PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Antonio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Map Gostos A (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gostos A has chosen Ratamahatta - Sepultura as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Antonio
vs
Gostos A

171 cm
27
142 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

176 cm
30
145 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Antonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Map Gostos A!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gostos A fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Antonio manages to avoid it.
Gostos A bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gostos A throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Antonio on the side of the head.

Gostos A gets caught napping as Antonio dives in and scores a takedown. Gostos A manages to retain guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Antonio cracks Gostos A with a solid left hand.

Gostos A is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Antonio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gostos A swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Antonio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gostos A wants to sweep but no luck.
Antonio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gostos A is trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gostos A gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gostos A is trying to stand.
Antonio raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Antonio landing shots from mount.
Antonio with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antonio is landing with some decent strikes but Gostos A is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gostos A is in a horrible position here. Antonio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Antonio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gostos A tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Antonio lands a heavy elbow.
Gostos A is trying desperately to improve position.

Antonio looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Antonio has control of Gostos A's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gostos A regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gostos A working to try and regain half guard.
Antonio scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gostos A?
Gostos A is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gostos A really wants to buck Antonio off and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antonio raining down hammerfists from mount.
Antonio prevents Gostos A from getting the reversal.
Antonio landing shots from mount.
Gostos A tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Antonio lands a big shot there that rocks Gostos A but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gostos A is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Antonio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Gostos A that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Antonio wants to finish this one by submission but Gostos A is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Antonio.
Antonio with shots to the head and body - Gostos A looks very uncomfortable down there.
Antonio working Gostos A over with strikes here.
Antonio raining down hammerfists from mount.

Antonio is working for a guillotine from mount but Gostos A frees his head quite easily.
Antonio lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gostos A hang on?

Gostos A is rocked!
Gostos A is looking to get to half guard.
Antonio connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gostos A is still in real trouble! Can Antonio finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antonio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Antonio lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Antonio lands a big elbow.
Antonio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Antonio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Antonio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gostos A working to try and regain half guard.
Gostos A seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antonio landing strikes from the mount and Gostos A is in trouble!
Gostos A tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Antonio has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gostos A's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antonio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Antonio is landing with some decent strikes but Gostos A is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gostos A scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Antonio land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Antonio stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Antonio!
A very excited looking Paulo Antonio rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.