PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mario Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipe Raucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Raucci

180 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

168 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filipe Raucci!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raucci throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Raucci pushes him off.
Raucci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martinez shoots for a takedown but Raucci saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Raucci sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Raucci lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Raucci lands a glancing blow to the side of Martinez's head.
Martinez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Raucci circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Raucci swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Martinez.
Raucci tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Raucci connects with a jab.
Martinez throws a body kick that misses.
Raucci darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martinez lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Filipe Raucci has been cut.
Martinez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Martinez fails to land the takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Raucci looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Martinez!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raucci breaks from Martinez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martinez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Raucci postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Martinez in real trouble here! The ref calls for Martinez to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Filipe Raucci!