PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Baldoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sabin Figaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baldoza comes to the cage accompanied by Last Resort. Figaro has chosen Coming Home - Instrumental as his entrance music. Sabin Figaro has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wilson Baldoza's chin.

Baldoza
vs
Figaro

195 cm
31
258 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
253 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Baldoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sabin Figaro!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baldoza dives in and grabs Figaro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Figaro pushes down on Baldoza's head and hops out.

Figaro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Baldoza to the ground. Figaro is now in Baldoza's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Baldoza has momentary wrist control but Figaro slips an elbow through the middle.
Figaro wants to get up but he can't break Baldoza's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Figaro trying to control but Baldoza is working from the bottom.
Figaro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Figaro wants to stand and escape but instead Baldoza has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baldoza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Figaro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baldoza is looking to work some ground and pound but Figaro has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baldoza throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baldoza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Figaro wants to stand but Baldoza is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Figaro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Baldoza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldoza throwing strikes from guard but Figaro blocks nicely.
Figaro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Figaro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baldoza prevents Figaro from getting back to his feet.
Baldoza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baldoza throwing strikes from guard but Figaro blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baldoza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Figaro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Figaro is pulling down on Baldoza's head. It's preventing any offense from Baldoza, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Figaro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baldoza.
Figaro wants to stand up but Baldoza is controlling him.
Baldoza pushes down on Figaro's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Baldoza throwing shots but Figaro is blocking nicely.
Figaro keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Baldoza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldoza thows a huge punch but Figaro dodges it nicely.
Baldoza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Figaro keeping hold of Baldoza's head, controlling as best he can.
Baldoza wants to stand up but Figaro has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Baldoza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Figaro is looking to escape.
Baldoza passes to side control.
Figaro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baldoza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldoza works to advance to full mount. Figaro defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Figaro slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Baldoza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Baldoza thowing shots but they're missing.
Figaro wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Baldoza looking to ground and pound but Figaro is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldoza thowing shots but they're missing.
Baldoza unloads with some shots from mount but Figaro bucks and avoids them well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baldoza unloading with bombs!
Baldoza looking to finish with strikes here!
Figaro working to try and regain half guard.

Figaro defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Baldoza.
Baldoza 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.
Baldoza sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Baldoza thowing shots but they're missing.
Baldoza throws some wild stikes that Figaro manages to avoid easily.
Baldoza throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Figaro working to try and regain half guard.
Baldoza unloads with some shots from mount but Figaro bucks and avoids them well.
Figaro is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Baldoza throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Figaro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Baldoza.
Figaro tries to lock up and control but Baldoza gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Figaro holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Baldoza tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Baldoza throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Figaro tries to reverse the position but Baldoza maintains control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Baldoza working for a submission but Figaro is keeping him at bay.
Baldoza dominating with strikes here.
Figaro can't escape the position.
Baldoza looking to land elbow strikes but Figaro uses the position to regain half guard.
Baldoza is pressing down on Figaro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Figaro is holding on for now.
Baldoza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Figaro defending well though.
Figaro is trying to stand back up but Baldoza is controlling him
Baldoza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baldoza not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Baldoza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Baldoza moves nicely into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Figaro manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Baldoza tries to roll over but Figaro keeps him under control.
Baldoza is trying to stand.
Figaro controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Figaro there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Figaro working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Baldoza manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Figaro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Figaro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Baldoza is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Figaro has his hands clasped together but Baldoza extends an breaks Figaro's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Baldoza.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wilson Baldoza!