PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rza Reckta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adriano Zaginho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reckta comes to the cage accompanied by Bring The Pain. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Reckta
vs
Zaginho

195 cm
28
194 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

185 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rza Reckta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adriano Zaginho!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaginho shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reckta as he jumps to the side.
Zaginho tries to score a power double leg takedown but Reckta sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zaginho somewhat.
Reckta punishes Zaginho's body with a nice straight punch.
Zaginho drops his hands momentarily and Reckta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Zaginho gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Reckta to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Reckta distracts Zaginho with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reckta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reckta cracks Zaginho with a solid left hand.
Reckta works over Zaginho with some ground and pound from guard.
Zaginho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reckta throwing strikes but missing.
Reckta is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Reckta scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reckta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Zaginho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Reckta defends well.
Reckta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reckta with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Zaginho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reckta defends it easily.
Reckta keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zaginho's head.
Reckta working some strikes from top position.
Reckta postures up and lands a big shot to Zaginho's brow.

Zaginho is rocked!
Reckta arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Zaginho's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rza Reckta!