PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Brasileiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randy
vs
Brasileiro

171 cm
21
145 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Brasileiro!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brasileiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Randy but Randy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Randy lands with a nice body punch.
Nice takedown defense from Randy. No joy for Brasileiro on that attempt.
Brasileiro should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Brasileiro fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paulo Randy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Brasileiro.
Brasileiro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Randy sprawls well. Randy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brasileiro gets slowly back to his feet.

Brasileiro scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Brasileiro looks gassed!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Brasileiro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Brasileiro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Randy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Randy manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Randy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Randy connects with a nice short shot to Brasileiro's temple.

Brasileiro looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy is controlling the pace.

Brasileiro actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Brasileiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brasileiro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Randy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Randy gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Jab from Randy.

It looks like Joao Brasileiro has been cut.
A jab from Randy finds it's way through Brasileiro's defenses.

Brasileiro is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Randy lands a brutal uppercut that launches Brasileiro off his feet! Brasileiro tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Randy!
An out of breath Paulo Randy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.