PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Masseria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Aires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Aires has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Masseria
vs
Aires

178 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Masseria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno Aires!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aires staying out of range there.
Masseria on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aires. Aires obviously looking to wear him down.
Masseria pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Masseria misses with a hook.

Aires drives through with a takedown into Masseria's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Masseria utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Masseria is looking to stand back up but Aires counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Masseria.
Masseria taking some punishment here, with Aires in his half guard.
Aires thows a huge punch but Masseria dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Aires sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Masseria defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aires not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aires working over Masseria with some ground and pound. Masseria looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Aires has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aires working over Masseria with some ground and pound. Masseria looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Masseria has hold of Aires's hands but Aires slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Aires takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Aires throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Masseria has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Aires slips a nice elbow through Masseria's hands, connecting with Masseria's forehead.
Aires winds up and cracks Masseria with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Aires scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Aires is nestled in close to Masseria, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aires slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Aires lands a nice short elbow.
Aires working the head and body with strikes.
Aires has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Aires takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Aires lands a big shot there that rocks Masseria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires content just to control the position here.
Aires with a couple of short strikes.
Masseria tries to buck Aires off but he can't manage it.
Masseria taking shots to the head.

Masseria is rocked!
Aires lands a big elbow - Masseria is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Masseria is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bruno Aires!
A victorious Bruno Aires thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.