from Juliao as the two fighters clinch.
Carvalho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Juliao walks away with a smile on his face. Carvalho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Juliao moves into range and clinches up with Carvalho.
Juliao controlling the action here for a moment.
Will Juliao is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carvalho fails to pull guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Juliao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Juliao winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Juliao!