PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Faro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faro
vs
Mayweather

180 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
148 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Humberto Faro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faro throws the left hand but Mayweather avoids the punch easily.
Faro throws a body punch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Faro cracks Mayweather with an open hand slap.
Faro throws a nice looking combination but Mayweather bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mayweather steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faro.
Faro throws a series of punches but Mayweather avoids them all with ease.
Faro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mayweather moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Faro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Humberto Faro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faro.
Faro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Faro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Faro and Mayweather goes tumbling to the canvas! Faro follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Mayweather is rocked!

It looks like Roger Mayweather has been cut.
Faro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mayweather is still in real trouble! Can Faro finish him?
Faro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mayweather defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mayweather seems to have recovered his senses.
Faro'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.

Faro decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Mayweather changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Faro tries to avoid it but Mayweather manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Faro to the ground. Faro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mayweather misses with a low kick.
Mayweather throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Faro's waist but Faro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mayweather off to one side.
Mayweather looks gassed!
Faro slaps away a takedown attempt from Mayweather, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Humberto Faro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Mayweather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faro misses with a double jab.
Faro looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.
Faro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Faro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faro. Mayweather does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faro just misses with a punch to the body.
Faro cracks Mayweather with a good jab.
Faro fails to land with a series of punches.
Humberto Faro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayweather is trying hard to land a takedown here. Faro sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faro.
Mayweather moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faro missing with a left hand there. Mayweather was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Faro stuffs the takedown attempt from Mayweather. Mayweather gets slowly back to his feet.
Mayweather is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Faro misses with a few strikes there.
Faro fails to land with a series of punches.
Mayweather slips under a jab.
Faro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayweather moves away.
Faro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mayweather shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Faro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mayweather circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faro.
Faro misses with a wild combination.
Faro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mayweather was well out of range. Poor timing from Faro.
Mayweather moves out of range of the strikes.
Faro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Faro misses with a body shot.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faro.
Mayweather uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faro.
Faro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Faro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Mayweather's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Faro throws a jab but it's blocked by Mayweather.
Faro misses with a wild combination.
Faro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayweather.
Mayweather shoots for a double leg takedown but Faro sprawls well. He's pushed Mayweather's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Faro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayweather.
Mayweather misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mayweather is defended easily by Faro.
Mayweather is trying desperately to land a takedown but Faro is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Mayweather.
Faro takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Mayweather is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faro misses with an uppercut. Mayweather saw that one coming.
Faro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Faro just misses with a punch to the body.
Faro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayweather on the side of the head.
Faro throws a right and a left that Mayweather avoids nicely.
Mayweather bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faro swings for the body but Mayweather moves out of range.
Mayweather tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Faro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horrible takedown by Mayweather or perhaps it was just good defense by Faro which made him look bad.
Humberto Faro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Mayweather.

That's two 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.
Mayweather takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mayweather with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Faro to score with a decent uppercut.
Faro tries to bum rush Mayweather with a series of wild strikes but Mayweather uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faro throws a jab but it's blocked by Mayweather.
Faro misses with a body shot.
Faro looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.
Faro misses with a body shot.
Faro misses with a double jab.

Faro lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Mayweather sprawling to the canvas. Faro follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Mayweather hang on?

Faro decides to return to a standing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Faro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Faro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mayweather takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faro.
Mayweather throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Faro's waist but Faro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mayweather off to one side.
Faro throws a combination that misses
and Mayweather counters with a series of strikes. Faro will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Faro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faro misses with a wild body shot.
Mayweather keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mayweather ducks under a wild hook from Faro.
Faro looks to land a right hand but Mayweather moved out of range.
Faro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mayweather uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faro.
Faro throws a body punch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Mayweather keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Faro throws a shot from downtown. Mayweather moves away and avoids it.
Faro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Faro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roger Mayweather's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Faro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayweather moves away.
Faro stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Faro wants it to stay on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faro. Mayweather does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayweather fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mayweather shoots for a takedown but Faro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A combination from Faro does no damage.
Faro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Faro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faro takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Humberto Faro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mayweather takes one to the side of the head.
Faro is looking to wear down Mayweather with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Faro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Faro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Faro thows a body shot but no joy.
Faro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mayweather stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Mayweather counters by clinching up.
Faro is stalling here.
Still in the clinch, Faro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Faro pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Faro.

Faro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Faro throws a nice looking combination but Mayweather bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Faro misses the shot to the body.
Mayweather misses with a takedown attempt - Faro sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Humberto Faro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Mayweather.
Faro misses with the combination.
Nice takedown defense from Faro. No joy for Mayweather on that attempt.
Humberto Faro is winning the standup battle so far.
Faro misses the jab.
Mayweather avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faro looks to throw the jab but Mayweather is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faro.
Mayweather fails with a takedown attempt.
Faro misses with a few strikes there.
Faro swinging wildly here.
Faro throws a lazy right hand but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faro throws a jab but it's blocked by Mayweather.
Faro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Faro thows a body shot but no joy.
Mayweather ducks under a wild hook from Faro.
Faro lands with a nice body punch.
Humberto Faro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faro misses with a body shot.
Faro throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Faro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mayweather tries to clinch there but Faro circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Faro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mayweather's hands.
Faro throws a series of strikes that have Mayweather backpedaling.
Roger Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faro throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Faro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Faro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberto Faro!