PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Burero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mercutio Benvolio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercutio Benvolio will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Burero
vs
Benvolio

178 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marco Burero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercutio Benvolio!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benvolio throws a jab but it's blocked by Burero.

Benvolio gets a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Benvolio throws an elbow but misses.
Benvolio throws an elbow that misses.
Burero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benvolio has him pressed against the cage.
Burero has had enough of the clinch but Benvolio keeps him there for the moment.
Benvolio blocks a body shot from Burero.
Burero blocks an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Benvolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Burero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burero has Benvolio pushed against the cage.
Burero wants to break free but Benvolio has control.
Burero blocks the elbow strike.
Burero blocks an elbow strike.
Burero avoids the elbow strike from Benvolio, against the cage.
Benvolio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burero avoids a wild elbow strike from Benvolio.
Benvolio lands a damaging elbow.
Benvolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Burero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benvolio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burero avoids the elbow strike from Benvolio, against the cage.
Burero wants to break the clinch but can't.

Burero manages to break the clinch.
Benvolio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burero throws out the jab.
Burero moves out of range as Benvolio strikes.
Burero lands a front kick.
Burero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burero lands with an uppercut that bounces Benvolio off the cage and back into rage.
Burero tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvolio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burero dodges the punch combination from Benvolio.
Burero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burero moves out of range of the strikes.
Burero walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Benvolio wants to clinch up but Burero keeps it at a distance.

Benvolio instigates a clinch.
Benvolio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burero blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Benvolio throws an elbow but misses.
Benvolio misses with an elbow strike.
Burero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burero wants to break free but Benvolio has control.
Benvolio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burero blocks an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Burero working hard to break the clinch.
Benvolio misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Benvolio.
Burero is trying to break free.
Burero avoids a wild elbow strike from Benvolio.
Benvolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Burero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benvolio misses with an elbow strike.
Benvolio throws an elbow that misses.
Burero blocks an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Burero wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio throws an elbow but it misses.
Burero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benvolio backwards.
Benvolio misses with an elbow strike.
Burero tries to break the clinch but Benvolio is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Benvolio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Benvolio.
Benvolio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burero's efforts to push away.
Benvolio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benvolio lands an elbow that stopped Burero in his tracks for a moment.
Benvolio throws an elbow but it misses.
Burero blocks an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Burero can't find room to land a body shot as Benvolio controls the action.
Burero tries to break the clinch but Benvolio is controlling the position.
Burero can't break the clinch.
Burero wants to get back to striking at distance but Benvolio won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benvolio as Burero tries to tie him up.
Benvolio misses with an elbow over the top.
Benvolio has Burero pressed against the cage, preventing Burero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benvolio throws an elbow that misses.
Benvolio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burero has a couple of punches blocked by Benvolio.
Burero tries a knee to the head but Benvolio blocks it.
Benvolio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benvolio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burero dodges an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Burero wants to get back to striking at distance but Benvolio won't allow it.
Benvolio throws an elbow that misses.
Benvolio misses with an elbow over the top.
Benvolio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benvolio throws an elbow but it misses.
Burero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benvolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Burero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benvolio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benvolio has Burero pressed against the cage, preventing Burero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Burero manages to break the clinch.
Burero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benvolio.
Burero uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benvolio.
Burero thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Benvolio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benvolio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Burero with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Burero.
Benvolio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benvolio avoids a kick to the body.
Mercutio Benvolio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burero throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burero moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Burero fails to land with a series of punches.
Burero looks to land a body kick but Benvolio moved away.
Benvolio uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benvolio scores with a sloppy right hand. Burero should have avoided that one.
Burero is breathing heavily.
Burero throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burero throws a series of punches but Benvolio avoids them all with ease.
Burero cracks the inside of Benvolio's front leg.
Burero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benvolio jabs Burero right on the nose. Burero blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burero ducks under a wild hook from Benvolio.
Burero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burero tries to bum rush Benvolio with a series of wild strikes but Benvolio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benvolio throws a series of punches but Burero avoids them all with ease.
Burero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benvolio.
Benvolio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benvolio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burero stalks Benvolio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benvolio's face. Benvolio staggers backwards, shaken.
Burero drops his hands momentarily and Benvolio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Burero is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benvolio throws out a loose jab but Burero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Burero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head kick misses from Burero.
Benvolio thumps Burero with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mercutio Benvolio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Benvolio closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Burero! Benvolio dives in looking to finish! Burero is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mercutio Benvolio!