PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mariano Filipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mariano Filipe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Filipe
vs
Equinox

166 cm
19
153 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
150 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Syndicate Drugs

Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mariano Filipe !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Filipe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Equinox swivels and escapes.
Equinox slips under a jab from Filipe .
Filipe misses with a straight right.
Equinox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Filipe .
Filipe misses with a double jab.
A combination from Filipe does no damage.
Filipe swats away the attempt to clinch by Equinox.
Equinox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Equinox clinches up with Filipe and pushes him back against the cage.
Equinox gets through Filipe 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Filipe can't break the clinch.
Filipe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
Filipe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Filipe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Equinox has a couple of punches blocked by Filipe .
Equinox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Filipe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Filipe blocking some punches.
Filipe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Filipe is trying to break free.
Filipe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
Equinox lands a right hand.
Filipe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Equinox gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Filipe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipe swings for the body but Equinox moves out of range.

Equinox closes the distance and clinches.
Equinox scores with a shoulder strike.

Filipe is rocked!
Equinox creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Filipe with a big uppercut! Filipe tries to clinch up but Equinox pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Filipe to the mat! Filipe covers up and Equinox unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Equinox!
John Equinox is the new featherweight champion!