PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joao Pequeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Apollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pequeno comes to the cage accompanied by Cão da Morte by Mão Morta. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Pequeno
vs
Apollo

177 cm
27
156 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

169 cm
26
165 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joao Pequeno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Apollo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Apollo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Apollo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Apollo controlling the position easily from mount.

Pequeno defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Apollo.

Apollo swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Pequeno is now in Apollo's guard. A big mistake from Apollo there, giving up the dominant position!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pequeno trying to control but Apollo is working from the bottom.
Pequeno looking to pass the guard.
Apollo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pequeno controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pequeno passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno trying to control the action but Apollo is working from the bottom.
Apollo struggling a bit here.
Apollo regains half guard.
Pequeno is trying to control. Apollo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pequeno is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Pequeno trying to control the position from guard on top but Apollo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno wants to pass the guard but Apollo is keeping the position.
Apollo trying to control the position.
Pequeno stopping the sweep attempt from Apollo.
Pequeno pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Apollo is keeping the position for now.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Apollo holds on and takes a little breather.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Apollo throws out a loose jab but Pequeno uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollo lands a head kick!
Pequeno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Apollo. Apollo obviously looking to wear him down.
Pequeno misses with a kick to the body.
Pequeno scores with a punch to the head.
Pequeno missing with a left hand there. Apollo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pequeno misses with an uppercut.
Pequeno's corner calls for a 1-2. Pequeno obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pequeno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Apollo avoids the head kick by Pequeno.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pequeno misses with a jab to the body
and Apollo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Apollo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pequeno plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Apollo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pequeno.
Apollo ducks right into an uppercut from Pequeno.

It looks like Ryan Apollo has been cut.
Apollo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pequeno.
Apollo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joao Pequeno will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ryan Apollo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Apollo avoids a kick to the body.
Pequeno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apollo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Apollo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Apollo throws a head kick that misses.
Apollo throws a series of punches but Pequeno avoids them all with ease.
Pequeno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pequeno scores with a decent looking hook.
Apollo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pequeno pinned against the cage. Pequeno gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Apollo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pequeno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Apollo.
Apollo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pequeno moves out of range of the body kick.
Pequeno with a nice cross.

Apollo is rocked!
Pequeno drops Apollo with a big left hand! Apollo is injured, injured bad! Pequeno jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao Pequeno!
Joao Pequeno gave a mention to Canadian Fighter Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).