PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Matias Demaestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Farmhouse Flander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matias Demaestri
vs
Flander

200 cm
30
211 lbs
17 - 19 - 0

182 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enzo Matias Demaestri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Farmhouse Flander!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Demaestri moves into the clinch.
Flander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flander working aggressively here.
Flander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Demaestri.

Demaestri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Demaestri gets caught napping as Flander dives in and scores a takedown. Demaestri manages to retain guard.
Flander throws a big elbow that misses.
Flander has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flander in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Flander content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Flander trying to control the position from guard on top but Demaestri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Demaestri wants to stand up but Flander is controlling him.
Flander cracks Demaestri with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flander prevents Demaestri from getting back to his feet.
Demaestri keeping moving, preventing Flander from controlling successfully.

Demaestri wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flander fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Demaestri sprawls well initially but Flander persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Flander scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Demaestri tries to kick Flander off but Flander keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demaestri on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Demaestri tries to get out of the position.

Demaestri makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Flander shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Demaestri but Demaestri pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Flander misses with a wild combination.
Flander fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demaestri is looking to counter the offense by Flander and move into the clinch.
Demaestri connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Demaestri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flander.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Demaestri rushes Flander and presses him up against the cage.
Demaestri blocks an uppercut.
Demaestri controlling the action here for a moment.
Our sources have told us that Demaestri has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flander tries to land a knee to the head but Demaestri blocks with his arms.
Flander swings wildly with an uppercut but Demaestri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demaestri displaying some good clinch control by pressing Flander up against the cage.
Flander scores with a shoulder strike.

Demaestri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Demaestri rushes Flander and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Demaestri breaks the clinch.
Flander tries for a takedown but Demaestri circles away easily
and Demaestri counters with a right hand to the body.
Demaestri stuns Flander with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Demaestri!
Flander shoots in but Demaestri avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Enzo Matias Demaestri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Farmhouse Flander.
Flander throws a series of punches but Demaestri avoids them all with ease.
Demaestri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demaestri dodges the punch combination from Flander.
Demaestri cracks Flander with a good jab.

Flander dives in and scores a takedown into Demaestri's guard.
Flander is working Demaestri over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Demaestri manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Flander fails with the takedown.
Flander takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Flander shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Demaestri manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Demaestri utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Demaestri is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Flander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demaestri blocking some punches.
Flander tries to throw a body punch but Demaestri avoids it by throwing Flander back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Flander just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demaestri's brow.
Flander lands with a light punch inside.
Demaestri avoiding damage as Flander throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Flander throws an elbow but misses.
Demaestri dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Flander misses with a hook from the clinch.
Demaestri avoids the elbow strike from Flander, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Demaestri.
Demaestri working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Demaestri stalling the fight.
Flander misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flander missing with knees to the body.
Flander throws a head punch that misses.
Flander working aggressively here.
Flander trying to land knees to the body.
Flander has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enzo Matias Demaestri dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Some wild striking there from Flander.
Flander takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Demaestri scores with a punch to the head.
Flander walks into a stiff left hand from Demaestri.
Demaestri connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Flander is rocked!

It looks like Farmhouse Flander has been cut.
Flander shoots in for a takedown but Demaestri shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Flander is still on wobbly legs! Can Demaestri finish him?
Flander shoots in for a double leg but Demaestri sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Horrible takedown attempt by Flander or perhaps it was just good defense by Demaestri, which made it look bad.
Flander seems to have recovered his senses.
Enzo Matias Demaestri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Farmhouse Flander.
Horrible takedown attempt by Flander or perhaps it was just good defense by Demaestri, which made it look bad.
Demaestri uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
and Demaestri counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Flander! He's just covering up as Demaestri starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enzo Matias Demaestri!
During a confident post fight interview, Enzo Matias Demaestri thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.