PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wagner Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento comes to the cage accompanied by Rap das armas. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nascimento
vs
Rocha

188 cm
19
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagner Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demian Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento looks to land a combination. Rocha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nascimento is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rocha.

Rocha clinches.
Nascimento gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rocha.
Nascimento wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rocha has him pressed against the cage.
Rocha trying to land knees to the body.
Rocha can't break the clinch.
Rocha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rocha tries to land a front kick but Nascimento steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nascimento checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nascimento scores with a decent looking hook.
A head kick misses from Rocha.
Nascimento ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rocha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nascimento rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rocha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rocha doesn't manage to clinch there - Nascimento circles away.
A swing and a miss from Rocha.
Nascimento swats away the attempt to clinch by Rocha.
Nascimento lands a jab to the head.
Wagner Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nascimento scores with a punch to the head.

Nascimento closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nascimento has picked Rocha up - he's going for a ride! Nascimento dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Rocha is looking to improve his position.

Nascimento gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Nascimento has closed the distance and engaged Rocha in a clinch.
Rocha tries to pull guard but Nascimento won't allow it.
Nascimento prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wagner Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Rocha.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento moves out of range of the strikes.
Rocha tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rocha.
Nascimento throws a right hand that Rocha ducks under and follows up with a left that Rocha also avoids with ease.
Rocha throws a head kick that half lands.
Nascimento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nascimento scores with a nice right hand.
Rocha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rocha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rocha misses with a kick to the body.
Rocha looks gassed!

Nascimento clinches up with Rocha and pushes him back against the cage.

Nascimento manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
Rocha scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nascimento tries a low kick but Rocha avoids it.
Rocha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nascimento lands with a kick to the ribs.

Nascimento gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nascimento looking to throw knees to the head but Rocha is blocking nicely.

Nascimento breaks from the clinch.

Rocha closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nascimento manages to work his way to half guard, despite Rocha's best efforts.

Nascimento looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nascimento trying to control from the bottom.
Rocha prevents Nascimento from improving his position.

Rocha looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nascimento wants to improve his position but Rocha is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rocha pulls his head out easily.
Rocha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nascimento gets back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nascimento looking to control.
Rocha trying to control the position from guard on top but Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Nascimento had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rocha is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nascimento Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rocha's back instead.
Rocha turns into Nascimento and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento looking for a guillotine here but Rocha defends easily.
Rocha advances to half guard.

Rocha is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Rocha is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nascimento defends it well.
Nascimento moves into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nascimento looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nascimento tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wagner Nascimento dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A clash of legs there as Nascimento blocks the low kick.
Rocha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rocha blocks a head kick by Nascimento.
Nascimento jabs Rocha right on the nose. Rocha blinks but takes it well.
Nascimento lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nascimento thuds a left hand into Rocha's body.

Nascimento pushes Rocha up against the cage in a clinch.
Nascimento prevents Rocha from breaking the clinch.

Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Nice jab there from Nascimento.
Nascimento with a jab.
Nascimento is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nascimento throws a combination. Rocha tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rocha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nascimento is out of range and Rocha settles back down.
Nascimento lands a nice shot to the body.
A cross from Nascimento lands.
Rocha throws a sloppy head kick
letting Nascimento counter with a right hand.
Rocha is breathing heavily.
Nascimento throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rocha stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nascimento throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rocha stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nascimento misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rocha at a distance.
Nascimento fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rocha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nascimento.
A lazy left from Nascimento finds it's target.
Rocha doesn't manage to clinch there - Nascimento circles away.
Rocha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nascimento scores with a three punch combo!
Rocha has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nascimento finds it's way round the side to connect with Rocha's head.
A cross from Nascimento lands.
Nascimento moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nascimento lands a nice shot that snaps Rocha's head back.
Rocha shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nascimento as he jumps to the side.
Demian Rocha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A cross from Nascimento lands.
Nascimento thuds a left hand into Rocha's body.

Nascimento has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Nascimento shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Nascimento lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Nascimento wants to finish this one by submission but Rocha is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nascimento.
Nascimento looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rocha takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rocha is wriggling around trying to escape.

Nascimento with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
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!
Rocha working to try and regain half guard.
Rocha is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nascimento unloading with bombs!
Rocha tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nascimento with good strikes from the mount here!
Nascimento wants to control the pace but Rocha is squirming around nicely.
Nascimento cracks Rocha with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rocha wants to hold on but Nascimento pushes him away.
Nascimento lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Nascimento working for a submission but Rocha is keeping him at bay.
Rocha is looking to improve his position but Nascimento isn't that keen on the idea.

Nascimento is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Rocha has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Rocha!

That's four 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.
Rocha passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rocha decides to stand up, so the ref orders Nascimento to his feet.
Rocha throws a series of punches but Nascimento avoids them all with ease.
Rocha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nascimento counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nascimento lands strikes from half guard.
Rocha is not content to let Nascimento control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nascimento thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Nascimento is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Rocha has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wagner Nascimento dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nascimento clinches.

Rocha breaks the clinch.
Nascimento uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rocha.
Rocha cracks the inside of Nascimento's front leg.
Wagner Nascimento is winning the standup battle so far.
Nascimento lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rocha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rocha is looking to land body kicks.
Nascimento catches Rocha with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nascimento moves out of range as Rocha strikes.
Nascimento lands a really nice looking cross but Rocha seems unphased.
Rocha has his takedown stuffed
and Nascimento counters with a straight right hand.
Rocha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rocha wants to land a leg kick but Nascimento is out of range.
Nascimento moves away from the strike by Rocha.
Nascimento jabs Rocha right on the nose. Rocha blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nascimento has taken the fight to the clinch.

Nascimento breaks the clinch.
Rocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rocha throws a head kick but Nascimento moves out of range.
Rocha has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rocha needs to keep his hands up - Nascimento had a free shot at his head there.
Nascimento's corner calls for a 1-2. Nascimento obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Nascimento gets a takedown into half guard.
Rocha wants to get back to full guard.

Nascimento looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wagner Nascimento overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nascimento passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rocha!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Nascimento is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Nascimento is punishing Rocha with strikes - can he finish him?!
Rocha has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Rocha is trying to break free.
Rocha covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Rocha trying to control the action but Nascimento just sinks the hooks in.
Rocha tries to escape the position.

Nascimento has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Rocha is defending well but eventually Nascimento manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Rocha has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wagner Nascimento!