PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mario Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Never Give Up (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Pereira
vs
Give Up

170 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

166 cm
26
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Never Give Up!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Give Up dodges the punch combination from Pereira.
It seemed like Give Up was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pereira clobbers Give Up with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pereira definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pereira misses with a combination
and Give Up counters with an outside leg kick.
Pereira throws a right and a left that Give Up avoids nicely.
Pereira throws a nice looking combination but Give Up bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pereira lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Give Up backs up against the cage.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up moves out of range.
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Give Up counters by moving into the clinch.
Give Up can't find room to land a body shot as Pereira controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Give Up is trying to maintain a safe position but Pereira gets an underhook and turns Give Up into the cage.
Pereira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Give Up tries a body shot but Pereira blocks it.
Give Up misses with a punch to the body.
Give Up throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pereira blocks it with crossed arms.
Give Up misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Give Up keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pereira's efforts to push away.
Give Up putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pereira in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pereira tries to break the clinch but Give Up is controlling the position.
Pereira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Give Up has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Give Up to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira is trying to break free.
Pereira blocks an uppercut.
Give Up misses with a knee strike.
Give Up tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.
Pereira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Give Up misses with a body punch.
Give Up swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Give Up putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pereira in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Give Up swings wildly with an uppercut but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Give Up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Never Give Up will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pereira swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Give Up.
Pereira shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Give Up eats them both and turns towards Pereira to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pereira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pereira throws a lazy uppercut
and Give Up counters with a solid body kick.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Give Up counters with a solid body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira misses with a combination
and Give Up counters with a nice kick to the body.
Give Up with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pereira to score with a decent uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.
Give Up is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a wild combination.
Give Up throws a big counter head kick but Pereira avoids it with no problem.
No joy there for Pereira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pereira backing away here, and Give Up unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pereira tries to bum rush Give Up with a series of wild strikes but Give Up uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Give Up! But no joy.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Give Up counters with a low kick, right behind Pereira 's knee.
Pereira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Give Up manages to avoid it.
Give Up is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pereira misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pereira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pereira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Give Up moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a right and a left that Give Up avoids nicely.
Give Up tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pereira lands a really nice looking cross but Give Up seems unphased.
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!
A combination from Pereira does no damage.
Give Up throws a counter combo.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Give Up counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pereira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Give Up can do to turn this around?
Pereira lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pereira misses with a combination
and Give Up counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Pereira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Give Up showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Give Up is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira fails to land with a series of punches.
As Pereira backs off Give Up throws a huge counter combo but Pereira manages to avoid it all.
Pereira misses with a combination
and Give Up counters with a nice uppercut.
Pereira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Give Up uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pereira.
Give Up was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pereira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pereira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Give Up counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mario Pereira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Give Up counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pereira's knee momentarily.
Pereira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pereira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Give Up counters with a solid body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Give Up keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
As Pereira backs off Give Up throws a huge counter combo but Pereira manages to avoid it all.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Give Up counters with a big head kick but Pereira shrugs it off.
Pereira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira looks to throw the jab but Give Up is out of range.
Give Up now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a left hand
and Give Up counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pereira misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pereira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Give Up.
Pereira tries to bum rush Give Up with a series of wild strikes but Give Up uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Pereira dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pereira misses with a hook.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Give Up circles away quickly and effectively.
Give Up tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pereira misses with a wild body shot.
Give Up steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pereira.
Pereira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Give Up makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pereira really felt that one!
Mario Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pereira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Give Up.
Give Up lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pereira swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up avoids them all with ease.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up moves out of range.
Give Up throws a counter combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pereira misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Give Up circles away quickly and effectively.
Give Up dodges the punch combination from Pereira.
Give Up shapes to counter with a head kick.
Pereira throws a sloppy body shot
and Give Up finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Pereira tries to bum rush Give Up with a series of wild strikes but Give Up uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Give Up showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
A countering left hand to the body from Give Up misses.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Give Up counters with a good, hard body kick but Pereira shrugs it off.
Pereira throws a jab when Give Up was well out of range.
Pereira misses with a lunging right hand
and Give Up counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Give Up showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Give Up looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Pereira.
Pereira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Give Up throws a big counter head kick but Pereira avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Pereira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Give Up counters with a nice body kick.
Pereira misses the body punch
and Give Up counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Give Up counters with a big head kick but Pereira shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira misses with a few strikes there.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Give Up is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Pereira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Give Up counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pereira is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pereira throws a lazy right hand but Give Up sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Give Up swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pereira will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Give Up showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Give Up is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Pereira misses with a series of wild punches.
Give Up wants to counter the offense by Pereira and move into the clinch position.
Pereira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Give Up counters with a body kick.
Pereira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Give Up counters with a low kick, right behind Pereira 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira misses with an uppercut
and Give Up counters with a nice leg kick.
Pereira tries to bum rush Give Up with a series of wild strikes but Give Up uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And Give Up responds with a good body kick, but Pereira manages to step out the way in time.
Pereira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Give Up swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Give Up counters with a nice body kick.
Pereira misses with a combination
letting Give Up counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira throws a series of punches but Give Up avoids them all with ease.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Give Up counters with an inside leg kick.
Pereira throws a hook to the side of Give Up's head but Give Up sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Give Up is trying to counter with his kicks.

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 Mario Pereira.
I think Pereira has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Pereira!