PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Capitao Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Ferrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nascimento
vs
Ferrin

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Capitao Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cameron Ferrin!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nascimento tries to avoid it but Ferrin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nascimento to the ground. Nascimento escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nascimento moves in looking to clinch but Ferrin pushes him off.
Nice shot lands for Nascimento.
Nascimento swinging wildly here.
Ferrin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nascimento is fending him off so far but Ferrin persists. Nope, Nascimento circles away and we're back to standing.

Nascimento takes the fight into the clinch.
Nascimento displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ferrin up against the cage.
Ferrin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nascimento tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ferrin smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ferrin tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferrin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Capitao Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cameron Ferrin.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Nascimento tries to clinch up but Ferrin circles away and keeps his distance.

Nascimento gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ferrin tries to pull guard but Nascimento holds him up against the cage and eventually Ferrin drops back down to his feet.

Ferrin breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrin shoots in for a double leg but Nascimento sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nascimento wants to clinch up but Ferrin keeps it at a distance.
Cameron Ferrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferrin keeps Nascimento at a distance using the push kick.
Nascimento is looking to clinch.
Ferrin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nascimento moves out of range of the body kick.
Ferrin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nascimento stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nascimento looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch but Ferrin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ferrin shoots in but no luck this time.
Ferrin looks gassed!

Nascimento shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nascimento working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nascimento accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Nascimento 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nascimento trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferrin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento lands a couple of elbows.
Nascimento working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nascimento is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Nascimento wants to control from the top but Ferrin keeps moving.

Capitao Nascimento has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Some wild striking there from Nascimento.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nascimento with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nascimento goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Capitao Nascimento dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ferrin throws a series of punches but Nascimento moves out of range.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nascimento lands with a cross.
Nice takedown defense from Ferrin. No joy for Nascimento on that attempt.
Nascimento scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ferrin fails with the takedown.
Ferrin avoids a punch combination nicely.

Nascimento clinches with his opponent.
Nascimento fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Capitao Nascimento. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrin can't break the clinch.

Ferrin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Nascimento 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.
Nascimento thows a big elbow that misses.
Ferrin is trying to keep Nascimento in close.
Nascimento trying to control but Ferrin is working from the bottom.
Nascimento wants to pass the guard but Ferrin is keeping the position.
Nascimento throwing strikes but missing.
Nascimento not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nascimento trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferrin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Capitao Nascimento wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ferrin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nascimento pinned against the cage. Nascimento gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ferrin is breathing heavily.
Nascimento throws a nice looking combination but Ferrin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nascimento tries to clinch up.
Ferrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nascimento is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ferrin moves into range and clinches up with Nascimento.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nascimento pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ferrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nascimento tries to clinch but Ferrin moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Nascimento.
Nascimento is looking to clinch.
Ferrin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nascimento is fending him off so far but Ferrin persists. Nope, Nascimento circles away and we're back to standing.
Nascimento tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ferrin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrin takes one on the button.
Capitao Nascimento is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nascimento tries to clinch there but Ferrin circles away.
Ferrin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nascimento cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ferrin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nascimento tries to clinch but Ferrin moves out of range.

Nascimento pushes Ferrin up against the cage in a clinch.
Ferrin misses with a punch on the inside.
Nascimento goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ferrin prevents it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Capitao Nascimento dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nascimento connects with a looping right hand.
Nascimento tries to clinch there but Ferrin circles away.
Nascimento tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ferrin swivels and escapes.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Ferrin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nascimento tries to avoid it but Ferrin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nascimento to the ground. Nascimento escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nascimento slaps away a takedown attempt from Ferrin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Ferrin tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.

Nascimento clinches with his opponent.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nascimento closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ferrin quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nascimento tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ferrin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nascimento thows a huge punch but Ferrin dodges it nicely.
Ferrin won't allow Nascimento to pass to mount.
Nascimento with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nascimento works his way into full mount!
Ferrin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ferrin taking shots to the head.
Nascimento lands a big shot there that rocks Ferrin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ferrin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nascimento can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ferrin is looking to escape.
The referee warns Ferrin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ferrin taking shots to the head.
Nascimento scoring with strikes but Ferrin is staying in there.
Ferrin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nascimento trying to control but Ferrin is having none of it.
Nascimento dominating with strikes here.
Nascimento unloading with bombs!
Nascimento dominating with strikes here.
Capitao Nascimento is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nascimento seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ferrin for as long as he can get away with.
Nascimento punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nascimento looking to control and managing it successfully.
Capitao Nascimento overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento breaks from Ferrin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nascimento looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cameron Ferrin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Capitao Nascimento showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nascimento has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Capitao Nascimento!