PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Bodini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adib Zaquan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zaquan has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bodini
vs
Zaquan

170 cm
27
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alberto Bodini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adib Zaquan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zaquan landing knees to the body.
Bodini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zaquan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zaquan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zaquan landing knees to the body.
Bodini is trying to pull guard but Zaquan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Zaquan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bodini has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bodini jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zaquan walks away with a smile on his face. Bodini gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bodini displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Adib Zaquan has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaquan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zaquan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Bodini. Those never looked like landing.

Zaquan has managed to clinch.
Bodini jumps guard but Zaquan stands there with Bodini around his waist. Bodini gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alberto Bodini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zaquan tries to land knees in the clinch but Bodini avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaquan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zaquan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bodini.
Zaquan with a knee to the head.
Zaquan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bodini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zaquan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bodini takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bodini tries to pull guard but Zaquan holds him up against the cage and eventually Bodini drops back down to his feet.
Zaquan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bodini.
Bodini is trying to pull guard but Zaquan has him pressed against the cage.
Zaquan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bodini avoids it.

Bodini decides to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Zaquan won't allow Bodini to get back to his feet.

Bodini is working an open guard so Zaquan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Zaquan moves in looking to clinch but Bodini pushes him off.
Bodini punishes Zaquan's body with a nice straight punch.
Zaquan looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaquan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bodini scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bodini throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zaquan.
Bodini misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Zaquan does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaquan gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Bodini gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alberto Bodini!
During a confident post fight interview, Alberto Bodini thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.