PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deodoro Da Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crixus Pais (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.

Da Fonseca
vs
Pais

179 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Deodoro Da Fonseca!
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, Crixus Pais!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Fonseca blocks a jab.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch up but Pais circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves away
letting Pais counter with a right hand.
Pais circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pais cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pais avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch up but Pais keeps it at a distance.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves away
and Pais counters with a nice uppercut.
Pais circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pais counters with a left to the body.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch up but Pais keeps it at a distance.
Da Fonseca could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Da Fonseca with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pais to score with a decent uppercut.
Pais avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Fonseca staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Fonseca tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Pais counter with a right hand.
Pais blocks a head kick by Da Fonseca.
Pais keeps the fight on the outside.
Pais throws a hook but Da Fonseca avoids it easily.
Da Fonseca lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pais with a nice cross.
Pais lands with a right hand.
Da Fonseca fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Pais. Beautiful body shot.
Pais circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pais counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Fonseca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Da Fonseca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Deodoro Da Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pais looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Fonseca is just out of range.
Pais with a nice cross.
Pais swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Fonseca.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Pais counter with a right hand.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves away
and Pais counters with a left to the body.
Pais looks to land a left hand but Da Fonseca moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Pais.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch
and Pais counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pais throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Fonseca.
Da Fonseca moves to clinch but Pais breaks away
and Pais counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Fonseca is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch up but Pais keeps it at a distance.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves away
and Pais counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Da Fonseca looks to clinch
and Pais counters with a straight right hand.
Da Fonseca throws a head kick but Pais moves out of range.
Pais thuds a left hand into Da Fonseca's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pais darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pais throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Fonseca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Pais coming out on top.
Da Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pais keeps the fight on the outside.
Pais takes a swing at Da Fonseca's ribcage but misses.
Pais avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Fonseca moves to clinch but Pais breaks away
and Pais counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pais misses with a looping right.
Pais scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Da Fonseca doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pais blocks a head kick by Da Fonseca.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch.
Da Fonseca walks into a stiff left hand from Pais.
Pais lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pais misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pais lands with a nice body punch.
Pais misses with a body shot.
Pais's corner calls for a 1-2. Pais obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crixus Pais dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pais throws a jab when Da Fonseca was well out of range.
Pais misses with a body shot.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves away
and Pais counters with a nice uppercut.
Pais connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pais circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pais counters with a straight right hand.

Da Fonseca is rocked!
Da Fonseca wants to clinch but Pais slips to the side
and Da Fonseca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch up but Pais keeps it at a distance.
Pais dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot lands for Pais.
Da Fonseca looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch there but Pais circles away.
Da Fonseca slips under a jab.
Deodoro Da Fonseca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pais throws a body punch but Da Fonseca moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pais throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Da Fonseca with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pais to score with a decent uppercut.
Pais swings for the body but Da Fonseca moves out of range.
Pais throws an overhand right that lands on Da Fonseca's shoulder, as Da Fonseca tries to avoid the shot.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais moves out of range.
Pais lands a really nice looking cross but Da Fonseca seems unphased.
Da Fonseca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Fonseca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Fonseca tries to close the distance and clinch but Pais swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais is having none of it.
Pais lands with an uppercut that bounces Da Fonseca off the cage and back into range.
Da Fonseca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pais swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Pais lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pais misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Fonseca.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch up.
Da Fonseca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Fonseca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Da Fonseca wants to clinch
and Pais connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pais looks to land a left hand but Da Fonseca moved out of range nicely.
Da Fonseca tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pais counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Fonseca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pais swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Da Fonseca moves forwards but Pais connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Fonseca takes a jab right on the kisser.
Da Fonseca ducks under a wild hook from Pais.
Da Fonseca is looking to clinch but Pais is avoiding it.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch but Pais is having none of it.
Pais clobbers Da Fonseca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pais throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Fonseca.
Da Fonseca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pais looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Fonseca is just out of range.
Pais connects with the punch.
Pais misses the jab.
Pais throws out a loose jab but Da Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Fonseca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pais.
Da Fonseca on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Crixus Pais seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pais lands a jab to Da Fonseca's midsection.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pais in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Da Fonseca tries to clinch up
and Da Fonseca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Da Fonseca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pais dips to his left and cracks Da Fonseca with an uppercut!
Da Fonseca throws a head kick but Pais moves out of range.
Pais scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pais throws out a loose jab but Da Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Fonseca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good exchange - Pais coming out on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pais scores with a hook to the body. Da Fonseca takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Da Fonseca takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pais cracks Da Fonseca on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Da Fonseca falls backwards against the cage. Pais follows up with more strikes that drop Da Fonseca to his knees. Pais keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Da Fonseca! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crixus Pais!