PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evanildo Bechara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon comes to the cage accompanied by Dies Irae. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Damon
vs
Bechara

190 cm
34
222 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

186 cm
35
217 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Evanildo Bechara!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bechara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bechara scoring well with a low kick there.
Damon thuds his shin into the meat of Bechara's side.
Damon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bechara counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Damon.
Damon throws a looping overhand right but Bechara ducks down to avoid it.
Bechara throws a low kick, looking for Damon's leg but Damon calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Damon misses.
Bechara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bechara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Damon doesn't seem bothered though.
Bechara tries to clinch up but Damon circles away and keeps his distance.
Bechara misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Damon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bechara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bechara misses with a right hand
and Damon counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon sizes up Bechara with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Evanildo Bechara has been cut.
Damon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Damon throws a lazy head kick
and Bechara counters with an inside leg kick.
Damon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Damon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Damon throws a leg kick but Bechara sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bechara misses with an uppercut. Damon saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Damon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bechara on the side of the head.
Damon misses with a straight left.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Damon.
A low kick from Damon misses
and Bechara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bechara misses with a head kick.
Damon throws a head kick but Bechara moves out of range.
Bechara tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon feints and then cracks Bechara's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bechara down.
Bechara tries to clinch but Damon is having none of it.
Bechara throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice uppercut lands for Damon. That snapped Bechara's head back.
Bechara moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Damon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Damon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Damon misses with a hook. Bechara ducked under it nicely.
Damon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Bechara rushes Damon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Damon can't break the clinch.

Damon manages to break the clinch.
Bechara tries to clinch up.
Damon throws a sloppy head kick and Bechara moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Damon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon throws a poor cross that misses
and Bechara counters with a solid body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bechara.
Damon looks to land a left hand but Bechara moved out of range nicely.
Damon looks to land a left hand but Bechara moved out of range nicely.
Bechara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Damon misses.
Damon throws a leg kick
and Bechara counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bechara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Damon.
Bechara pivots, looking for a leg kick but Damon is out of range and Bechara settles back down.
Damon misses with a body punch
and Bechara counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bechara scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damon throws an off balance right hand
and Bechara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A lazy left from Damon finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bechara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bechara is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bechara.
Damon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Damon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damon scores with a leg kick.
Damon misses with a hook to the body
and Bechara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damon throws a shot from downtown. Bechara moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon misses with a kick to the body.
Damon scores with a nice right hand.
Bechara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Damon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Damon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evanildo Bechara's cut.
That's time! Damon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Damon swings for the body but Bechara moves out of range.
Damon throws a front kick aimed at Bechara's knee but Bechara avoids it well.
Bechara moves out of range of the strikes.
Ron Damon is winning the standup battle so far.
Damon connects with the punch.
Damon misses with a few strikes there.
Bechara throws a head kick that misses.

Bechara clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Damon.
A head punch on the inside from Bechara fails to land.

Bechara manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Damon.

Bechara fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Damon, pushing him back against the cage.
Damon is stalling here.

Damon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Damon misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bechara jabs at Damon's body.
Bechara throws a low kick, looking for Damon's leg but Damon calmly moves out of range.
Bechara connects with a high kick.
Damon walks into a jab.
Damon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bechara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bechara misses with a leg kick.
Bechara throws the left hand but Damon avoids the punch easily.
Damon misses with a left hand
and Bechara counters with an inside leg kick.
Damon misses with a body shot.
Damon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damon misses with a wild body shot.
Bechara avoids the body shot from Damon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bechara works Damon's body with a nice hook.
Bechara tries to score with a low kick but Damon moves his leg out of the way.
A big right from Damon misses.
Damon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damon misses with a looping left.
Bechara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bechara tries to land a leg kick but Damon saw it coming and moves away.
Evanildo Bechara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Damon.
Bechara lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Damon throws an overhand right that lands on Bechara's shoulder, as Bechara tries to avoid the shot.
Bechara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bechara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Damon throws a low kick but Bechara moves out of range easily.
Bechara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bechara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Damon. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bechara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bechara wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bechara scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Damon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bechara.
Bechara lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bechara connects with a solid leg kick.
Bechara looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Damon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bechara throws a wild body kick that Damon sees coming a mile off.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Bechara feints and then cracks Damon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damon down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bechara!
Damon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bechara. Bechara obviously looking to wear him down.
Bechara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Damon.
Bechara lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon missing with a left hand there. Bechara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bechara lands with a hook. Damon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Damon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bechara scores with a jab to the body.
Bechara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bechara with a hook.
Damon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Damon pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bechara back to the cage. Damon follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bechara throws a series of strikes that have Damon backpedaling.
Bechara throws a push kick but Damon slaps the foot to one side.
Bechara lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bechara moves out of range as Damon throws a body kick.
Bechara scores with a leg kick.
Bechara keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bechara wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evanildo Bechara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Evanildo Bechara's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bechara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bechara with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Damon to score with a decent uppercut.
Damon tries to land a leg kick but Bechara saw it coming and moves away.
Bechara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Damon lands with a straight right. Bechara didn't see that one coming.
Damon misses with a straight left.
Bechara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bechara scores with a one two! Damon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Damon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bechara momentarily.
Bechara wants to slow Damon down by chopping away at his legs.
Bechara wants to land a leg kick but Damon is out of range.
Damon tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bechara scores with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A lazy left from Damon finds it's target.
A jab from Damon misses.
Damon avoids a kick to the body.
A big right from Damon misses.
Bechara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bechara throws a leg kick that misses.
Damon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bechara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bechara moves out of range of the leg kick from Damon.
Bechara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Damon's sensitive parts.
Damon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bechara pushes Damon away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bechara under the eye.
Damon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bechara checks a leg kick.
Damon tries a low kick but Bechara avoids it.
Bechara connects with a body shot.

Bechara moves into the clinch successfully.
Damon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bechara scores with a shot to the side of Damon's head.
Bechara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Damons head.

Damon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Damon tries to land a leg kick but Bechara saw it coming and moves away.
Bechara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sloppy strikes from Bechara. Those never looked like landing.
Bechara moves out of range of the leg kick from Damon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon scores with a jab.
Damon tries a head kick but it misses.
Bechara misses with a low kick.
Damon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Damon blocks the body kick.
Damon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damon throws a series of punches but Bechara avoids them all with ease.
Damon misses with a two punch combination.
Bechara lands with a kick to the ribs.
Damon looks to land a left hand but Bechara moved out of range nicely.
Damon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bechara thuds a left hand into Damon's body.
Damon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Damon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bechara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damon throws a leg kick
and Bechara counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bechara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bechara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damon throws a low kick, looking for Bechara's leg but Bechara calmly moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Bechara
and Damon counters with a three punch combo that has Bechara backing up. Bechara nods at Damon to acknowledge the strikes.
Bechara lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bechara digs a good body shot into Damon's ribs.
Bechara cracks Damon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Damon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Damon thuds a left hand into Bechara's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bechara throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Damon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damon blocks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evanildo Bechara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bechara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evanildo Bechara!
A very excited looking Evanildo Bechara made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.