PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rahm Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rahm Emanuel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Thiago
vs
Emanuel

168 cm
19
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Rahm Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thiago looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Emanuel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thiago but Thiago pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Emanuel rushes Thiago and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emanuel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thiago tries to pull guard but Emanuel won't allow it.
Thiago misses with a punch on the inside.
Thiago tries a knee to the head but Emanuel blocks it.
Emanuel lands a right hand.
Emanuel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thiago using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emanuel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emanuel tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thiago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emanuel changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thiago fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Paulo Thiago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rahm Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thiago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thiago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emanuel stalks Thiago and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thiago's face. Thiago staggers backwards, shaken.

Thiago is rocked!

Emanuel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Thiago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Emanuel has Thiago pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Emanuel pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Thiago tumbling to the mat - Emanuel dives into Thiago's guard.
Emanuel trying to control but Thiago is working from the bottom.
Thiago seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emanuel 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.
Emanuel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emanuel scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emanuel postures up.
Emanuel must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thiago wants to stand up but Emanuel is controlling him.
Emanuel trying to control the position from guard on top but Thiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Emanuel stopping the sweep attempt from Thiago.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thiago tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Emanuel counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Thiago's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel preventing the sweep.
Thiago keeping full guard, as Emanuel tries to pass.
Thiago trying to control the position.
Emanuel throws a big right hand that misses.
Emanuel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thiago is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emanuel trying to control but Thiago is working from the bottom.
Thiago tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Thiago preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emanuel throws a leg kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Thiago.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel swats away the attempt to clinch by Thiago.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thiago tries to clinch
letting Emanuel counter with a right hand.
Thiago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Emanuel counters with a left and a right that stings Thiago.
Emanuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thiago throws a sloppy head kick and Emanuel moves out of range easily.
Thiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emanuel.
Emanuel wants to clinch up but Thiago keeps it at a distance.
Thiago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thiago swats away the attempt to clinch by Emanuel.
Thiago moves in looking to clinch but Emanuel pushes him off.
Emanuel closes the distance but Thiago moves to the side
and Thiago counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No luck for Emanuel with that takedown attempt.
Emanuel tries to clinch but Thiago moves away
and Thiago counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Thiago as Emanuel shoots in.

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.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Thiago.
Thiago lands a few punches from side control.

Thiago decides to stand back up.
Emanuel clinches but Thiago breaks the clinch

and Thiago counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thiago misses with a knee strike.
Emanuel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Emanuel is looking to control Thiago's arms but Thiago gets an underhook and turns him. Now Emanuel has his back to the cage.
Thiago has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Emanuel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Emanuel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thiago wants to break the clinch but can't.

Emanuel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thiago is looking to clinch.
Emanuel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Thiago counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Emanuel missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rahm Emanuel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Emanuel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Thiago tries to keep at a distance but Emanuel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thiago throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thiago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Thiago breaks from the clinch.
Emanuel tries to clinch

and Thiago counters with a single leg into guard. Emanuel didn't expect that.
Emanuel is wriggling around but Thiago manages to pass to half guard.
Thiago scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thiago working over Emanuel with some ground and pound. Emanuel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emanuel works his way to full guard. Good work.
Emanuel wants to sweep here but Thiago controlling him for the moment.
Thiago throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thiago stands and steps away. Emanuel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Emanuel closes the distance and clinches.

Emanuel wants the takedown. Thiago is fighting it off but Emanuel persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Thiago's guard against the cage.

Emanuel is sitting in close to Thiago's body. Thiago has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Emanuel is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Emanuel is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Thiago.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Paulo Thiago!