PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Massimo Macellaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genocide Kickboxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Massimo Macellaio could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Genocide Kickboxer's chin.

Macellaio
vs
Kickboxer

225 cm
19
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

203 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Massimo Macellaio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genocide Kickboxer!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kickboxer lands with an overhand left.
Macellaio tries to clinch up.
Macellaio misses with a two punch combination.
Macellaio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Macellaio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kickboxer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Macellaio moves into the clinch.
Macellaio blocks a body shot from Kickboxer.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Macellaio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kickboxer avoids it.
Macellaio stalls.
Macellaio is trying to break free.
Macellaio misses with a body punch.
Kickboxer misses with a punch on the inside.
Macellaio has a couple of punches blocked by Kickboxer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macellaio looking to stall.
Kickboxer lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kickboxer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Macellaio is trying to push Kickboxer away but Kickboxer has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kickboxer wants to stall.
A hook to the body from Macellaio.
Kickboxer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kickboxer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Kickboxer.
Macellaio has had enough of the clinch but Kickboxer keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macellaio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kickboxer avoids it.
Macellaio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kickboxer smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Massimo Macellaio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left lands for Kickboxer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macellaio throws a hook to the side of Kickboxer's head but Kickboxer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kickboxer dodges the punch combination from Macellaio.

Macellaio closes the distance and clinches.
Macellaio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macellaio tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kickboxer just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Macellaio is trying to force a seperation but Kickboxer has the dominant position.
Kickboxer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Macellaio's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Macellaio managing to block the knees to the body from Kickboxer.
Macellaio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kickboxer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kickboxer blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Kickboxer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kickboxer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kickboxer is looking to clinch.
Macellaio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kickboxer is fending him off so far but Macellaio persists. Nope, Kickboxer circles away and we're back to standing.
Kickboxer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kickboxer defending well as Macellaio loads up on a big left hand.
Kickboxer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Macellaio under the eye.
Macellaio closes the distance but Kickboxer moves to the side
and Macellaio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kickboxer tries to bum rush Macellaio with a series of wild strikes but Macellaio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kickboxer scores with a nice head shot.
Macellaio tries to clinch but Kickboxer moves away
and Kickboxer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kickboxer forces Macellaio back against the ropes and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kickboxer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macellaio is trying to break the clinch but Kickboxer is controlling him.
Macellaio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kickboxer scores with a shoulder strike.
Macellaio is looking to break free of the clinch but Kickboxer has double underhooks.
Kickboxer stalling against the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a left hand.

Macellaio manages to break the clinch.
Macellaio throws a right hand that Kickboxer ducks under and follows up with a left that Kickboxer also avoids with ease.
A jab from Kickboxer does it's job there.
Kickboxer lands a jab-cross combination.
Kickboxer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kickboxer wants it to stay on the feet.
Macellaio misses with a series of wild punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Macellaio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kickboxer throws a right hand that Macellaio ducks under and follows up with a left that Macellaio also avoids with ease.
Macellaio thows a body shot but no joy.
Kickboxer takes a swing at Macellaio's ribcage but misses.
Kickboxer leaves Macellaio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Macellaio wants to clinch.
Kickboxer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Macellaio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kickboxer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Macellaio walks into a stiff left hand from Kickboxer.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Macellaio shoots in for a takedown but Kickboxer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Macellaio tries to clinch up.
Macellaio takes one on the button.
Macellaio tries to clinch but Kickboxer moves away
and Kickboxer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Macellaio misses with a double jab.
Macellaio throws a right and a left that Kickboxer avoids nicely.
Kickboxer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Macellaio misses the target.
Kickboxer throws a series of punches but Macellaio moves out of range.
Macellaio wants to clinch.
Macellaio misses with a takedown

and Kickboxer counters by clinching up.
Kickboxer blocks an elbow strike from Macellaio.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Macellaio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kickboxer blocks it with crossed arms.
Macellaio fails to pull guard.
Kickboxer leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a damaging elbow.
Kickboxer digs a right hand into Macellaio's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macellaio's gas tank.
Macellaio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kickboxer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kickboxer lands an elbow that stopped Macellaio in his tracks for a moment.

Kickboxer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Macellaio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Macellaio keeps the fight on the outside.
Macellaio wants to clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macellaio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kickboxer tries to close the distance and clinch but Macellaio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kickboxer works over Macellaio's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macellaio shoots in for a takedown but Kickboxer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A jab lands there for Kickboxer.
Genocide Kickboxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kickboxer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Genocide Kickboxer has been cut.
Kickboxer walks into a left hand.
Kickboxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macellaio throws out the jab.
Macellaio walks into a straight right hand from Kickboxer.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Macellaio tries to keep at a distance but Kickboxer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Macellaio is looking to break free of the clinch but Kickboxer has double underhooks.
Macellaio tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Macellaio takes an elbow to the temple.
Kickboxer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Macellaio tries to throw a body punch but Kickboxer avoids it by throwing Macellaio back against the ropes.
Macellaio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kickboxer is struggling to control the position.
Kickboxer scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Macellaio avoiding damage as Kickboxer throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genocide Kickboxer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Genocide Kickboxer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Macellaio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kickboxer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Kickboxer moves into the clinch.
Kickboxer leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Kickboxer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Macellaio successfully pulls guard.
Macellaio working a defensive guard here.
Kickboxer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kickboxer trying to control the position from guard on top but Macellaio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macellaio trying to keep a closed guard but Kickboxer is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kickboxer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Macellaio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Macellaio looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kickboxer trying to control the position from guard on top but Macellaio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macellaio is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Macellaio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Kickboxer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Macellaio, up you get!
Kickboxer dodges the punch combination from Macellaio.
Massimo Macellaio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kickboxer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macellaio throws a series of punches but Kickboxer moves out of range.
Macellaio tries to clinch up.
Macellaio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kickboxer.
Macellaio throws a sloppy head kick and Kickboxer moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kickboxer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Macellaio.
Macellaio throws a body punch but Kickboxer moves out of range.
Kickboxer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Macellaio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Macellaio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kickboxer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer misses with a two punch combination.

Kickboxer rushes Macellaio and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kickboxer lands an elbow inside that Macellaio shrugs off.

It looks like Massimo Macellaio has been cut.
Macellaio taking a breather.
Macellaio working hard to break the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Kickboxer.
Macellaio misses with some punches.
Kickboxer has Macellaio pushed against the ropes.
Macellaio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kickboxer's elbow.
Kickboxer lands a right hand.
Macellaio looking to stall.
Kickboxer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Macellaio is rocked!
Kickboxer lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Macellaio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kickboxer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macellaio is defending well for now.
Kickboxer creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Macellaio's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Macellaio drops to his knees and Kickboxer pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genocide Kickboxer!