PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Pessanha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Orangotango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Marcelo Orangotango enters the cage!

Pessanha
vs
Orangotango

175 cm
23
151 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Pessanha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Orangotango!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orangotango misses with a wild combination.

Pessanha instigates a clinch.
Orangotango is trying to force a seperation but Pessanha has the dominant position.
Pessanha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orangotango's efforts to push away.
Orangotango wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pessanha has him pressed against the cage.
Orangotango tries to break the clinch but Pessanha is controlling the position.
Orangotango wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pessanha stalling in the clinch.

Pessanha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pessanha tries to clinch but Orangotango is having none of it.
Pessanha throws a right and a left that Orangotango avoids nicely.
Orangotango comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Orangotango shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pessanha eats them both and turns towards Orangotango to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pessanha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orangotango paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pessanha moves in looking to clinch but Orangotango pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Orangotango.
Orangotango misses with a few strikes there.
A bone on bone clash there as Pessanha blocks the leg kick.
Marcelo Orangotango seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orangotango lands a leg kick that knocks Pessanha off balance momentarily.
Orangotango swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orangotango fails to land with a series of punches.
Orangotango throws a series of strikes that have Pessanha backpedaling.
Orangotango throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Orangotango misses with a body kick.
Pessanha is looking to clinch but Orangotango is avoiding it.
Orangotango swinging wildly here.
Pessanha throws a lazy right hand but Orangotango sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pessanha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orangotango throws a right hand that Pessanha ducks under and follows up with a left that Pessanha also avoids with ease.
Pessanha tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pessanha with a nice cross.
Orangotango looks for the body kick but Pessanha saw that one coming.
Pessanha throws the left hand but Orangotango avoids the punch easily.
Orangotango dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orangotango scores with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Orangotango.
Orangotango throws a leg kick
and Pessanha counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Pessanha clinches with his opponent.
Orangotango wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Orangotango tries to circle away but Pessanha has him pinned against the cage.
Pessanha has Orangotango pressed against the cage, preventing Orangotango from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orangotango misses with a knee to the head.
Orangotango wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Pessanha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orangotango lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pessanha backs up against the cage.
Pessanha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orangotango paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orangotango scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Pessanha moves into the clinch successfully.

Orangotango manages to break the clinch.
Pessanha is looking to clinch.
Pessanha slips a jab and a cross from Orangotango.
Pessanha misses with a series of wild punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A bit of stalling here from Pessanha.

Orangotango breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orangotango swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Pessanha holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pessanha effectively controlling the action here.
Orangotango is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Orangotango can't break the clinch.
Orangotango wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pessanha has him pressed against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Orangotango breaks the clinch.
Orangotango swinging wildly here.
Orangotango will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pessanha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pessanha shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Orangotango eats them both and turns towards Pessanha to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Orangotango dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Orangotango looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Pessanha.
Some bone on bone action there as Pessanha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pessanha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pessanha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body kick from Orangotango.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Orangotango in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Orangotango lands a front kick.
Anderson Pessanha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pessanha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orangotango.
Orangotango throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pessanha comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Orangotango stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Pessanha is on him like rabid pit bull! Orangotango slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Pessanha!