PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquim Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maria's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kronos - Bloodtower. Mitchell has chosen Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Maria
vs
Mitchell

193 cm
25
237 lbs
18 - 2 - 0

205 cm
28
285 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Resistance
Springfield HW Nutrition

Fightworld Formula and Laundry Service
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joaquim Maria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maria cracks the inside of Mitchell's front leg.
Mitchell misses with a right hand
and Maria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maria takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maria gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mitchell.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mitchell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maria moves away.
Maria lands with a kick to the temple. Mitchell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mitchell misses with a straight right.
Mitchell looks to land a left hand but Maria moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Maria misses.
Mitchell throws an off balance right hand
and Maria counters with a good low kick that Mitchell was not able to check.
Mitchell throws a right hand that misses
and Maria counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mitchell's knee momentarily.
Mitchell looks to score with a jab to the body but Maria is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Mitchell misses the target.
Mitchell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maria to score with a decent uppercut.
Maria moves away from the strike by Mitchell.
A telegraphed right hand from Mitchell misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell misses with a looping left.
Mitchell 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.
Mitchell throws a one two combo.
Mitchell misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Maria there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mitchell misses with a lunging right hand
and Maria counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mitchell's knee momentarily.
A head kick from Maria lands but Mitchell takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maria steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mitchell.
A big left from Mitchell misses.
Tony Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Mitchell misses the target.
Mitchell throws an off balance right hand
and Maria counters with a thumping low kick.
Maria scoring well with a low kick there.
Maria pushes Mitchell away with a front kick.
Mitchell looks gassed!
Maria lands a head kick!

It looks like Tony Mitchell has been cut.
Maria lands a nice shot that snaps Mitchell's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mitchell misses with a lunging right hand
and Maria counters with a nice leg kick.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
Mitchell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Mitchell is rocked!
Maria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maria connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mitchell is still on wobbly legs! Can Maria finish him?
Are you kidding me?! Maria ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Mitchell clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joaquim Maria!
Joaquim Maria retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Joaquim Maria started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.