PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Aguafresca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Walnuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walnuts has chosen The Final Countdown (Europe) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aguafresca
vs
Walnuts

180 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Attliction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Orlando Aguafresca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Walnuts!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walnuts tries to clinch but Aguafresca moves out of range.

Aguafresca shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Aguafresca lands a couple of digs.

Walnuts looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Walnuts looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Aguafresca pushes down on Walnuts's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Walnuts wants to get back to full guard.
Aguafresca has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Aguafresca is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Walnuts trying to hold on to Aguafresca's head to control him but Aguafresca postures up.

Aguafresca is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Walnuts doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aguafresca.
Walnuts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Aguafresca scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguafresca wants to pass to mount but Walnuts is defending the position.
Aguafresca lands with a punch from half guard.
Aguafresca prevents Walnuts from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walnuts wants to control but Aguafresca is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Walnuts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Aguafresca scores with a couple of nice shots.
Aguafresca thows a huge punch but Walnuts dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Walnuts is defending against the submission attempts here by Aguafresca.
Aguafresca is breathing heavily.
Aguafresca tries to pass the half guard into mount. Walnuts knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Walnuts avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aguafresca.
Aguafresca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aguafresca with the ground and pound but Walnuts uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's two 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.
Aguafresca working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aguafresca pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walnuts is keeping the position for now.
Aguafresca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Walnuts is trying to control the position but Aguafresca postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Walnuts stuffs the takedown.

Walnuts shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Walnuts was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Walnuts takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Aguafresca is looking to get to half guard.
Aguafresca is working hard here to advance position.
Aguafresca regains half guard.
Aguafresca gets full guard.

Walnuts drops back looking for a leg! Aguafresca is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aguafresca manages to kick Walnuts off! Walnuts jumps back into Aguafresca's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguafresca manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Aguafresca with shots to the head and body - Walnuts looks very uncomfortable down there.
Walnuts is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Aguafresca working the ground and pound effectively.
Walnuts in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Aguafresca landing strikes, looking to finish!
Walnuts taking shots to the head.
Aguafresca lands with some strikes.
Aguafresca working Walnuts over with strikes here.
Aguafresca misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Walnuts is wriggling around trying to escape.
Aguafresca cracks Walnuts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Aguafresca jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Walnuts is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Walnuts and Aguafresca has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguafresca throwing strikes but Walnuts manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Walnuts trying to control the action but Aguafresca is working from the bottom.
Aguafresca throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Aguafresca misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Walnuts landing a few strikes.
Walnuts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aguafresca keeps working.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Aguafresca manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Walnuts regains full guard. Nicely done.
Aguafresca stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walnuts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Aguafresca takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Aguafresca working some strikes from top position.
Aguafresca working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walnuts's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Aguafresca dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aguafresca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walnuts manages to avoid it.
Aguafresca with a poor takedown

and Walnuts counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Walnuts tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aguafresca knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aguafresca slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Aguafresca is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Orlando Aguafresca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Walnuts is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Aguafresca bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Walnuts's guard.
Aguafresca pushes down on Walnuts's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Aguafresca has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Walnuts defend it? Aguafresca steps over the head and cranks it - Walnuts is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Aguafresca!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Orlando Aguafresca!