PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between batista haight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). haight comes to the cage accompanied by Forgot About Dre - Eminem. haight is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

haight
vs
Sebastiao Cardoso

169 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, batista haight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
haight fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
haight is breathing heavily.

Cardoso looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cardoso throwing shots but haight is blocking nicely.

haight is defending against the submission attempts here by Cardoso.
Cardoso working over haight with some ground and pound. haight looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cardoso missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
haight trying to control but Cardoso postures up.
Cardoso seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
haight might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cardoso lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
haight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cardoso.

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

Cardoso drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cardoso lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cardoso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cardoso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardoso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cardoso looking to pass the guard.
Cardoso chips away with some ground and pound.

Cardoso thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

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

Cardoso shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cardoso is working haight over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cardoso prevents haight from getting back to his feet.
Cardoso postures up and lands a big shot to haight's brow.
haight controls Cardoso momentarily but Cardoso frees himself.
haight wants to stand and escape but Cardoso is having none of it.
haight trying to control the position.
Cardoso postures up in haight's guard and throws a big left but haight blocks it.
Cardoso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso throws a big right hand that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
haight doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Cardoso counters with a nice double leg into guard.
haight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cardoso.
haight controls Cardoso momentarily but Cardoso frees himself.
Cardoso throwing strikes from guard but haight blocks nicely.
Cardoso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cardoso scoring with some ground and pound.
Cardoso lands a couple of elbows.
haight wants to sweep here but Cardoso controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
haight doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Cardoso counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for batista haight. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
haight trying to control here.

Cardoso is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and haight defends it well.

Cardoso is sneakily working for an arm triangle but haight sees it coming and defends easily.
Cardoso stops haight from getting back to his feet.

Cardoso is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and haight defends it well.
haight trying to hold on to Cardoso's head to control him but Cardoso postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
haight gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Cardoso counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
haight keeping full guard, as Cardoso tries to pass.
haight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cardoso throwing strikes from guard but haight blocks nicely.
Cardoso scoring with some ground and pound.
Cardoso scoring with some ground and pound.
haight is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cardoso throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardoso throws a big right hand that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
haight with a poor takedown

and Cardoso counters with a single leg into guard. haight didn't expect that.
haight looking to control.
haight utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

haight fails with the takedown

and Cardoso counters with a takedown into side control.

Cardoso tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cardoso has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cardoso tries to move to mount but haight blocks the move with his legs.
haight is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sloppy strikes there by Cardoso.
haight tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cardoso misses with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cardoso working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Cardoso tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
haight with a poor takedown

and Cardoso counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
haight controls Cardoso momentarily but Cardoso frees himself.
Cardoso is working haight over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardoso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cardoso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as haight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cardoso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Cardoso 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cardoso avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cardoso closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Cardoso tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cardoso has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cardoso throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Cardoso tries to score with some ground and pound. haight controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Cardoso working away.
Cardoso throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cardoso postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cardoso throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
haight has his takedown stuffed

and Cardoso counters with a single leg into guard. haight didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for batista haight. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso landing with the ground and pound.
Cardoso is looking to work some ground and pound but haight has wrist control.
Cardoso postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cardoso landing some decent shots from guard.
haight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cardoso.
Cardoso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cardoso postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
haight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Cardoso scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cardoso is thwarting haight's attempts to control the position.
Cardoso throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cardoso is nestled in close to haight, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cardoso is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cardoso not landing any meaningful shots this time.
haight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cardoso.
haight trying to hold on to Cardoso's head to control him but Cardoso postures up.
haight avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cardoso.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
haight has his takedown stuffed

and Cardoso counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
haight trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardoso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
haight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cardoso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

haight throws a series of strikes that have Cardoso backpedaling.

Cardoso scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Cardoso is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but haight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
haight can't do much from the bottom here.

Cardoso wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by haight, who protects the arm well.
Cardoso is putting a hurting on haight here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cardoso throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Cardoso are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
haight wants to get back to his feet but Cardoso drags him back down.
You can see the frustration on haight's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
haight misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cardoso.
Cardoso in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cardoso lands some shots froms side control.
haight regains half guard.
Cardoso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. haight defending well though.
haight slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardoso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
haight utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cardoso postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cardoso distracts haight with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cardoso thows a big elbow that misses.

Cardoso thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
haight fails with the takedown

and Cardoso counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on haight's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
haight parries the strikes from Cardoso easily there. Cardoso is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable haight to escape.
haight manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cardoso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cardoso working over haight with some ground and pound. haight looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
haight is looking to control Cardoso's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can haight avoid being mounted?
Cardoso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
haight trying to control from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
haight shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Cardoso counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardoso with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
batista haight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso postures up in haight's guard and throws a big left but haight blocks it.
Cardoso throwing strikes but missing.
haight is trying to control the position from the bottom.

haight throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cardoso postures up and lands a big shot to haight's brow.
Cardoso with a nice head shot there.
Cardoso working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
haight with a poor takedown

and Cardoso counters with a single leg into guard. haight didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for batista haight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cardoso throwing strikes but missing.
Cardoso landing with the ground and pound.
Cardoso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of haight's head.
haight is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
haight is keen to just control but Cardoso is a slippery customer.

Cardoso looking for submissions off his back.

Cardoso is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but haight pulls his head out easily.

Cardoso looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardoso tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Cardoso actively working from the bottom here.
Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Cardoso is defending against the submission attempts here by haight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cardoso has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso!