PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Slim Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedito Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim's entrance music is Any. A fine choice. Benedito Braga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jim
vs
Braga

181 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slim Jim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedito Braga!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jim moves out of range as Braga strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Braga. Those never looked like landing.
Jim thows a leg kick but Braga checks it
and Braga counters with a left and a right that stings Jim.
A head kick misses from Braga.
Jim lands a glancing blow to the side of Braga's head.

It looks like Benedito Braga has been cut.

Jim connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Braga to the floor! Jim dives in looking for the finish!

Braga is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jim wants to get back to his feet.
Braga is still in real trouble! Can Jim finish him?
Jim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Braga is looking to improve his position.
Braga seems to have recovered his senses.
Jim wants to stand up but Braga is controlling the position.
Braga gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga trying to control the position.
Jim trying to stand up but can't free himself from Braga's guard.
Braga looking for a sweep. Not yet Braga, not yet.
Jim wants to stand but Braga has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Braga is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Braga looking for a sweep. Not yet Braga, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jim wants to stand but Braga has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Jim decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jim misses with a looping left.
Braga looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jim is fending him off so far but Braga persists. Nope, Jim circles away and we're back to standing.
Braga scores with a leg kick.
Jim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Jim throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Braga was covering up waiting for the punch and Jim finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braga wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga has a closed guard, preventing Jim from standing up.
Jim won't allow Braga to sweep him here.

Braga is working an open guard so Jim takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slim Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Jim.
Braga throws a nice head kick!
Braga lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Braga moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid body kick from Braga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim misses with a leg kick.
Jim throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braga looks to land a right hand but Jim moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jim misses the target.
Braga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Braga, right into the meat.
Braga blocks the body kick.
Jim throws a body punch but Braga moves out of range.
Jim tries a head kick but it misses.
Slim Jim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters circling a little - Braga finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braga defending well as Jim loads up on a big left hand.
Braga avoids the head kick by Jim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slim Jim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benedito Braga's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Braga lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jim will feel that in the morning.
Braga takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Braga works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jim misses with a hook to the body
and Braga counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jim throws a lazy head kick
and Braga makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jim really felt that one!
Jim misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Braga counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Braga throws a series of strikes that have Jim backpedaling.
Braga jabs Jim right on the nose. Jim blinks but takes it well.
Braga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jim.
Braga misses with a combination
and Jim counters with a thumping low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jim throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braga dodges the punch combination from Jim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.
Jim throws a hook but Braga blocks it.
Jim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jim swinging wildly here.
Braga shoots in looking for a takedown. Jim tries to sprawl out of it but Braga keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jim manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Braga moves out of range of the body kick from Jim.
A head kick misses from Jim.
Jim slips a jab and a cross from Braga.
Braga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jim. That did some damage!
Benedito Braga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jim takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Good exchange - Braga coming out on top.
Braga misses with a wild combination.
Jim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Braga finds it's way round the side to connect with Jim's head.
Jim misses with a looping right.
Braga misses with a two punch combination.
Braga pushes Jim away with a front kick.
Jim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Braga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Braga scores with a head kick.
Jim misses with a hook
and Braga counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body kick from Braga.
Braga misses with a head kick.
Jim will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Braga avoids the head kick by Jim.
A head kick misses from Jim.
Jim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sloppy strikes from Braga. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Braga. Those never looked like landing.
Jim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braga lands a front kick.
Jim misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga fails with the takedown.
Braga tries to land a front kick but Jim steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Braga throws an overhand right that lands on Jim's shoulder, as Jim tries to avoid the shot.
Jim scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jim closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Braga is breathing heavily.
Jim seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Braga tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Jim has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Braga is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Benedito Braga will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Benedito Braga's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Braga checks a low kick from Jim.
Jim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braga 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.
Jim throws a leg kick
and Braga makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jim really felt that one!
Braga throws a body punch but Jim moves out of range.
Braga lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jim jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Braga misses with a looping left.
Slim Jim is winning the standup battle so far.
Jim misses with a head kick.
Braga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jim throws the left hand but Braga avoids the punch easily.
Braga throws a sloppy head kick and Jim moves out of range easily.
Jim misses with a body punch
and Braga counters with a three punch combo that has Jim backing up. Jim nods at Braga to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga throws a head kick but Jim moves out of range.
Jim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braga throws a head kick that misses.
Jim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Braga takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jim connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Jim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Braga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jim lands a nice shot that snaps Braga's head back.
Braga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jim defending well as Braga loads up on a big left hand.
Jim looks for the body kick but Braga saw that one coming.
Braga blocks a head kick by Jim.
Jim avoids the head kick by Braga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jim takes a swing at Braga's ribcage but misses.
Braga is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jim.
Braga throws a head kick that misses.
Braga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Jim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braga doesn't seem phased though.

That has opened up Benedito Braga's cut even more.
Braga misses with a leg kick.
Braga swinging wildly here.
Braga takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jim ducks under a wild hook from Braga.
Jim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim throws a head kick that misses.
Jim slips under a jab from Braga.
Jim throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Braga.
Braga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jim manages to avoid it.
Braga on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jim scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braga doesn't seem bothered though.
Jim cracks Braga with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Braga falls to his knees and Jim doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slim Jim!
Slim Jim retains his welterweight title!