PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joao Gouveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gouveira
vs
Munoz

175 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
186 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 The Island, Joao Gouveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Munoz!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Munoz fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gouveira to the ground. Munoz is now in Gouveira's guard.
Munoz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Munoz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Munoz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Munoz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Munoz looking to sit in guard and control but Gouveira gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Munoz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gouveira is controlling him.
Gouveira won't allow Munoz to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Munoz has his feet on Gouveira's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gouveira looks for a takedown but Munoz sprawls well.
Munoz changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Munoz feints and as Gouveira raises his hands in defense, Munoz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Munoz scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gouveira throws his legs up looking for a submission but Munoz uses it to pass to side control.
Munoz is chipping away with strikes.
Munoz lands some shots froms side control.
Gouveira could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gouveira taking a bit of punishment here - Munoz scoring with strikes.
Munoz grinds an elbow into Gouveira's temple.
Munoz working the ground and pound.

Munoz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gouveira is looking to regain half guard here but Munoz keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz is working Gouveira over with some ground and pound from side control.
Munoz scoring with punches from side control.
Gouveira is trying to improve his position.
Gouveira is breathing heavily.
Munoz lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Munoz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gouveira down.
Gouveira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Munoz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gouveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gouveira tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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!
Munoz grinds an elbow into Gouveira's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Munoz landing a few strikes.
Gouveira is looking for a sweep.

Munoz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gouveira taking punishment in the form of punches.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Munoz working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Munoz lands a nice forearm strike.
Munoz looks up at the clock and then as Gouveira takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Munoz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gouveira is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Munoz is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Munoz landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munoz working the ground and pound effectively.
Gouveira is trying to escape the mount.
Munoz lands a big shot there that rocks Gouveira but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Munoz dominating with strikes here.

Gouveira is rocked!
A big strike lands for Munoz! That's really hurt Gouveira and he's turned his back - Munoz keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Munoz jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Munoz!
Our winner, Mark Munoz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.