PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Cuevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodouorous Papaloukas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Theodouorous Papaloukas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cuevas
vs
Papaloukas

195 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Cuevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodouorous Papaloukas!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuevas connects with a crisp jab.
Cuevas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cuevas misses with a double jab.
Cuevas throws a sloppy head kick and Papaloukas moves out of range easily.
Cuevas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cuevas rushes Papaloukas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Papaloukas can't get the takedown.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papaloukas circles away quickly and effectively.
Papaloukas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cuevas.

Cuevas rushes Papaloukas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Papaloukas goes for a takedown attempt but Cuevas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fred Cuevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodouorous Papaloukas.
Cuevas misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cuevas can pounce on him.

Cuevas takes the fight into the clinch.
Cuevas lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Theodouorous Papaloukas has been cut.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuevas fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Cuevas. Those never looked like landing.
Cuevas misses with the combination.

Papaloukas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Papaloukas gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas wants to clinch.
Cuevas lands a jab.
Cuevas throws a leg kick which misses Papaloukas's front leg but catches the back leg as Papaloukas tries to avoid it.

Cuevas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Papaloukas blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Cuevas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cuevas misses with a few strikes there.
Cuevas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Papaloukas walks into a left hand.
Cuevas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Papaloukas shoots in for a takedown but Cuevas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cuevas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Papaloukas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cuevas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Papaloukas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas scores with a leg kick.
Cuevas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Papaloukas drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papaloukas stopping the sweep attempt from Cuevas.
Papaloukas passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Papaloukas postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cuevas to stand up.
Papaloukas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cuevas.
Cuevas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fred Cuevas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Papaloukas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Papaloukas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Papaloukas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cuevas tries to bench press Papaloukas off him but Papaloukas keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cuevas trying to remain calm as Papaloukas controls from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Theodouorous Papaloukas was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Papaloukas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cuevas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Papaloukas somewhat.
Fred Cuevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodouorous Papaloukas.
Papaloukas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Papaloukas wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Theodouorous Papaloukas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cuevas throws a leg kick which misses Papaloukas's front leg but catches the back leg as Papaloukas tries to avoid it.
Cuevas tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Papaloukas defends well and Cuevas ends up having to push Papaloukas into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cuevas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuevas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Papaloukas prevents the takedown attempt.
Papaloukas tries to score a body lock takedown but Cuevas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cuevas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Papaloukas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Cuevas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cuevas has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Papaloukas after a bit of a struggle.

Cuevas breaks from the clinch.
Papaloukas tries for a takedown but Cuevas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cuevas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Papaloukas's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuevas tries to clinch up.

Cuevas takes the fight into the clinch.
Papaloukas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cuevas is looking for a takedown.
Papaloukas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cuevas pulls his leg out and moves away.
Cuevas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cuevas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuevas moves in looking to clinch but Papaloukas pushes him off.
Papaloukas shoots and misses
and Cuevas counters with a good low kick that Papaloukas was not able to check.

Papaloukas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cuevas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Cuevas is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Papaloukas is controlling him well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cuevas tries to buck Papaloukas off but Papaloukas is having none of it.
Cuevas gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas looking to control and managing it successfully.

Cuevas is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Papaloukas locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Cuevas is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Theodouorous Papaloukas!