PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Blikstein (ranked 1729 p4p, 2066 weight class) and Benny The Bouncer (ranked 265 p4p, 319 weight class). Benny The Bouncer acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Blikstein
vs
The Bouncer

187 cm
32
208
20 - 15 - 1

182 cm
33
178
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Silverback Sweatshop
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Blikstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny The Bouncer!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blikstein misses with the combination.
Benny The Bouncer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blikstein takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by The Bouncer as he connects with a hook.
The Bouncer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blikstein.
The Bouncer throws a hook but Blikstein avoids it easily.
The Bouncer lands a lovely overhand right.
The Bouncer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Blikstein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Bouncer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blikstein's hands.
Blikstein scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Bouncer in his tracks.
The Bouncer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blikstein slips a jab from The Bouncer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer throws a shot from downtown. Blikstein moves away and avoids it.
The Bouncer misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Blikstein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters circling - The Bouncer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Bouncer throws a poor cross that misses

so Blikstein counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

The Bouncer has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Blikstein off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Benny The Bouncer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blikstein moves out of range of the leg kick from The Bouncer.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Bouncer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Paulo Blikstein has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Bouncer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blikstein wants to clinch up but The Bouncer keeps it at a distance.
The Bouncer lands with a straight right. Blikstein didn't see that one coming.

Blikstein is rocked!
The Bouncer cracks Blikstein on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Blikstein falls backwards against the cage. The Bouncer follows up with more strikes that drop Blikstein to his knees. The Bouncer keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Blikstein! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benny The Bouncer!
Benny The Bouncer managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Bondi MMA 🏝️, into his post fight interview.