PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Pelzerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Gambatesa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drew Pelzerson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pelzerson
vs
Gambatesa

187 cm
23
275 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
280 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pelzerson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dino Gambatesa!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelzerson on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Pelzerson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gambatesa!
Gambatesa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gambatesa is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pelzerson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pelzerson landing strikes from the mount and Gambatesa is in trouble!

It looks like Dino Gambatesa has been cut.
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!
Pelzerson controlling from the full mount.
Pelzerson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pelzerson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Gambatesa in real trouble here! The ref calls for Gambatesa to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drew Pelzerson!
Drew Pelzerson retains his heavyweight title!