PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Baroa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Baroa
vs
Grace

176 cm
20
174 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

174 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Baroa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace tries to land a leg kick but Baroa saw it coming and moves away.
Grace fails to land the takedown.
Baroa is looking to clinch but Grace is avoiding it.

Baroa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Baroa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Grace wants to hold on but Baroa pushes him away.
Grace wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Baroa.
Grace is trying desperately to improve position.
Grace holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Baroa tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grace sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Baroa is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jose Baroa wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Baroa moves out of range of the leg kick from Grace.
Grace wants to clinch.
Grace lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baroa circles away quickly and effectively.
Baroa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grace swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Baroa is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grace's half guard.

Baroa stands up out of the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to clinch up but Baroa circles away and keeps his distance.

Baroa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Grace on his heels. He'll look to pass Grace's guard now, I'm sure.

Grace is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Grace is trying to keep Baroa in close.
Baroa stopping the sweep attempt from Grace.
Baroa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baroa controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace trying to keep a closed guard but Baroa is proving a slippery customer.

Baroa gets to his feet. Grace looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grace doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Baroa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Grace's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace wants to control the position but Baroa says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grace is looking to improve his position.
Baroa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Baroa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Grace feints and then cracks Baroa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baroa down.
Baroa avoids the head kick by Grace.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Baroa keeps the fight on the outside.
Grace throws a series of punches but Baroa avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Grace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grace wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Baroa.

Baroa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Baroa wants to free his trapped foot but Grace is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroa trying to control the pace.
Grace moves into full guard.
Baroa tries to free his leg and advance position but Grace is retaining full guard.
Jose Baroa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baroa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Grace is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Grace keeping moving, preventing Baroa from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

We're going to have a standup here because Jose Baroa wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Baroa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Grace's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grace looks to move to half guard but instead Baroa has passed into mount! Damn!
Grace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Grace gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baroa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Baroa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Grace wants to improve his position but Baroa is controlling well.
Grace is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Baroa slows the pace down in half guard.
Baroa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grace defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Baroa stands up and beckons Grace to join him on the feet.
Grace wants to clinch.
Baroa fails with a takedown attempt.
Baroa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Baroa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Baroa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Baroa 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Grace misses with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Grace misses.
Jose Baroa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grace shoots and misses

and Baroa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Grace's guard now.
Baroa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Grace wants to get back to his feet but Baroa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Baroa controlling from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Baroa stands and steps away. Grace gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baroa sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Baroa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Grace on his heels. He'll look to pass Grace's guard now, I'm sure.

Baroa gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Baroa darts in trying to clinch

and Grace counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Baroa wriggles free and stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Baroa. No joy for Grace on that attempt.
Baroa shoots in for a double leg but Grace sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Grace with that takedown attempt.
Jose Baroa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Grace.
Baroa looks to land a body kick but Grace moved away.
Grace gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Baroa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Grace takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Baroa tries to free his leg and advance position but Grace is retaining full guard.
Baroa wants to control from the top but Grace keeps moving.
Grace is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Baroa is controlling him.
Baroa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Jose Baroa wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Grace with a poor takedown

and Baroa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Baroa.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Baroa decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Grace shoots and misses

and Baroa counters with a takedown into side control.
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!
You can see the frustration on Grace's face as Baroa controls the position.
Grace is trying to get back to half guard.

Baroa decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Baroa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee asks Baroa politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Baroa prefers to stall for the moment though.
Grace is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Baroa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Baroa is trying to work for a kimura but Grace is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baroa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Baroa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Baroa, 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Baroa!