PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Aniouz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mangaba BH (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aniouz
vs
BH

195 cm
23
208 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

189 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Demonic Clothing
Demonic Drugs

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Aniouz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mangaba BH!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aniouz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Aniouz lands in his opponent's guard.
Aniouz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aniouz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aniouz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Aniouz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as BH works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
BH working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aniouz.
Aniouz stands and throws BH's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Aniouz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but BH is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Aniouz throws an elbow but BH slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aniouz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Aniouz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Aniouz tries to score with some ground and pound. BH controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aniouz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
BH takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two 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.
Aniouz controls the position.
Aniouz is looking to take a break and control but BH is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aniouz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but BH is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
BH is working to avoid the ground and pound but Aniouz connects with a decent elbow.
Aniouz lands an elbow.

Aniouz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but BH is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Aniouz scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BH managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Aniouz.
Aniouz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Aniouz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Aniouz prevents BH from escaping the position.
Aniouz tries to score with some ground and pound. BH controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Aniouz working the ground and pound but BH is defending the strikes.
BH wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
BH looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Aniouz throwing strikes but BH manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Aniouz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked BH off and has taken his back!
BH looking very determined here, making life difficult for Aniouz.
Aniouz lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Aniouz.
Aniouz looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Aniouz has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for BH.
A lull in the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aniouz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aniouz looks to score with a jab to the body but BH is just out of range.
BH tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aniouz paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Aniouz instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, BH just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aniouz's brow.
BH tries to land a knee to the head but Aniouz blocks with his arms.

Aniouz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aniouz jabs at BH's body.
BH wants to clinch but Aniouz slips to the side

and Aniouz counters with a nice double leg into side control. BH won't be happy with that.
Aniouz is chipping away with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BH on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Aniouz moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Aniouz landing strikes.
BH is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aniouz lands a nice forearm strike.
Sergio Aniouz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Aniouz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Aniouz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Aniouz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Aniouz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aniouz goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, BH has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Aniouz but great work by BH.
Aniouz is looking to reverse the position.
BH wants to stand but Aniouz is controlling his arm.
Aniouz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aniouz actively working from the bottom here.

Aniouz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Aniouz gets full guard.

Aniouz looking for subs off his back but BH has passed one foot through into half guard.
Aniouz is looking to control BH's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Aniouz avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Aniouz moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Aniouz is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BH can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Aniouz controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aniouz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Aniouz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Aniouz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that BH can do to turn this around?
Aniouz is looking to take a break and control but BH is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aniouz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Aniouz controlling the action here.

BH is defending against the submission attempts here by Aniouz.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BH keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Aniouz wants to take a breather but BH is having none of it.

BH is defending against the submission attempts here by Aniouz.
Aniouz throwing shots but BH is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Aniouz seems to be working for a kimura but BH defends the submission attempt.
Aniouz stalling away here and it's allowed BH to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Aniouz wants to control from the top but BH keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BH wants to stand but Aniouz is controlling the position.
Aniouz trying to control the position from guard on top but BH is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
BH working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aniouz.

Aniouz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Aniouz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Aniouz throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aniouz shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in BH's guard.
Aniouz is looking to work some ground and pound but BH has wrist control.
BH keeping moving, preventing Aniouz from controlling successfully.
Aniouz is pushing down on BH's leg trying to pass to half guard. BH is fighting to maintain full guard but Aniouz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Aniouz winds up and cracks BH with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mangaba BH has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aniouz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sergio Aniouz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aniouz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Aniouz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aniouz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Aniouz!