PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neguinho Dopastoreio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Longfellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longfellow has chosen Dropping Plates as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dopastoreio
vs
Longfellow

186 cm
26
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
194 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neguinho Dopastoreio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luke Longfellow!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longfellow misses with a takedown

and Dopastoreio counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dopastoreio is trying to control. Longfellow wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dopastoreio is controlling the pace.
Longfellow wants to control but Dopastoreio is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Longfellow is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dopastoreio pulls his head out easily.
Dopastoreio is thwarting Longfellow's attempts to control the position.
Dopastoreio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dopastoreio tries to pass to full mount but Longfellow defends it.
Dopastoreio with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Longfellow looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Longfellow is trying to maintain the position but Dopastoreio is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dopastoreio wants to take a breather but Longfellow is having none of it.
Longfellow moves into full guard.
Dopastoreio controlling from the top position.
Dopastoreio wants to control from the top but Longfellow keeps moving.
Longfellow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Longfellow manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dopastoreio manages to get himself to full guard.
Longfellow must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dopastoreio looking for a sweep. Not yet Dopastoreio, not yet.
Longfellow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dopastoreio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dopastoreio holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longfellow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dopastoreio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dopastoreio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Longfellow postures up in Dopastoreio's guard and throws a big left but Dopastoreio blocks it.
Longfellow is stalling in the full guard.
Longfellow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longfellow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Longfellow throwing strikes from guard but Dopastoreio blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Longfellow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Longfellow looking to pass the guard.
Longfellow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dopastoreio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Longfellow landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Longfellow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dopastoreio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dopastoreio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Longfellow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dopastoreio is on top in guard.
Longfellow will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Longfellow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Longfellow looking for a guillotine here but Dopastoreio defends easily.
Longfellow keeping moving, preventing Dopastoreio from controlling successfully.
Dopastoreio is really struggling to control Longfellow but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neguinho Dopastoreio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neguinho Dopastoreio's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Longfellow shoots and misses

so Dopastoreio counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dopastoreio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Longfellow's guard.
Longfellow wants to get back to full guard.
Dopastoreio is trying to control the action in half guard but Longfellow is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Longfellow looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Longfellow is in trouble now - Dopastoreio has advanced to mount!
Longfellow tries to reverse the position but Dopastoreio maintains control.
Dopastoreio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dopastoreio with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Longfellow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Longfellow is breathing heavily.

Dopastoreio has control of Longfellow's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Longfellow regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longfellow working to try and regain half guard.
Dopastoreio is looking to work his way around to Longfellow's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Longfellow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dopastoreio moves to the back position.

Dopastoreio has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Dopastoreio looking for the RNC.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dopastoreio has the hooks in. Longfellow is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Dopastoreio has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Longfellow! Can he survive? No! He's out! Dopastoreio gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Neguinho Dopastoreio!