PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubiao Macarenco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shepard
vs
Macarenco

180 cm
25
135 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

159 cm
27
130 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rubiao Macarenco!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepard lands a body shot.
Shepard lands a jab to the head.
Macarenco fails with the takedown
and Shepard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Shepard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Shepard as Macarenco shoots in.
Macarenco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
John Shepard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rubiao Macarenco.
Shepard clobbers Macarenco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Macarenco misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Shepard to counter with a crisp jab.

Macarenco is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shepard lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Shepard!