PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luigi Bazinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Riley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Riley
vs
Bazinga

190 cm
22
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

176 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luigi Bazinga!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bazinga leaves Riley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Bazinga pushes Riley up against the cage in a clinch.
Bazinga stalling.
Bazinga lands with a left to the head.
Riley misses with a punch to the body.
Bazinga creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Bazinga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bazinga gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bazinga fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riley throws a push kick but Bazinga slaps the foot to one side.

Bazinga gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bazinga is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bazinga lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bazinga displaying some good clinch control by pressing Riley up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bazinga.
Bazinga gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Bazinga.
A short uppercut from Bazinga.
Bazinga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riley trying to control the position but instead, Bazinga has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riley into the cage.
Bazinga is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bazinga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bazinga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bazinga is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga stops a takedown attempt from Riley.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bazinga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riley drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bazinga pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bazinga avoids the head kick by Riley.

Riley has closed the distance and engaged Bazinga in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bazinga lands a damaging elbow.
Bazinga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rileys head.
Bazinga scores with a shot to the side of Riley's head.
Bazinga has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bazinga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bazinga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bazinga.
Bazinga lands with a right to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bazinga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Bazinga.
Riley misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Bazinga.

Riley is rocked!
Bazinga gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Riley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bazinga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bazinga throws a big uppercut that drops Riley! More strikes from Bazinga and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Riley lies dazed against the cage as Bazinga celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luigi Bazinga!
Luigi Bazinga thanked the fans post fight for their support.