PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Junio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Junio
vs
Matos

200 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
169 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Junio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Matos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Matos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Junio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Matos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Junio misses with a takedown attempt
and Matos counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rogerio Junio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junio with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Matos to counter with a crisp jab.
Junio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Matos counters with a straight right hand.
Junio misses with a takedown attempt
and Junio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matos doesn't manage to clinch there - Junio circles away.
Junio shoots and misses

and Matos counters by moving into the clinch.
Junio is breathing heavily.
Junio is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Matos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Junio goes for a takedown attempt but Matos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Junio with a lazy takedown attempt

and Matos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Matos is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matos can't break the clinch.
Matos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Junio has Matos pressed against the cage, preventing Matos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Junio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Junio tightens his grip and picks Matos up, before dumping him to the ground. Matos manages to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Junio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Matos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Junio is working Matos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Junio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Junio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Junio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Junio throws and elbow that misses. Matos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Junio's guard. Nice move by Matos!
Matos stopping the sweep attempt from Junio.
Junio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Junio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junio.
Junio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Matos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junio.
Junio lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Junio lands a nice short elbow.
Junio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Matos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Junio drops an elbow to the side of Matos's head.
Junio lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junio drops an elbow to the side of Matos's head.
Junio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Junio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Junio landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matos wants to get back to his feet.
Junio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junio slips a nice elbow through Matos's hands, connecting with Matos's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Junio connects with a nice short shot to Matos's temple.
Matos has hold of Junio's hands but Junio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Junio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Matos has hold of Junio's hands but Junio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Junio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogerio Junio 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.

Horrible takedown by Junio or perhaps it was just good defense by Matos which made him look bad.
Junio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Matos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Junio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Matos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rogerio Junio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junio has Matos pressed against the cage, preventing Matos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Matos is pressed up against the cage. Junio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Matos down to the mat. Matos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Junio tries for a takedown but Matos circles away easily

and Matos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Junio is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Matos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junio tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Matos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Junio misses with a takedown

and Matos counters by moving into the clinch.
Matos is pressed up against the cage. Junio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Matos down to the mat. Matos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Junio misses with a takedown attempt
and Matos counters with a two punch combo.
Rogerio Junio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matos tries to clinch but Junio moves out of range.
Matos is looking to clinch.

Junio throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Matos was covering up waiting for the punch and Junio finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Junio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Matos scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Junio misses with a takedown

and Matos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matos.
Matos is trying to break the clinch but Junio has him pressed against the cage.
Junio keeps control of Matos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Matos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Junio has clasped his hands together around Matos's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Junio is putting a hurting on Matos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Junio landing a few strikes.
Matos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Junio scoring with punches from side control.
Junio working the ground and pound from side control.
Junio lands an elbow.
Junio lands an elbow.
Matos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Junio lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Matos down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junio scores with punches from side control.

Matos is rocked!
Junio scores with a couple of short elbows.
Matos is still in real trouble! Can Junio finish him?
Matos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rogerio Junio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Junio lands some shots froms side control.
Matos seems to have recovered his senses.
Junio lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Junio cracks Matos with a big right hand but Matos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Matos taking a bit of punishment here - Junio scoring with strikes.
Junio really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matos taking a bit of punishment here - Junio scoring with strikes.
Junio cracks Matos with a big elbow.
Junio working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogerio Junio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Junio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Matos pinned against the cage. Matos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Junio shoots and misses

and Matos moves into the clinch.
Matos prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rogerio Junio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matos tries to circle away but Junio has him pinned against the cage.

Junio wants the takedown. Matos is fighting it off but Junio persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Matos's guard against the cage.
Matos wants to stand but Junio is controlling the position.
Junio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Junio landing some decent shots from guard.
Junio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Matos's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Junio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Junio working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Junio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Junio with a nice head shot there.
Junio stands up over Matos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Junio working some strikes from top position.
Matos wants to stand but Junio is controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Junio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junio pushing down on Matos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ground and pound from Junio.
Junio looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Junio lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Matos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Junio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Junio connects with a nice short shot to Matos's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junio looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Junio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Junio lands with a punch from half guard.
Junio working over Matos with some ground and pound. Matos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Junio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Junio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matos can do to turn this around?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Junio connects with a nice short shot to Matos's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junio lands strikes from half guard.
Junio landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Junio lands with a punch from half guard.
Junio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Junio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Matos has hold of Junio's hands but Junio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Matos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Junio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Matos taking some punishment here, with Junio in his half guard.
Junio 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junio drops an elbow to the side of Matos's head.
Junio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Junio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Junio working over Matos with some ground and pound. Matos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Junio there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matos has hold of Junio's hands but Junio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Robert Matos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rogerio Junio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Junio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio Junio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Junio, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogerio Junio!