PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Perfect Plex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cripple Tron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Plex
vs
Tron

190 cm
25
218 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
203 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Perfect Plex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cripple Tron!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tron throws a body punch but Plex moves out of range.
Tron looks to land a right hand but Plex moved out of range.
Tron throws a jab but it's blocked by Plex.

Tron tries to keep at a distance but Plex has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tron tries to circle away but Plex has him pinned against the cage.
Plex lands an elbow that stopped Tron in his tracks for a moment.
Plex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tron blocks the elbow strike.
Tron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Plex's elbow.
Plex lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tron.
Tron takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tron looks gassed!
Plex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tron's defenses.
Plex with a knee to the head.
Plex lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Cripple Tron has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tron's defenses.
Plex lands a damaging elbow.
Plex lands a damaging elbow.
Plex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Plex lands an elbow just above Tron 's eye.
Tron takes an elbow to the forehead.
Plex scores a nice knee to the body.
Tron takes an elbow to the temple.
Plex lands a good knee to the midsection. Tron won't want to take too many of those.
Plex lands an elbow inside.
Plex scores a nice knee to the body.
Plex landing knees to the head.
Plex lands an elbow that stopped Tron in his tracks for a moment.
Plex utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Plex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Plex lands an elbow inside.
Plex is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Plex lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Plex.
Plex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plex.
Plex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tron's defenses.
Plex lands an elbow that stopped Tron in his tracks for a moment.
Plex tries to land knees in the clinch but Tron avoids the damage to the body.
Plex blocks an uppercut.
Plex avoiding damage as Tron throws knees to the body.
Plex misses with a knee to the head.
Tron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tron lands a hook that snaps the head of Plex backwards.
Plex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tron is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tron.
Tron is looking to break free of the clinch but Plex has double underhooks.
Tron avoids a wild elbow strike from Plex.
Tron tries to break the clinch but Plex is controlling the position.
Tron misses with some punches.
Plex lands an elbow inside.
Tron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Tron on the inside.
Plex dodges an elbow strike from Tron.
Tron has had enough of the clinch but Plex keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tron.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tron just misses with a elbow thrown towards Plex's brow.
Plex pushes off an throws an elbow but Tron leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tron misses with a punch on the inside.
Plex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tron throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tron lands a body punch in the clinch.
Plex lands an elbow that stopped Tron in his tracks for a moment.
Tron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Plex throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plex.
Plex lands a nice elbow.
Tron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Tron.
Plex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tron trying to land knees to the body.

Tron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Plex.
Plex wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tron scores with a jab. Plex acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Plex bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tron lands a right hook to the body.
Tron lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tron lands a nice hook to Plex's body. Plex takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tron misses with a looping left.
Tron misses with a wild body shot.
Plex takes a jab right on the kisser.
Plex tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Plex doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Plex takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tron cracks a nice hook into Plex's ribs.
Plex drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Plex takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tron scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Tron - just one landing.
A leg kick checked by Plex.
Tron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Plex was well out of range. Poor timing from Tron.
Tron cracks Plex with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tron stalks Plex and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Plex's face. Plex staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tron connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tron lands a right hook to the body.
Nice shot by Tron.
Tron throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Tron.
Tron lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tron goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Plex moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tron. That's going to slow Plex down.
Tron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tron lands with a shot to the body.
Tron lands a jab to the nose.
Tron throws a series of strikes that have Plex backpedaling.
Tron scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Tron.
Plex doesn't manage to clinch there - Tron circles away.
Tron is looking to chop away at Plex's legs.
Tron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Plex had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tron thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cripple Tron will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cripple Tron's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tron listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tron changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Plex looks to land a combination but Tron avoids it well.
Tron keeps the fight on the outside.
Plex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tron finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cripple Tron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tron, as that shot connected.
Plex tries to clinch but Tron moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Tron there.
Plex throws a jab when Tron was well out of range.
Tron connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Plex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good exchange - Tron coming out on top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tron scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tron throws a shot to the body.
Tron works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Plex checks the leg kick.
Plex has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tron lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tron connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tron lands a with a good body shot.
Cripple Tron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tron cracks Plex with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Plex has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Plex there as he acknowledges the shot.
Plex checks the leg kick.
Tron scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tron comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Plex on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tron works Plex's body with a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tron, as that shot connected.
Tron throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Plex stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plex takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Plex ducks right into an uppercut from Tron.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tron.
Tron lands a really nice looking cross but Plex seems unphased.
Tron stuns Plex with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tron tests Plex's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Plex checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tron darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Plex looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tron fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Plex looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tron scores with the left hand. Plex knows he should have avoided that one.
Plex avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tron catches Plex with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tron connects with a nice looking jab.
Plex tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tron swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tron scores with a jab to the body.
Tron jabs at Plex's body.
Plex gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tron keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Plex takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Plex takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tron moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Plex takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Plex takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tron lands a nice hook to Plex's body. Plex takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tron lands with a cross.
Tron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Plex's head.
Tron cracks a nice hook into Plex's ribs.
Tron lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tron lands a nice shot to the body.
Tron throws a good cross that connects.
Tron scores with a jab to the head.
Plex blocks a jab.
Tron connects with a body shot.

