PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alves d'Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devil Jho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). d\'Araujo comes into the arena with POWER blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jho's choice of entrance music: Into the Abyss. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

d'Araujo
vs
Jho

181 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alves d'Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Devil Jho!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jho scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slow jab from d'Araujo misses its intended target.
Jho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Devil Jho has been cut.
d'Araujo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jho.
Jho takes a swing at d'Araujo's ribcage but misses.
Jho swings and misses with a hook to the body.

d'Araujo has closed the distance and engaged Jho in a clinch.
d'Araujo scores with a nice hook to the head.
d'Araujo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jho working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Jho - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
d'Araujo blocking some punches.
Jho tries to throw a body punch but d'Araujo avoids it by throwing Jho back against the cage.
Jho works on d'Araujo's body with a couple of short punches.
Jho gets through d'Araujo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
d'Araujo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jho throws an elbow that misses.
d'Araujo is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jho.
d'Araujo is stalling here.
d'Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
d'Araujo tries to land a knee to the head but Jho blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Jho.
Jho digs a right hand underneath d'Araujo's ribcage. d'Araujo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
d'Araujo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jho has a couple of punches blocked by d'Araujo.
d'Araujo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jho tries a body shot but d'Araujo blocks it.
Jho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
d'Araujo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
d'Araujo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jho avoids the damage to the body.
Jho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
d'Araujo trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jho lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jho.
d'Araujo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jho avoids the damage to the body.
Jho misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from d'Araujo.
Jho scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Jho.
d'Araujo tries to throw a body punch but Jho avoids it by throwing d'Araujo back against the cage.
d'Araujo leaning against his opponent.
Jho misses with an elbow over the top.
d'Araujo leaning against his opponent.
Jho scores with a shoulder strike.
Jho lands a left hand that snaps the head of d'Araujo backwards.
d'Araujo scores a nice knee to the body.
Jho misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by d'Araujo.
Jho lands a nice shot to the body.
Jho scores with a nice hook to the head.
d'Araujo tries a knee to the head but Jho blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of d'Araujos head.
A hook to the body from Jho.
d'Araujo tries to land a knee to the head but Jho blocks with his arms.
d'Araujo avoids the elbow strike from Jho, against the cage.
Jho misses with the head strike.
d'Araujo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by d'Araujo.
Jho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jho avoiding damage as d'Araujo throws knees to the body.
d'Araujo missing with knees to the body.
d'Araujo misses with a body punch.
Jho misses with a punch to the body.
d'Araujo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Jho on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from d'Araujo as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
d'Araujo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
d'Araujo managing to block the knees to the body from Jho.
d'Araujo with a knee to the head.
Jho avoiding damage as d'Araujo throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Jho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jho working aggressively here.
Jho misses with a punch on the inside.
Jho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
d'Araujo takes a shot to the head.
d'Araujo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
d'Araujo throws a head punch that misses.
Jho avoiding damage as d'Araujo throws knees to the body.
d'Araujo missing with knees to the body.
Jho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devil Jho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devil Jho's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A leg kick checked by d'Araujo.
Jho fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jho misses with a right hand
and d'Araujo counters with a good, hard body kick but Jho shrugs it off.
d'Araujo misses with a leg kick.
d'Araujo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jho throws a sloppy head kick and d'Araujo moves out of range easily.
Devil Jho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jho.
Jho throws a hook but d'Araujo blocks it.
A jab from Jho misses.
Sloppy strikes from d'Araujo. Those never looked like landing.
A right-left combo lands from d'Araujo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jho takes a swing at d'Araujo's ribcage but misses.
d'Araujo misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jho works over d'Araujo's head and body with a nice combination.
Jho cracks a nice hook into d'Araujo's ribs.
d'Araujo slips a straight right by Jho.
Jho takes a swing at d'Araujo's ribcage but misses.
Jho staying out of range there.
Jho ducks under a wild hook from d'Araujo.
Jho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
d'Araujo throws a head kick that Jho semi-blocks.
Jho misses with a low kick.
d'Araujo missing with a left hand there. Jho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
d'Araujo throws a low kick but Jho avoids it.
Jho takes a swing at d'Araujo's ribcage but misses.
Jho throws a looping overhand right but d'Araujo ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jho's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jho comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
d'Araujo blocks a jab.
Jho throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jho throws a body punch but d'Araujo moves out of range.
Jho looks to land a body kick but d'Araujo moved away.
d'Araujo throws a leg kick but Jho moved away.
Sloppy strikes from Jho. Those never looked like landing.
d'Araujo throws a low kick, looking for Jho's leg but Jho calmly moves out of range.
Jho blocks a head kick by d'Araujo.
d'Araujo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jho.
d'Araujo moves away from the strike by Jho.
Jho scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

