PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Micheli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romulo Barral could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Franco Micheli's chin.

Barral
vs
Micheli

178 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Romulo Barral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Franco Micheli!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micheli tries to clinch up.
Micheli defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barral.
Barral avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barral shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Micheli but Micheli pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Micheli tries to clinch but Barral moves out of range.
Barral shoots in but Micheli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romulo Barral. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Micheli displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barral.
Barral shoots for a double leg takedown but Micheli sprawls well. He's pushed Barral's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barral swats away the attempt to clinch by Micheli.
Micheli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barral swats away the attempt to clinch by Micheli.
Micheli tries to clinch up.

Micheli forces Barral back against the cage and clinches.
Micheli landing knees to the head.
Micheli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Micheli.
Barral is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Micheli.
Barral is trying to maintain a safe position but Micheli gets an underhook and turns Barral into the cage.
Micheli managing to block the knees to the body from Barral.
Micheli prevents the takedown attempt.
Micheli lands an elbow inside that Barral shrugs off.
Barral takes a knee right on the jaw!
Micheli connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barral's face.
Micheli lands an elbow inside that Barral shrugs off.

Micheli drops Barral with a big knee straight up the middle! Barral is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Barral is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Micheli moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Barral is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barral takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Micheli.

Micheli drops Barral with a big knee straight up the middle! Barral is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Micheli tries to clinch but Barral moves out of range.
Micheli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barral paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Micheli closes the distance and clinches.
Micheli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micheli has Barral pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Barral is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Micheli - that's hurt Barral badly! Oh, another knee lands and Barral is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Barral doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Franco Micheli!