PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Postiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gambit Wolverine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Postiga might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tacata. Sergio Postiga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Postiga
vs
Wolverine

177 cm
29
196 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

165 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Postiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gambit Wolverine!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Postiga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wolverine misses with a few strikes there.
Wolverine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Postiga lands a head shot.
Gambit Wolverine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Postiga clinches.
Wolverine is trying to push Postiga away but Postiga has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wolverine wants to break free but Postiga has control.
Wolverine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wolverine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wolverine wants to get back to striking at distance but Postiga won't allow it.

Postiga breaks from the clinch.
Postiga lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Postiga explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Postiga turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wolverine looks gassed!

Postiga lands a big head kick that sends Wolverine tumbling to the mat! Postiga takes a step backwards and waves Wolverine back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wolverine is rocked!

It looks like Gambit Wolverine has been cut.
Wolverine throws a series of punches but Postiga avoids them all with ease.
Wolverine is still on wobbly legs! Can Postiga finish him?
Postiga lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Postiga feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wolverine's calf.

Postiga pushes Wolverine up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Postiga.
Postiga utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Postiga has Wolverine pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Postiga.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Postiga digs a right hand into Wolverine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wolverine's gas tank.
Wolverine seems to have recovered his senses.
Postiga lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Postiga lands a body shot.
Postiga lands a body punch.
Postiga cracks Wolverine with a nice body shot.
Postiga lands a body punch.
Postiga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Postiga lands a big right hand that drops Wolverine! The killer instinct kicks in and Postiga finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Postiga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Postiga!
A determined Sergio Postiga didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!