PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Flaubert Canto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jp Flaim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jp Flaim will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Canto
vs
Flaim

170 cm
29
165 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

173 cm
31
169 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flaubert Canto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jp Flaim!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canto slips under a jab from Flaim.

Flaim pushes Canto up against the cage in a clinch.

Canto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Canto is looking to clinch.

Flaim rushes Canto and presses him up against the cage.

Canto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Canto swats away the attempt to clinch by Flaim.
Flaim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Flaim has Canto up against the cage in a clinch.

Canto manages to break the clinch.

Canto has taken the fight to the clinch.

Flaim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Canto has Flaim up against the cage in a clinch.
Canto is trying to force a seperation but Flaim has the dominant position.

Canto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Flaim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Canto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Canto rushes Flaim and presses him up against the cage.
Flaim pressing his opponent against the cage.
Canto has had enough of the clinch but Flaim keeps him there for the moment.
Canto tries to break the clinch but Flaim is controlling the position.
Canto is trying to break the clinch but Flaim is controlling him.
Canto working hard to break the clinch.

Canto breaks from the clinch.
Canto misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flaim. Canto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Canto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flaim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jp Flaim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Flaim gets tackled into the cage by Canto. Canto maintains the clinch.
Canto has Flaim pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Flaim manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Canto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Flaim's efforts to push away.
Flaim misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flaim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Canto clinches up with Flaim and pushes him back against the cage.
Canto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flaim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Canto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Canto is trying to force a seperation but Flaim has the dominant position.

Canto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Flaim throws a hook to the side of Canto's head but Canto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flaim tries to clinch but Canto moves out of range.
Canto tries to clinch there but Flaim circles away.
Flaim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Canto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Canto wants to clinch up but Flaim keeps it at a distance.
Canto scores with a body shot.
Canto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Canto with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flaim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Flaim throws a jab when Canto was well out of range.
Canto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Flaim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Canto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flaim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flaim keeps the fight on the outside.
Canto moves out of range as Flaim strikes.
Flaim cracks Canto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Flaim with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Canto to score with a decent uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Canto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Canto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jp Flaim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flaim pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Canto back to the cage. Flaim follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Flaim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flaim tries to clinch but Canto moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Canto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Canto is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Canto trying to control the position from guard on top but Flaim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Flaim is working an open guard so Canto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
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 Flaubert Canto will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Flaim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Canto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Canto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Flaim fails with an attempt to clinch.

Flaim gets tackled into the cage by Canto. Canto maintains the clinch.
Canto tries to score a body lock takedown but Flaim shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Canto stalls.
Flaim is trying to stall.

Canto breaks from the clinch.

Canto closes the distance and clinches.

Canto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Flaim misses its intended target.
Flaim misses with an uppercut.

Canto clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Flaim on the inside.
Flaim keeps control of Canto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canto is trying to push Flaim away but Flaim has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Canto is trying to break free.
Canto tries to circle away but Flaim has him pinned against the cage.
Flaim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Canto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flaim keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canto's efforts to push away.
Canto can't break the clinch.
Canto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Flaim manages to break the clinch.
Flaim tries to clinch up but Canto circles away and keeps his distance.
Jp Flaim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flaim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Flaim enables Canto to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Flaim manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Flaim wants to stand and escape but Canto is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flaim keeping full guard, as Canto tries to pass.
Canto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flaim keeping moving, preventing Canto from controlling successfully.
Flaim is looking to stand up but Canto isn't so interested in that idea.
Flaim can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Canto controls the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Flaubert Canto.
Flaim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Flaim counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flaim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Flaim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Canto.
Flaim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flaim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flaim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flaim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flaim scores with a punch to the head.
Flaim might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Canto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Canto blocks a jab.
Flaim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flaim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Canto paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Canto darts in and clinches Flaim up against the cage.

Flaim breaks the clinch.
Canto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Flaim misses.
Flaim tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Canto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Canto moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Canto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Canto tries to clinch but Flaim moves out of range.
Canto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flaim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Canto tries to clinch up but Flaim circles away and keeps his distance.
Flaim looks to throw the jab but Canto is out of range.
Canto tries to clinch there but Flaim circles away.
Canto tries to clinch but Flaim is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flaim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flaim tries to clinch there but Canto circles away.
Flaim moves in looking to clinch but Canto pushes him off.

Canto closes the distance and pushes Flaim back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flaubert Canto dominated that second round.
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!

Flaim loads up on a big right hand but Canto slips the punch.
Canto tries to close the distance and clinch but Flaim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flaim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Canto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Flaim stops a takedown attempt from Canto.
Canto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Canto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flaim tries to clinch up.
Canto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Flaim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Canto finds it's way round the side to connect with Flaim's head.
Flaim catches Canto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Canto tries for a takedown but Flaim sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Canto instigates a clinch.
Canto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Flaim stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Canto wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Canto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flaim throws a lazy right hand but Canto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Canto tries to clinch up.
Canto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flaim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Canto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Canto tests Flaim's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Canto closes the distance and clinches.
Canto is trying to push Flaim away but Flaim has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Flaubert Canto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Canto is looking to control Flaim's arms but Flaim gets an underhook and turns him. Now Canto has his back to the cage.
Canto is trying to force a seperation but Flaim has the dominant position.

Canto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flaim is looking to clinch but Canto is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Canto.
Canto throws a hook to the side of Flaim's head but Flaim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Flaim rushes Canto and presses him up against the cage.
Canto is looking to break free of the clinch but Flaim has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flaim breaks the clinch.

Canto drives through and clinches with Flaim against the cage.

Flaim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Canto tries to clinch but Flaim moves out of range.
Flaim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Canto moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Canto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flaim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Flaim misses its intended target.

Flaim closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Canto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flaim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Canto is looking to break free of the clinch but Flaim has double underhooks.
Flaim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Canto's elbow.
Flaim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flaim taking a breather.
Canto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stalling in the clinch from Flaim.
Flaim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Canto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Flaim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flaim takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Flaim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Canto swats away the attempt to clinch by Flaim.
Flaim throws the left hand but Canto avoids the punch easily.
Flaim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Canto slips a straight right by Flaim.

Flaim rushes Canto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Canto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Flaim tries to clinch there but Canto circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flaim scores with a punch to the head.
Flaim is looking to clinch but Canto is avoiding it.

Canto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Canto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Flaim's head.
Canto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Canto throwing shots but Flaim is blocking nicely.
Canto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Canto slips a nice elbow through Flaim's hands, connecting with Flaim's forehead.
Flaim is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Canto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Canto's back!

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 Flaubert Canto.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Canto, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Flaubert Canto!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Flaubert Canto!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Flaubert Canto!

Flaubert Canto wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Flaubert Canto, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.