PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mano daRua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). daRua's entrance music is Swedish House Mafia - 'One' (Instrumental Version) Official Video (HD). A fine choice. Guerrero has chosen Borracho Te Recuerdo as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

daRua
vs
Guerrero

188 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 Rio de Janeiro, Mano daRua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
daRua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guerrero.
Guerrero dips to his left and cracks daRua with an uppercut!

daRua looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Guerrero!
daRua controlling his opponent.
daRua looking to control but Guerrero is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
daRua throws some wild stikes that Guerrero manages to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
daRua can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guerrero is looking to escape.
daRua throwing strikes here but Guerrero is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

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.

daRua goes for an armbar but Guerrero turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Guerrero.
daRua has control of Guerrero's left arm, preventing Guerrero from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mano daRua.
daRua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guerrero paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
daRua throws a series of punches but Guerrero moves out of range.
Guerrero stuns daRua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Guerrero throws out a loose jab but daRua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Guerrero.
daRua is breathing heavily.
Guerrero lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guerrero lands a jab to daRua's midsection.
Guerrero connects with a body shot.
Guerrero scores with a jab to the jaw.
Guerrero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down daRua rather than just go for the knockout.
Good standup being displayed there by Guerrero as he connects with a hook.
Guerrero bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps daRua's head backwards.
A combination from Guerrero does no damage.

Guerrero cracks daRua with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Guerrero has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning daRua to stand back up!

daRua is rocked!
Crack! Guerrero connects with the perfect overhand right and daRua falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Guerrero!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gustavo Guerrero!