PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Behrend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Mishisarwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Behrend
vs
Mishisarwa

187 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Behrend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yoshihiro Mishisarwa!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Behrend clinches with his opponent.
Behrend drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mishisarwa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Behrend keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mishisarwa's efforts to push away.

Mishisarwa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mishisarwa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Behrend misses its intended target.

Behrend shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mishisarwa's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Behrend keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mishisarwa's head.
Behrend chips away with some ground and pound.
Behrend distracts Mishisarwa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mishisarwa is looking for a triangle but Behrend pushes his legs off easily.
Behrend throws a big right hand that misses.
Behrend postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Behrend prevents Mishisarwa from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishisarwa has momentary wrist control but Behrend slips an elbow through the middle.
Mishisarwa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Behrend. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Behrend works over Mishisarwa with some ground and pound from guard.
Behrend cracks Mishisarwa with a solid left hand.

Mishisarwa is rocked!

Behrend gets to his feet - Mishisarwa follows without any prompting.
Mishisarwa is still on wobbly legs! Can Behrend finish him?

Behrend gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mishisarwa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mishisarwa seems to have recovered his senses.
Mishisarwa looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Behrend kicks Mishisarwa off and gets to his feet.

Behrend scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Behrend working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Behrend is nestled in close to Mishisarwa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Behrend stands up and beckons Mishisarwa to join him on the feet.
Behrend swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Behrend darts in and clinches Mishisarwa up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Behrend gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Mishisarwa is trying to stand back up but Behrend is controlling him
Behrend is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Behrend scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Behrend working the head and body with strikes.
Behrend working over Mishisarwa with some ground and pound. Mishisarwa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mishisarwa tries to roll over but Behrend keeps him under control.
Behrend slips a nice elbow through Mishisarwa's hands, connecting with Mishisarwa's forehead.
Behrend lands strikes from half guard.
Behrend landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Behrend stands up and beckons Mishisarwa to join him on the feet.
Behrend tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Behrend gets in close and instigates a clinch.

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

Behrend clinches with his opponent.
Behrend tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mishisarwa avoids it.
Behrend wants a takedown but no success here.
Behrend is trying to break the clinch but Mishisarwa is controlling him.
Mishisarwa prevents a body shot from Behrend.
Behrend can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Behrend. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mishisarwa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mishisarwa is pressed up against the cage. Behrend has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mishisarwa down to the mat. Mishisarwa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mishisarwa wants to clinch up but Behrend keeps it at a distance.
Mishisarwa blocks a head kick by Behrend.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mishisarwa instigates a clinch.
Mishisarwa tries to land knees in the clinch but Behrend avoids the damage to the body.
Mishisarwa with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mishisarwa lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mishisarwa wants to control but Behrend is keeping him busy.
Behrend moves into full guard.
Behrend throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Mishisarwa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Behrend has his feet on Mishisarwa's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Mishisarwa tries to sprawl but Behrend drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mishisarwa tries to get to full guard but Behrend has control of the leg.
Mishisarwa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Behrend scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Behrend dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Behrend drives through and clinches with Mishisarwa against the cage.
Behrend tries to break free but Mishisarwa pushes him back against the cage.

Behrend gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Behrend looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mishisarwa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mishisarwa has hold of Behrend's hands but Behrend slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mishisarwa is looking to control Behrend's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mishisarwa avoid being mounted?
Mishisarwa is looking to escape.
Behrend landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matheus Behrend overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mishisarwa tries to get to full guard but Behrend has control of the leg.
Behrend lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Behrend landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mishisarwa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behrend working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Behrend decides to return to a standing position.

Behrend clinches up against the cage.

Behrend pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Behrend keeps the fight on the outside.

Behrend drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Behrend scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Behrend working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Behrend gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Behrend has closed the distance and engaged Mishisarwa in a clinch.

Behrend tightens his grip and picks Mishisarwa up, before dumping him to the ground. Mishisarwa manages to land in guard.
Behrend distracts Mishisarwa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Behrend keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mishisarwa's head.
Behrend with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Behrend with a nice head shot there.
Behrend stands and throws Mishisarwa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Behrend cracks Mishisarwa with a big right hand but Mishisarwa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mishisarwa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Behrend connects with a decent elbow.
Behrend looks up at the clock and then as Mishisarwa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Behrend smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mishisarwa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Behrend grinds an elbow into Mishisarwa's temple.
Behrend working the head with strikes.
Behrend lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mishisarwa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Behrend wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mishisarwa is trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behrend working the ground and pound.
Behrend working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Behrend lands a decent elbow from side control.
Behrend lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mishisarwa down.
Behrend is putting a hurting on Mishisarwa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mishisarwa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Behrend scoring with punches and elbows.
Behrend has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Behrend looks up at the clock and then as Mishisarwa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Behrend smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mishisarwa is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Behrend working the ground and pound from side control.
Behrend working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Behrend is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Behrend decides to stand back up. Behrend steps back and let's Mishisarwa get back to his feet.
Mishisarwa avoids the head kick by Behrend.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Behrend is defended easily by Mishisarwa.

Behrend clinches with his opponent.
Behrend pushes Mishisarwa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Behrend wants to take the fight to the mat but Mishisarwa manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mishisarwa landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Behrend wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mishisarwa has him pressed against the cage.
Mishisarwa with a knee to the head.
Behrend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Behrend dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mishisarwa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Behrend throws a head kick that misses.

Mishisarwa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Behrend doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Behrend keeping moving, preventing Mishisarwa from controlling successfully.
Mishisarwa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Behrend is keeping the position for now.
Behrend lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mishisarwa!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mishisarwa is bucking up trying to escape but Behrend cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Behrend prevents Mishisarwa from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Behrend connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Behrend looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Behrend working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Behrend lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Behrend lands a heavy elbow.
Behrend is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Behrend landing punches.
Behrend landing punches.
Mishisarwa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Behrend postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Mishisarwa bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Behrend and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matheus Behrend!