PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Niko Bellic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandao comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Here Comes the Boom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bellic
vs
Brandao

172 cm
31
172 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

10th Degree Fightwear

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 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niko Bellic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellic avoids the body shot from Brandao.

Bellic darts in and clinches Brandao up against the cage.

Bellic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brandao throws a hook but Bellic avoids it easily.
Bellic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bellic lands with a kick to the ribs.

Bellic moves into the clinch.

Bellic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bellic throws a head kick that misses.
Brandao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brandao darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bellic clinches.

Bellic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bellic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bellic breaks from the clinch.
Brandao lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brandao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Bellic takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bellic breaks the clinch.
Brandao throws a hook but Bellic blocks it.
Brandao avoids the head kick by Bellic.
Bellic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brandao walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bellic.
Brandao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bellic has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bellic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bellic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandao swinging wildly here.
Bellic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brandao scores with a punch to the head.
Bellic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Bellic darts in and clinches Brandao up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bellic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brandao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bellic has closed the distance and engaged Brandao in a clinch.

Bellic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Brandao misses.
A slow jab from Brandao misses its intended target.

Bellic closes the distance and clinches.
Brandao goes for a takedown attempt but Bellic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Bellic has managed to clinch.

Bellic manages to break the clinch.

Bellic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brandao is trying to pull guard but Bellic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Bellic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niko Bellic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bellic tries to land a front kick but Brandao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Bellic has closed the distance and engaged Brandao in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bellic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bellic rushes Brandao and presses him up against the cage.
Brandao fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Niko Bellic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Brandao.

Bellic breaks from the clinch.
Bellic throws a head kick that Brandao semi-blocks.
Bellic fails with an attempt to clinch.

Bellic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bellic breaks the clinch.
Bellic throws a head kick that misses.
Brandao takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brandao takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brandao cracks Bellic with an open hand slap.
A head kick misses from Bellic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bellic closes the distance and pushes Brandao back into the cage.

Bellic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bellic scores with a nice body kick.
Bellic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bellic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brandao connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bellic. Bellic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brandao lands with a nice combination. Bellic backs away looking to recover.
A good leg kick by Bellic.
Brandao swats away the attempt to clinch by Bellic.
Brandao takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bellic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bellic fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellic throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bellic.

Bellic has closed the distance and engaged Brandao in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Bellic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bellic has Brandao up against the cage in a clinch.

Bellic breaks the clinch.
Bellic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bellic finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Brandao's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Bellic falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Brandao!
Diego Brandao managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, 10th Degree Fightwear, into his post fight interview.