PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tondeum Malevolente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Materazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Materazzi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Malevolente
vs
Materazzi

180 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
210 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tondeum Malevolente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Materazzi!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Materazzi looks to score with a jab to the body but Malevolente is just out of range.
Materazzi keeps the fight on the outside.
Malevolente tries to clinch up
enabling Materazzi to counter with a crisp jab.
Materazzi keeps the fight on the outside.
Malevolente tries to close the distance and clinch but Materazzi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Malevolente moves into range and clinches up with Materazzi.
Malevolente works on Materazzi's body with a couple of short punches.
Materazzi misses with the head strike.
Malevolente lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Marco Materazzi has been cut.
Materazzi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malevolente avoiding damage.

Materazzi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malevolente scores with a hook.
Materazzi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malevolente is looking to clinch but Materazzi is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malevolente moves into the clinch.
Materazzi working hard to break the clinch.
Materazzi is working Malevolente over against the cage.
Materazzi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malevolente.
Malevolente pushes Materazzi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Materazzi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Malevolente working aggressively here.
Malevolente scores with a shot to the side of Materazzi's head.
Malevolente scores with a shot to the side of Materazzi's head.
Malevolente displaying some good clinch control by pressing Materazzi up against the cage.
Materazzi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malevolente controlling the action here for a moment.
Materazzi lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malevolente gets through Materazzi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Malevolente pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Malevolente will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Malevolente is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Malevolente lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Materazzi!
Malevolente lands a big shot there that rocks Materazzi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Malevolente landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Malevolente cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That has opened up Marco Materazzi's cut even more.
Materazzi is bucking up trying to escape but Malevolente cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Marco Materazzi's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tondeum Malevolente!
Our winner, Tondeum Malevolente, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.