PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christophe Lacroix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lacroix has chosen Voodoo as his entrance music. Christophe Lacroix has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tango
vs
Lacroix

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
161 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Tango!
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, Christophe Lacroix!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tango tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lacroix swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tango tries to bum rush Lacroix with a series of wild strikes but Lacroix uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Tango fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lacroix, pushing him back against the cage.
Lacroix landing knees to the body.
Lacroix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tango is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tango missing with knees to the body.
Lacroix is trying to maintain a safe position but Tango gets an underhook and turns Lacroix into the cage.
Tango will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lacroix up against the cage.
Lacroix scores a nice knee to the body.

Lacroix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lacroix cracks the inside of Tango's front leg.
Lacroix misses with a head kick.
Tango takes a swing at Lacroix's ribcage but misses.
Tango throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Lacroix.
A choreographed right hand from Lacroix misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tango shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lacroix pinned against the cage. Lacroix gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tango closes the distance and clinches up with Lacroix, looking for a takedown. Tango pushes Lacroix against the cage but Lacroix circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lacroix goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tango scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tango takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tango.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Tango. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tango has closed the distance and engaged Lacroix in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lacroix lands a nice shot to the body.
Lacroix content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tango missing with knees to the body.
Tango is trying to maintain a safe position but Lacroix gets an underhook and turns Tango into the cage.
Lacroix tries to land knees in the clinch but Tango avoids the damage to the body.
Lacroix taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tango - that landed with a thud.
Tango looking to slow down the pace here.
Lacroix is trying to maintain a safe position but Tango gets an underhook and turns Lacroix into the cage.
Lacroix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lacroix scores with a hook to the body.
Lacroix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tango has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lacroix stalling.
Lacroix wants to stall.
Lacroix tries to land knees in the clinch but Tango avoids the damage to the body.
Lacroix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tango's face.
Tango throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lacroix tries to land a knee to the head but Tango blocks with his arms.
Lacroix is looking to control Tango's arms but Tango gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lacroix has his back to the cage.
Lacroix looks gassed!
Lacroix landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tango has had enough of the clinch but Lacroix keeps him there for the moment.
Lacroix tries to land knees in the clinch but Tango avoids the damage to the body.
Lacroix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tango tries to pull guard but Lacroix holds him up against the cage and eventually Tango drops back down to his feet.

Tango manages to break the clinch.
Lacroix misses with a leg kick
and Tango counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lacroix is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lacroix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Christophe Lacroix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tango tries to clinch but Lacroix moves out of range.
Tango tries to clinch there but Lacroix circles away.
Tango tries to clinch but Lacroix is having none of it.
Tango shoots for a takedown but Lacroix saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lacroix fails to land with a series of punches.
Tango doesn't manage to clinch there - Lacroix circles away.
Lacroix swats away the attempt to clinch by Tango.

Lacroix pushes Tango up against the cage in a clinch.
Lacroix throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tango blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lacroix tries to land a knee to the head but Tango blocks with his arms.
Tango tries to land knees in the clinch but Lacroix avoids the damage to the body.
Tango tries to pull guard but Lacroix won't allow it.
Tango fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tango looking to stall.
Lacroix looking to stall.

Tango breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tango tries to clinch but Lacroix moves out of range.
Tango shoots in looking for a takedown. Lacroix tries to sprawl out of it but Tango keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lacroix manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lacroix connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tango's hands.
Lacroix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tango shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lacroix pinned against the cage. Lacroix gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Tango has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christophe Lacroix dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lacroix throws a lazy head kick

and Tango counters by moving into the clinch.
Tango is trying to break the clinch but Lacroix has him pressed against the cage.
Lacroix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lacroix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lacroix managing to block the knees to the body from Tango.
Lacroix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tango misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lacroix.
Tango with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Lacroix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tango tries to clinch but Lacroix moves out of range.
Tango throws a front kick aimed at Lacroix's knee but Lacroix avoids it well.

Tango clinches with his opponent.
Lacroix is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tango tries to land knees in the clinch but Lacroix avoids the damage to the body.
Tango scores a nice knee to the body.

Tango manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tango controls Lacroix momentarily but Lacroix frees himself.

Tango throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lacroix is looking to stand up but Tango won't let him.
Lacroix is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tango looking for a guillotine here but Lacroix defends easily.
Lacroix wants to stand but Tango is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lacroix must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tango is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Tango has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lacroix can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tango has a closed guard, preventing Lacroix from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lacroix throws a strike but Tango rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tango looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tango is pushing down on Lacroix's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lacroix is fighting to maintain full guard but Tango has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lacroix tries to get to full guard but Tango has control of the leg.
Tango works his foot free and advances to mount.
Lacroix is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lacroix tries to hold on but Tango postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tango looking to secure an arm triangle but Lacroix defends it well.
Lacroix is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tango tries to control but Lacroix wriggling away.

Tango working for a guillotine from mount but Lacroix is in no mood to give up.
Tango trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lacroix stops Tango from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Lacroix bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Tango is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Lacroix rolls with it to try and escape but Tango cranks on the arm and Lacroix is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tony Tango!