d'Araujo clinches up against the cage.
Jho can't find room to land a body shot as d'Araujo controls the action.
d'Araujo throws a knee to the head but misses.
d'Araujo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
d'Araujo avoids a wild elbow strike from Jho.
d'Araujo blocking some punches.
d'Araujo is trying to maintain a safe position but Jho gets an underhook and turns d'Araujo into the cage.
d'Araujo misses with a hook to the ribs.
d'Araujo tries a body shot but Jho blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Jho.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jho lands with a short shot to the head.
d'Araujo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by d'Araujo.
Jho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jho misses with a punch to the body.
d'Araujo trying to control the position but instead, Jho has worked for underhooks and has pushed d'Araujo into the cage.
Jho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jho misses with an elbow over the top.
d'Araujo prevents a body shot from Jho.
Jho gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with d'Araujo's elbow.
Jho lands with a left to the head.
Jho lands a nice elbow.
Jho tries to throw a body punch but d'Araujo avoids it by throwing Jho back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for d'Araujo.
Jho working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
d'Araujo taking a breather.
Knees to the body from d'Araujo.
d'Araujo blocks an uppercut.
d'Araujo misses with a knee strike.
d'Araujo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Devil Jho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Devil Jho's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jho misses with a hook. d'Araujo ducked under it nicely.
Jho throws a leg kick but d'Araujo moved away.
Jho throws an overhand right that lands on d'Araujo's shoulder, as d'Araujo tries to avoid the shot.
Jho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but d'Araujo was well out of range. Poor timing from Jho.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from d'Araujo. Jho shrugs it off though.
d'Araujo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jho throws out a loose jab but d'Araujo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jho looks to score with a jab to the body but d'Araujo is just out of range.
Jho moves forwards but d'Araujo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - d'Araujo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but d'Araujo moves away.
Jho misses with a head kick.
Jho avoids the head kick by d'Araujo.
d'Araujo avoids the body shot from Jho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
d'Araujo connects with a crisp jab.
Jho getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
d'Araujo throws a wild body kick that Jho sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Jho.
Alves d'Araujo is winning the standup battle so far.
d'Araujo avoids the body shot from Jho.
Jho tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and d'Araujo is able to avoid easily.
Jho ducks under a wild hook from d'Araujo.
d'Araujo throws a lazy right hand but Jho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
d'Araujo misses with a looping right.
Jho thows a body shot but no joy.
Jho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on d'Araujo. That did some damage!
Alves d'Araujo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
d'Araujo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from d'Araujo.
Jho scores with a hook to the body. d'Araujo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jho misses the shot to the body.
d'Araujo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jho under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Jho finds it's way through d'Araujo's defenses.
Jho misses with an uppercut. d'Araujo saw that one coming.
Jho scores with a shot to the body.
Jho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from d'Araujo.
Jho's corner calls for a 1-2. Jho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice body punch from Jho.
Jho lands a body shot.
d'Araujo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from d'Araujo finds it's way through Jho's defenses.
Jho throws a right and a left that d'Araujo avoids nicely.
d'Araujo throws a jab when Jho was well out of range.
d'Araujo throws the left hand but Jho avoids the punch easily.
Jho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but d'Araujo was well out of range. Poor timing from Jho.
Jho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
d'Araujo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
d'Araujo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jho.
d'Araujo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slow jab from d'Araujo misses its intended target.
Devil Jho is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Jho does no damage.
d'Araujo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jho clobbers d'Araujo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jho lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jho.
d'Araujo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jho getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jho ducks under a wild hook from d'Araujo.
Jho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from d'Araujo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
d'Araujo throws a hook to the side of Jho's head but Jho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
d'Araujo misses with a hook
and Jho counters with a low kick, right behind d'Araujo 's knee.
Jho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Devil Jho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jho has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devil Jho!
Devil Jho took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, PRIME DESIGNS for their support in the buildup to the fight.