PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blanco
vs
Barral

178 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
184 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Romulo Barral!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco throws a hook but Barral avoids it easily.
Barral with a poor takedown
and Blanco counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barral with a poor takedown

and Blanco counters with a nice right hand that sends Barral toppling to the canvas! Barral scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Blanco finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barral was well out of range. Poor timing from Blanco.
Blanco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barral shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blanco pinned against the cage. Blanco gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Roberto Blanco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romulo Barral.
Barral looks winded!
Blanco fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Barral square on the jaw! Damn, Barral is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roberto Blanco!
Roberto Blanco decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.