Plex moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plex just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tron's brow.
Tron blocks an elbow strike from Plex.
Plex managing to block the knees to the body from Tron.
Plex lands an elbow inside.
Perfect Plex has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Plex creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Plex tries to land knees in the clinch but Tron avoids the damage to the body.
Tron is trying to break the clinch but Plex is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Plex throws an elbow but misses.
Tron gets through Plex's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tron lands a right hand.
Tron scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tron lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Tron.
Tron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tron misses with a punch on the inside.
Plex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tron throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Plexs head.
Plex dodges an elbow strike from Tron.
Plex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Plex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tron avoiding damage as Plex throws knees to the body.
Tron scores with a shot to the side of Plex's head.
Plex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tron lands with a light punch inside.
Plex throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tron just misses with a elbow thrown towards Plex's brow.
Plex's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Plex misses with an elbow strike.
Tron throws an elbow that misses.
Tron works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Plex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tron.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tron breaks from the clinch.
Tron fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tron lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tron swats away the attempt to clinch by Plex.
Jab, jab by Tron - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cripple Tron showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cripple Tron's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tron is looking to chop away at Plex's legs.
Plex wants to clinch.
Tron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Plex.
Tron lands a jab to the nose.
Plex takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tron wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Plex misses with a body shot
and Tron counters with a stiff right hand.
Plex slips a jab from Tron.
Tron stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tron scores with a hook.
Plex takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tron moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Plex takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Plex forces Tron back against the cage and clinches.
Tron pushes off an throws an elbow but Plex leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Plex misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Tron.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Plex prevents Tron from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tron is trying to force a seperation but Plex has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plex.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tron throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tron.
Tron tries to circle away but Plex has him pinned against the cage.
Tron scores with a hook to the body.
Tron throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tron wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tron is trying to break the clinch but Plex is controlling him.
Tron working Plex over with knees to the body.
Plex takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Plex lands a nice knee to the body.
Tron lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tron.
Tron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Plex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tron blocks it with crossed arms.
Tron is looking to break free of the clinch but Plex has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Tron.
Tron has a couple of punches blocked by Plex.
Plex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Plex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tron misses with a punch on the inside.
Tron scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tron lands an elbow that stopped Plex in his tracks for a moment.
Tron digs a right hand underneath Plex's ribcage. Plex let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tron fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perfect Plex has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plex lands a nice knee to the body.
Plex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plex just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tron's brow.
Tron gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tron lands an uppercut.
Plex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Plex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tron is leaning against Plex and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tron lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tron scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Tron.
Plex takes an elbow to the temple.
Tron lands with a light punch inside.
Tron tries to land knees in the clinch but Plex avoids the damage to the body.
Tron misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tron lands a body punch.
Plex misses with an elbow over the top.
Tron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tron avoids a wild elbow strike from Plex.
Plex managing to block the knees to the body from Tron.
Plex lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tron lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Plex missing with knees to the body.
Tron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Tron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tron digs a good body shot into Plex's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tron lands a slapping body shot.
Plex tries to clinch but Tron moves out of range.
Plex takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Plex takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tron lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Plex wants to clinch
and Plex takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tron darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Plex instigates a clinch.
Plex crunches a lovely knee into Tron's ribcage.
Tron lands a left hand that snaps the head of Plex backwards.
Tron is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Plex is defending well for now.
Plex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tron.
Tron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Plex lands a damaging elbow.
Plex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tron blocks it with crossed arms.
Tron misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Plex.
Plex tries a knee to the head but Tron blocks it.
A short right from Tron.
Plex misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plex looking to throw knees to the head but Tron is blocking nicely.
Plex throws an elbow but it misses.

Tron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A cross from Tron lands.
Jab from Tron.
Tron with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jab from Tron.
A jab lands there for Tron.
Tron circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to de liver by Tron. Beautiful body shot.
Cripple Tron is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tron connects with a body shot.
Tron digs a good hook to Plex's body.
Tron scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Plex on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Plex has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tron finds it's way round the side to connect with Plex's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tron lands a nice shot that snaps Plex's head back.
Plex throws a head kick that misses.
Tron lands with an overhand left.
Plex takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cripple Tron comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tron winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cripple Tron!