PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Mott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Batista de Guia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Guia has chosen "Quilombo" by Soulfly as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mott
vs
de Guia

170 cm
23
160 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

180 cm
26
150 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Mott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Batista de Guia!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Guia tries to clinch but Mott moves out of range.
de Guia throws a lazy body kick

so Mott counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
de Guia wants to stand up but Mott is controlling him.
de Guia wants to sweep but no luck.
Mott throws a big elbow that misses.
de Guia keeping moving, preventing Mott from controlling successfully.
de Guia controls Mott momentarily but Mott frees himself.
de Guia manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guia wants to get back to his feet but Mott is holding on tight.
Mott tries to hold on but de Guia postures up.

de Guia get's back to his feet.
de Guia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mott fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and de Guia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
de Guia scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Mott throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. de Guia was covering up waiting for the punch and Mott finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott prevents de Guia from getting back to his feet.
Mott wants to control from the top but de Guia keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. de Guia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Guia is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mott throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guia wants to control but Mott passes easily into half guard.
de Guia won't allow Mott to pass to mount.
de Guia is staying active underneath Mott, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
de Guia won't allow Mott to pass to mount.
de Guia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mott.
Mott moves nicely into side control.
Mott trying to control the position but de Guia is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guia is trying to improve his position.
Mott trying to control the position but de Guia is working away.
Mott looking to punish the body of his opponent here but de Guia is avoiding damage well.
de Guia is not content to let Mott control the position.
Mott lands some shots froms side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Guia tries to buck Mott off but Mott is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Mott dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

de Guia misses with a head kick.
Mott tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de Guia swivels and escapes.
Mott misses with a few strikes there.
de Guia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mott as he jumps to the side.
de Guia is looking to clinch.
Mott circles away from the clinch attempt.
de Guia lands with a nice body kick.
de Guia fails with a takedown attempt.
Mott fails with the takedown

and de Guia counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on de Guia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
de Guia lands a damaging elbow.
de Guia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mott backwards.
de Guia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mott blocks it with crossed arms.
Mott is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mott has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. de Guia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mott wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mott takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Guia content to slow the pace in the clinch.

de Guia pulls guard successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott wants to control from the top but de Guia keeps moving.
Mott being controlled here momentarily.
de Guia keeping moving, preventing Mott from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mott wants to pass the guard but de Guia is keeping the position.
Mott postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Mott changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. de Guia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
de Guia struggling a bit here.
de Guia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
de Guia regains half guard.
de Guia wants to control but Mott is keeping busy.
Mott wants to control but de Guia is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guia is trying to stand up here but Mott is controlling him well.
Mott trying to mount his opponent but de Guia defends it.
de Guia has hold of Mott's hands but Mott slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
de Guia is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mott seems to be working for a kimura but de Guia defends the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mott keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Batista de Guia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

de Guia tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mott counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Mott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
de Guia is trying to control the position but Mott postures up.
Mott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Guia is keeping the position for now.
Mott is fighting to break de Guia's control of his arms but de Guia is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
de Guia wants to sweep here but Mott controlling him for the moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Batista de Guia wasn't active enough on the ground.
de Guia moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guia shoots in and drives through. Mott sprawls well.
Mott moves out of range of the body kick.
John Mott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

de Guia closes the distance and clinches.
de Guia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mott is keeping busy.
Mott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. de Guia fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guia wants to clinch up but Mott keeps it at a distance.
Mott looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.

de Guia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de Guia trying to control the action but Mott is working from the bottom.
de Guia is thwarting Mott's attempts to control the position.
Mott wants to improve his position but de Guia is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guia tries to stand and escape but Mott is controlling the position.
Mott is controlling de Guia's trapped leg to prevent de Guia from advancing to side control.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Batista de Guia wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from de Guia. No joy for Mott on that attempt.
Mott swats away the attempt to clinch by de Guia.
de Guia wants to clinch.
de Guia lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guia tries to clinch but Mott moves away

and Mott counters with a nice double leg into side control. de Guia won't be happy with that.
John Mott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mott controls the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mott tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mott looking to punish the body of his opponent here but de Guia is avoiding damage well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Mott.
I think Mott has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Mott!
John Mott decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.