PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between ala yeo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus's choice of entrance music: Mariachi Music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

yeo
vs
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus

190 cm
22
160 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

173 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Danger Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, ala yeo!
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, Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
yeo fails to land the takedown.
yeo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks for the body kick but yeo saw that one coming.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus pushes yeo up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yeo.
yeo blocks an elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus stalling in the clinch but yeo improves position.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a shot to the body.
yeo tries to score a body lock takedown but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ala yeo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
yeo is trying to drag Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus to the mat but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
yeo tries to pull guard but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus holds him up against the cage and eventually yeo drops back down to his feet.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws an elbow that misses.
yeo avoids a wild elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a damaging elbow.
yeo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus pulls his leg out and moves away.
yeo is breathing heavily.
yeo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yeo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to clinch

and yeo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus won't be happy with that.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on yeo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus actively working from the bottom here.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is pulling down on yeo's head to control his posture.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus working a defensive guard here.
yeo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking for a triangle but yeo pushes his legs off easily.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus managing to control the position.
yeo wanted to stand there but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus had control of the position.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
yeo moves out of range as Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws a body kick.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for yeo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to land a front kick but yeo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses with a kick to the body.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to clinch up.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus instigates a clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus manages to break the clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus has taken the fight to the clinch.
yeo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
yeo tries for a takedown. No joy.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to clinch but yeo moves out of range.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus doesn't manage to clinch there - yeo circles away.
yeo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus fails with an attempt to clinch.
yeo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
yeo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to avoid it but yeo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus to the ground. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to clinch but yeo is avoiding it.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to clinch but yeo is having none of it.
yeo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus swivels and escapes.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to clinch but yeo is avoiding it.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with yeo, pushing him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but yeo avoids the damage to the body.
yeo letting Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus take a breather here.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus rushes yeo and presses him up against the cage.
yeo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus just stands there and leans against the cage.
yeo is trying to break free.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws a half hearted mid kick.
yeo looks to clinch

and Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus counters by clinching up.
yeo takes an elbow to the forehead.
yeo tries for a takedown. No joy.
yeo avoids a wild elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses with a knee to the head.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a knee to the body.
yeo avoids a wild elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses with a knee to the head.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
yeo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ala yeo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus cracks yeo with a nice body shot.
yeo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus wants to clinch up but yeo keeps it at a distance.
A good leg kick by Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to land a front kick but yeo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus rushes yeo and presses him up against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a left hand.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch up but yeo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus moves into range and clinches up with yeo.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus stalling in the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
yeo managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yeo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through yeo's defenses.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus moves into the clinch successfully.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of yeos head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from yeo.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
ala yeo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
yeo jumps guard but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus stands there with yeo around his waist. yeo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
yeo avoids the elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus, against the cage.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus manages to break the clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus clinches.
yeo blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but yeo avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus taking a breather.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets through yeo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus presses yeo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
yeo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
yeo is trying to break free.
yeo blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus misses with a knee strike.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus landing knees to the body.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands an elbow just above yeo 's eye.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from yeo.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
yeo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus pushes off an throws an elbow but yeo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of yeo backwards.
yeo has had enough of the clinch but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus keeps him there for the moment.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus breaks from the clinch.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus forces yeo back against the cage and clinches.
yeo avoids the elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus, against the cage.
yeo avoiding damage as Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus throws knees to the body.
yeo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but yeo avoids the damage to the body.
yeo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
yeo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus has him pressed against the cage.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus lands with a right to the head.
yeo dodges an elbow strike from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is stalling here.
yeo wants to get back to striking at distance but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by yeo as Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to tie him up.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is stalling here.
yeo managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus pushes yeo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looks to throw an elbow but misses.

yeo decides to pull guard.

yeo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus has passed into half guard!
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and yeo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is pressing down on yeo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

yeo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
yeo tries to stand but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is controlling from the bottom.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

yeo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
yeo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is proving hard to escape from.

yeo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of yeo, into his guard.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
yeo is trying to control the position but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus wants to control from the top but yeo keeps moving.

yeo is looking for a triangle here but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus wants to lay and pray for a moment but yeo keeps working.
yeo throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus has knee on belly and moves into mount.
yeo is squirming around, avoiding Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus works his way to his opponent's back.
yeo looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
yeo manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus's guard. Nice work there by yeo.

yeo has gone for a leg lock! Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus slips out almost immediately though and dives into yeo's guard.
Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus trying to control the position from guard on top but yeo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
yeo wants to control but Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus passes easily into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to ala yeo.
I think Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus!

Paco Gonzales Ruiz Garcia de Jesus wins by unanimous decision!