PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Maurizio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Czech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurizio comes to the cage accompanied by NMH2: No More Riot. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Maurizio
vs
Czech

172 cm
29
210 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

192 cm
27
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mick Maurizio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Czech!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maurizio dives in and grabs Czech's left leg, looking for a takedown. Czech pushes down on Maurizio's head and hops out.
Maurizio fails with a takedown attempt.
Czech lands a glancing blow to the side of Maurizio's head.
Czech takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Maurizio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Czech lands a hook that snaps the head of Maurizio backwards.
Czech leaning against his opponent.
Maurizio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Czech has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Czech lands a left hand.
Maurizio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Czech is defending well for now.
Maurizio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Czech blocks it with crossed arms.
Maurizio misses with a knee to the head.
Maurizio throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maurizio tries a knee to the head but Czech blocks it.
Czech displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maurizio up against the cage.
Maurizio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Czech misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Czech manages to break the clinch.
Maurizio shoots in for a takedown but Czech shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mick Maurizio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czech lands a jab to Maurizio's midsection.
Maurizio shoots in for a takedown but Czech shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maurizio throws a nice head kick!
Maurizio throws a head kick but Czech moves out of range.
Czech lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maurizio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Czech counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maurizio is breathing heavily.
Maurizio shoots for a takedown but Czech saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Czech scores with a decent looking hook.
Mick Maurizio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Czech scores with a four punch combination!
Maurizio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Czech sends Maurizio crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Czech is motioning to the referee to let Maurizio up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Nice body punch from Czech.
Czech with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice jab there from Czech.

Maurizio is rocked!
Czech throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czech with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Czech lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oh Maurizio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Czech is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Czech lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Maurizio - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Czech!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peter Czech! Peter Czech retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Peter Czech thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.