PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Buckner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckner has chosen Stand Your Ground And Fight - Acarine (GSE) as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wright
vs
Buckner

185 cm
19
176 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Buckner!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Matheus Buckner has been cut.
Buckner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Buckner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wright.
Buckner ducks right into an uppercut from Wright.
Buckner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buckner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Buckner misses the shot to the body.
Buckner stalks Wright and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wright's face. Wright staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Buckner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Buckner moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Wright throws a nice looking combination but Buckner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Buckner closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Wright wants to break free but Buckner has control.
Nice elbow from Buckner.

Buckner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Wright misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buckner, right into the meat.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Buckner circles away quickly and effectively.
Buckner throws a one two combo.

Buckner drops Wright with a left right combo! Buckner follows him down to the ground into side control.

Wright is rocked!
Wright is breathing heavily.
Buckner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oh Wright is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Buckner working the ground and pound but Wright is defending the strikes.
Wright seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wright bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Buckner throws a leg kick which misses Wright's front leg but catches the back leg as Wright tries to avoid it.
Buckner lands with a hook. Wright tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Buckner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Buckner misses with a wild combination.
Buckner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wright stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Buckner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wright takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Buckner.
Buckner scores with a jab to the head.
Buckner looks to land a combination but Wright avoids it well.

Buckner gets a clinch.
Buckner slowing the pace effectively.
Buckner pushes Wright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Buckner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buckner takes a swing at Wright's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
and Buckner counters with a straight right hand.
Buckner looks to score with a jab to the body but Wright is just out of range.
A left lands for Buckner.
Buckner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Buckner tests Wright's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Buckner misses the shot to the body.
Buckner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckner misses with a wild body shot.
Buckner closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Buckner misses the shot to the body.
Buckner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wright. Wright circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Buckner counters with a good low kick that Wright was not able to check.
Buckner scores with a hook to the body. Wright takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Buckner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Buckner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wright had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Buckner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circle momentarily. Buckner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wright gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Buckner lands a left and a right that sends Wright crashing to the canvas! Buckner dives into mount looking to finish!
Buckner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wright is in all sorts of trouble here.
Buckner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Buckner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Buckner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright really wants to buck Buckner off and get back to his feet.
Buckner cracks Wright with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Buckner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wright is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Wright taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wright squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Buckner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Buckner dominating with strikes here.
Buckner lands a big shot there that rocks Wright but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wright is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Buckner looking to control but Wright is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Buckner lands a big shot there that rocks Wright but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Buckner prevents Wright from getting the reversal.
Buckner throws some wild stikes that Wright manages to avoid easily.
Buckner cracks Wright with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buckner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Buckner with the ground and pound from mount.
Wright tries to buck Buckner off but he can't manage it.
The referee warns Wright that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Buckner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matheus Buckner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
and Buckner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice shot by Buckner.
Buckner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wright throws a right hand that Buckner ducks under and follows up with a left that Buckner also avoids with ease.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Buckner ducks down to avoid it.
Buckner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Danga de danga de dang - Wright scores with a four punch combination!
Frank Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright misses with an uppercut.
Buckner scores with a body shot.
Buckner sizes up Wright with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Buckner! Wright is backing up but he can't get away as Buckner lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Wright and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Matheus Buckner!