PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Max Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Powers looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Powers
vs
Bonaparte

167 cm
24
145 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

176 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Napoleon Bonaparte!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bonaparte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bonaparte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powers's efforts to push away.
Bonaparte lands a damaging elbow.
Powers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonaparte trying to land knees to the body.

Powers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bonaparte lands with a slapping head kick.
Bonaparte scoring well with a low kick there.

Bonaparte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Powers is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonaparte has double underhooks.

Powers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Powers throws a sloppy head kick
and Bonaparte counters with a thumping low kick.
Bonaparte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Powers's sensitive parts.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bonaparte.
Bonaparte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Powers darts in trying to clinch
and Bonaparte counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Bonaparte closes the distance and clinches.
Bonaparte is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Powers wants to break free but Bonaparte has control.
Powers is breathing heavily.
Powers is trying to break the clinch but Bonaparte is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers is trying to force a seperation but Bonaparte has the dominant position.
Bonaparte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Powers is trying to break the clinch but Bonaparte has him pressed against the cage.
Bonaparte lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Bonaparte.

It looks like Max Powers has been cut.
Bonaparte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Powers tries to break the clinch but Bonaparte is controlling the position.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonaparte working Powers over with knees to the body.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bonaparte lands a damaging elbow.

Max Powers's cut is getting worse.
Powers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Powers takes an elbow to the temple.
Powers is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonaparte has double underhooks.
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Powers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonaparte is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Powers takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonaparte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Max Powers's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the body.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside that Powers shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte crunches a lovely knee into Powers's ribcage.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Powers is rocked!

Jeez, Max Powers's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Bonaparte lands a good knee to the midsection. Powers won't want to take too many of those.
Oh Powers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonaparte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonaparte lands a good knee to the midsection. Powers won't want to take too many of those.
Bonaparte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powers's efforts to push away.
Powers seems to have got his legs back now.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the body.
Bonaparte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Max Powers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Napoleon Bonaparte!