PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonh Marreta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Putin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to V. Putin - Blueberry Hills. Jonh Marreta will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Putin
vs
Marreta

168 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonh Marreta!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Marreta 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Jonh Marreta has been cut.
Marreta throws a hook but Putin blocks it.
Putin misses the jab.
Putin with a hook.
Putin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin throws a nice looking combination but Marreta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Putin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Putin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Putin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Check out the look on Putin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Putin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Putin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Putin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Marreta on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That has opened up Jonh Marreta's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

The cut above Jonh Marreta's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Putin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Marreta is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Putin cracks Marreta with a big elbow.
Marreta is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Putin has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Putin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Putin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marreta taking a bit of punishment here - Putin scoring with strikes.

Jonh Marreta's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonh Marreta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vlad Putin!
Vlad Putin decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Jonh Marreta stepped up to the mic, saying 'Foi uma grande luta, meu oponente souber impor seu ritmo a luta e sair com a vitória. Agora é treinar mais e pensar na próxima luta para conseguir uma vitória para meus fãs'.