PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Day Bright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bright is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'll House You . Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Rua
vs
Bright

185 cm
30
204 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

197 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Day Bright!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Rua with that takedown attempt.
Rua tries to clinch but Bright moves out of range.

Bright closes the distance and clinches.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bright is defending well for now.
Bright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bright tries to stall but Rua uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Day Bright has been cut.
Bright is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.

Rua pulls guard effortlessly.
Bright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bright trying to control but Rua is working from the bottom.
Bright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright trying to control but Rua is working from the bottom.
Bright stays in close to Rua's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Day Bright.

Bright tries to keep at a distance but Rua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Bright avoids the damage to the body.
Bright avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Bright taking a breather.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bright is trying to stall.
Bright has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rua is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Bright in his tracks for a moment.
Bright avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua throws an elbow but it misses.
Bright is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bright blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
Bright is looking to control Rua's arms but Rua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bright has his back to the cage.
Bright is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Rua has denied him.
Bright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bright blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Bright shrugs off.

That has opened up Day Bright's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Bright tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mauricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Day Bright.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Bright blocks with his arms.
Rua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bright tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Bright avoids the damage to the body.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bright is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Bright shrugs off.

The cut above Day Bright's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rua as Bright tries to tie him up.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bright is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bright is trying to break free.

Rua jumps into guard, dragging Bright to the mat.

Bright stands and steps away. Rua gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bright.
Rua throws an overhand right that lands on Bright's shoulder, as Bright tries to avoid the shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rua.
Rua wants to clinch up but Bright keeps it at a distance.
Bright swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bright scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rua tries to kick Bright off but Bright keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mauricio Rua will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Day Bright's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bright tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rua just stands there and leans against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Bright shrugs off.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Day Bright's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bright managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bright avoids it.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bright.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Bright avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Day Bright's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mauricio Rua!