PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Lage de Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pequeno Urso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lage de Araujo's entrance music is Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMann (aka) G Tom Mac. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lage de Araujo
vs
Urso

189 cm
22
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cristian Lage de Araujo!
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, Pequeno Urso!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lage de Araujo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Urso gets back to full guard.
Lage de Araujo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Urso keeping full guard, as Lage de Araujo tries to pass.
Lage de Araujo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Urso utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lage de Araujo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Urso on the ground.
Urso 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.
Urso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lage de Araujo's guard.

Lage de Araujo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Urso can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Urso throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urso landing with the ground and pound.
Urso lands a couple of elbows.
Urso is working Lage de Araujo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Urso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lage de Araujo wants to sweep here but Urso controlling him for the moment.
Urso wants to stand and escape but instead Lage de Araujo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Urso is working an open guard so Lage de Araujo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Lage de Araujo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lage de Araujo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lage de Araujo is breathing heavily.
Lage de Araujo stands up over Urso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Urso controls Lage de Araujo momentarily but Lage de Araujo frees himself.
Urso wants to sweep here but Lage de Araujo controlling him for the moment.
Urso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Lage de Araujo gets to his feet - Urso follows without any prompting.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lage de Araujo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Urso working a defensive guard here.
Urso is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Urso scores with a short punch from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Urso is working an open guard so Lage de Araujo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Urso shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Lage de Araujo counters with a single leg into guard. Urso didn't expect that.

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

Urso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Lage de Araujo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Urso gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urso works over Lage de Araujo with some ground and pound from guard.

Urso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Urso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Urso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lage de Araujo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Lage de Araujo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Urso wants to clinch

and Lage de Araujo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Urso's guard.
Cristian Lage de Araujo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lage de Araujo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Urso swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Urso had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lage de Araujo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Urso Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lage de Araujo's back instead.
Lage de Araujo holding both Urso 's hands and preventing any damage.
Urso trying to control.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lage de Araujo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lage de Araujo has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo wants to escape the position.
Lage de Araujo wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Urso softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Urso is throwing strikes by Lage de Araujo counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Lage de Araujo regains half guard.
Lage de Araujo is trying to stand back up but Urso is controlling him

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Urso doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Lage de Araujo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Urso's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Urso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lage de Araujo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Lage de Araujo stands up from Urso's guard - Lage de Araujo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Urso is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lage de Araujo.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lage de Araujo.

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

Lage de Araujo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Urso has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lage de Araujo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Urso is looking for a sweep.

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

Lage de Araujo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Urso knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Urso is looking to reverse the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Urso gets caught flat footed, as Lage de Araujo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Urso throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Urso looking for a sweep. Not yet Urso, not yet.

Urso working for a triangle but Lage de Araujo defends it easily.
Urso is trying to keep Lage de Araujo in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Lage de Araujo dominated that second round.
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!

Lage de Araujo looks to land a combination. Urso sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Urso fails with the takedown

so Lage de Araujo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Lage de Araujo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lage de Araujo lands with a nice combination. Urso backs away looking to recover.

Lage de Araujo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Lage de Araujo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Urso sneaks back into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Urso flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lage de Araujo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Urso is just riding it out for now. Lage de Araujo eventually gives up the hold.

Lage de Araujo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Urso clinches but Lage de Araujo breaks the clinch
and Lage de Araujo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Urso wants to clinch

and Lage de Araujo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Urso's guard.
Lage de Araujo working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo scoring with punches to the head and body.

Lage de Araujo drops back looking for a leg! Urso is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Urso manages to kick Lage de Araujo off! Lage de Araujo jumps back into Urso's guard.
Urso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lage de Araujo takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Lage de Araujo is in close to Urso's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Urso is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lage de Araujo dives into side control.
Urso is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urso is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lage de Araujo is controlling him well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Urso wants to clinch

and Lage de Araujo counters with a single leg into guard. Urso didn't expect that.
Cristian Lage de Araujo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lage de Araujo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Urso's guard.
Lage de Araujo is stalling in the full guard.

Urso has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Lage de Araujo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Urso fails with the takedown
and Lage de Araujo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cristian Lage de Araujo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo avoids the head kick by Urso.

Lage de Araujo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Urso wants to stand but Lage de Araujo is controlling the position.

Urso looking for a guillotine here but Lage de Araujo defends easily.
Lage de Araujo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pequeno Urso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lage de Araujo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cristian Lage de Araujo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lage de Araujo 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristian Lage de Araujo!