PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Im Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Praline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fighter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Brawler. Eric Praline struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Eric Praline has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Im Fighter's chin.

Fighter
vs
Praline

190 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
289 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Tom's Clothes 7 dollar crap

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Im Fighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eric Praline!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fighter moves into the clinch.
Fighter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fighter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fighter misses with a punch to the body.
Fighter tries to break the clinch but Praline is controlling the position.
Praline tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fighter throws a punch but it's blocked by Praline.
Fighter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fighter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Praline working hard to break the clinch.

Praline breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Im Fighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Praline shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Praline punching from mount but Fighter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Praline avoids the attempt from Fighter to control.
Fighter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Praline on the ground.
Praline cracks Fighter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fighter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Praline controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Praline has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Praline with shots to the head and body - Fighter looks very uncomfortable down there.
Praline has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Praline avoids the attempt from Fighter to control.
Praline scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fighter?
Fighter wants to hold on but Praline pushes him away.
Fighter wants to try and get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fighter is trying desperately to improve position.
Fighter is in a horrible position here. Praline smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fighter on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fighter tries to get out of the position.
A nice elbow there by Praline.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter wants to hold on but Praline pushes him away.
Praline lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fighter hang on?

Fighter is rocked!
Praline is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Fighter goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Praline!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Eric Praline!