PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Buendia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianfranco Sforza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buendia comes into the arena with Velocity by Tonedeff blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buendia
vs
Sforza

185 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
192 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Buendia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gianfranco Sforza!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sforza swinging wilding here.
Buendia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buendia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sforza scores with the left hand. Buendia knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Jose Buendia has been cut.
Buendia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sforza tries to avoid it but Buendia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sforza to the ground. Sforza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Buendia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sforza.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sforza tries to keep at a distance but Buendia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Buendia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Buendia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sforza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sforza is trying to force a seperation but Buendia has the dominant position.
Buendia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sforza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buendia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buendia tries to land knees in the clinch but Sforza avoids the damage to the body.
Sforza tries to break free but Buendia pushes him back against the cage.
Buendia tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Buendia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buendia tries a knee to the head but Sforza blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Buendia.
Buendia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sforza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buendia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sforza's face.
Buendia crunches a lovely knee into Sforza's ribcage.
Buendia looking to throw knees to the head but Sforza is blocking nicely.
Buendia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Buendia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sforza up against the cage.
Buendia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Buendia drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sforza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Buendia goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sforza prevents it.
Buendia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sforza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sforza is trying to break the clinch but Buendia is controlling him.
Sforza is trying to break the clinch but Buendia is controlling him.
Buendia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sforza wants to break free but Buendia has control.
Buendia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Buendia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sforza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Buendia is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buendia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sforza's brow.
Buendia tries a knee to the head but Sforza blocks it.
Buendia throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buendia has Sforza pressed against the cage, preventing Sforza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sforza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buendia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Buendia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Buendia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Buendia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sforza.
Buendia taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sforza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buendia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sforza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Sforza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buendia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sforza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sforza managing to block the knees to the body from Buendia.
Sforza managing to block the knees to the body from Buendia.
Buendia keeps control of Sforza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sforza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sforza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Buendia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sforza avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buendia as Sforza tries to tie him up.
Buendia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buendia is trying to drag Sforza to the mat but Sforza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Buendia trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Buendia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Buendia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big left from Sforza misses.
Sforza misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sforza!
Buendia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Buendia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buendia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gianfranco Sforza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sforza leaves Buendia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Buendia throws a head kick that Sforza semi-blocks.
Sforza throws a hook to the side of Buendia's head but Buendia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sforza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Sforza! Buendia is backing up but he can't get away as Sforza lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Buendia and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gianfranco Sforza!
Gianfranco Sforza is the new light heavyweight champion!