PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Macarenco Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borba Antunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borba Antunes told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Macarenco Jr
vs
Antunes

187 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Macarenco Jr!
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, Borba Antunes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macarenco Jr misses with the combination.

Antunes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Antunes in particular looking to stall.
Antunes works his way into full mount!
Antunes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Macarenco Jr wants to get back to his feet.
Antunes looking to finish Macarenco Jr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Macarenco Jr!
Antunes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Antunes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antunes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Daniel Macarenco Jr's cut is getting worse.

Macarenco Jr defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Antunes.
Antunes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes won't let Macarenco Jr get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Antunes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Antunes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Daniel Macarenco Jr's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Antunes controlling the pace for now.
Antunes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Jeez, Daniel Macarenco Jr's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Borba Antunes!