PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Bueno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Nightingale - The Glory Days. 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.

Victorio
vs
Bueno

197 cm
27
204 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

182 cm
29
200 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Taco Bueno!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio with a nice cross.
Bueno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Victorio.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Victorio.
Victorio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Victorio thows a leg kick but Bueno checks it
and Bueno counters with a nice uppercut.
Bueno keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bueno scores with a one two! Victorio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Victorio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bueno. That did some damage!
Victorio seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bueno drops his hands momentarily and Victorio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bueno gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Victorio lands a jab.
Bueno sizes up Victorio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Victorio throws a solid leg kick but Bueno takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Victorio.
A low kick from Bueno misses

and Victorio counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bueno won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bueno struggling a bit here.
Bueno tries to buck Victorio off but Victorio is having none of it.
Victorio wants to control but Bueno is keeping him busy.
Bueno regains half guard.
Victorio wants to control but Bueno is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bueno is trying to get back to full guard.
Victorio throwing shots but Bueno is blocking nicely.
Bueno is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Victorio's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Victorio's back!
Victorio tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Victorio is squirming around, avoiding Bueno's attempts to control the action.
Victorio tries to lock up and control but Bueno gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bueno lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bueno fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bueno working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bueno cracks Victorio with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Victorio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bueno has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Victorio's face.
Victorio is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bueno wants to control the pace but Victorio is squirming around nicely.
Victorio is trying to escape the mount.
Bueno lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Victorio is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bueno looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Victorio covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taco Bueno!
A very excited looking Taco Bueno rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.