PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mack Branco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Tellegio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Branco comes to the cage accompanied by Stranglehold. 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.

Branco
vs
Tellegio

184 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Bullet Proof System
King of Fists

Conviction

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mack Branco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Victor Tellegio!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Branco.
Branco 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.
Tellegio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Branco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tellegio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Branco throws out the jab.
Branco tries to land a leg kick but Tellegio saw it coming and moves away.
Branco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tellegio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Branco.
Branco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tellegio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Branco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Branco throws a hook but Tellegio avoids it easily.
Branco feints and then cracks Tellegio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tellegio down.
Tellegio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Branco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Branco throws a push kick but Tellegio slaps the foot to one side.
Tellegio looks to score with a jab to the body but Branco is just out of range.
Branco throws a front kick that sends Tellegio stumbling back into the cage.
Tellegio on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tellegio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Branco moves into range and clinches up with Tellegio.
Branco working aggressively here.
Branco misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tellegio.

It looks like Mack Branco has been cut.
Branco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tellegio blocks an uppercut.
Tellegio lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Branco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Branco misses with a punch on the inside.
Branco prevents a body shot from Tellegio.
Tellegio blocks an uppercut.
Branco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tellegio backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Branco misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Branco.
Tellegio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Branco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Branco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Branco swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Branco manages to break the clinch.
Branco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tellegio's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Branco blocks the leg kick.
Branco misses with a straight left.
Tellegio throws a counter combo.
Branco catches Tellegio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tellegio swinging wildly here.
Branco throws a hook but Tellegio blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branco goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Branco throws a body shot but no joy.
Tellegio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Branco connects with a nice looking jab.
Branco lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A slow jab from Tellegio misses its intended target.
Branco thinks about countering with a body kick.
Branco misses with a looping right.
Branco drops his hands momentarily and Tellegio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tellegio connects with an inside leg kick.
Branco scores with a sloppy right hand. Tellegio should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Branco throws a head kick that misses
and Tellegio counters with an outside leg kick.
Branco throws a lazy uppercut
and Tellegio makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Branco really felt that one!
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!
Tellegio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Branco throws a hook but Tellegio blocks it.
Branco lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Branco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Branco thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tellegio if he has to take too many more of those.
Tellegio misses with a few strikes there.
Tellegio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Branco.
Tellegio checks a leg kick nicely.
Tellegio now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Branco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mack Branco's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Branco fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Branco throws a right hand that Tellegio ducks under and follows up with a left that Tellegio also avoids with ease.
Branco lands with a good body shot.
Tellegio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tellegio connects with an inside leg kick.
Branco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tellegio feints a jab promting Branco to slip. Tellegio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Branco slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellegio thumps Branco with a low kick.
Branco connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Branco as he jumps to the side.
Tellegio lands with a shot to the body.
Tellegio tries to clinch but Branco moves out of range.
Branco appears to be looking for a big counter.
Branco is looking to land body kicks.
Branco attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Tellegio.
Tellegio tries to land a leg kick but Branco saw it coming and moves away.
Branco swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Branco tries a head kick but it misses.
Branco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tellegio can do to turn this around?
Branco moves away from the strike by Tellegio.
Branco checks the leg kick nicely there.
Branco blocks a low kick nicely.
Branco feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Branco moves out of range of the body kick from Tellegio.
Branco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tellegio was well out of range. Poor timing from Branco.
Branco tries for a takedown but Tellegio circles away easily
and Tellegio counters with a stiff right hand.
Tellegio lands a jab.
Branco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Branco.
Tellegio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tellegio wants to clinch
and Branco counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Branco connects with the punch.
Branco throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tellegio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Branco manages to avoid it.
Branco thinks about countering with a body kick.
Tellegio slips a jab from Branco.
Tellegio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Branco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tellegio throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Branco counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio motions for Branco to come forward. Tellegio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Branco is looking to counter punch.
Tellegio throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Branco counter with a right hand.
Branco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tellegio.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tellegio, as that shot connected.

Mack Branco's cut is getting worse.
Branco misses the shot to the body.
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!
Tellegio throws out a leg kick but Branco moves out of range and Tellegio only half commits.
Branco tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tellegio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Branco misses with a straight right.
Branco swings away with a body shot that misses
and Branco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Victor Tellegio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mack Branco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Branco closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Branco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tellegio is defending well for now.
Tellegio lands with a left to the head.

Branco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Tellegio.
Tellegio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Branco checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Branco throws a shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Branco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Branco.
Branco throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tellegio avoids the body shot from Branco.
Branco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tellegio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tellegio follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Mack Branco is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tellegio.
Branco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Branco backing away here, and Tellegio unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Branco. That snapped Tellegio's head back.

Branco moves into the clinch.
Tellegio misses with a hook to the ribs.

Tellegio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Branco looks for the body kick but Tellegio saw that one coming.

Tellegio gets a clinch.
Branco throws a punch but it's blocked by Tellegio.
Tellegio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Branco blocks it with crossed arms.
Branco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Branco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tellegio's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Branco misses with a punch on the inside.
Branco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tellegio lands a shoulder strike.
Branco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mack Branco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Tellegio tries to throw a body punch but Branco avoids it by throwing Tellegio back against the cage.
Branco blocking some punches.
Tellegio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tellegio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Branco tries to land a knee to the head but Tellegio blocks with his arms.
Tellegio working aggressively here.
Branco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Branco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Branco.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tellegio.
Branco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tellegio taking a breather.
Branco can't find room to land a body shot as Tellegio controls the action.
Branco misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Tellegio.
Tellegio working aggressively here.
Branco misses with a body punch.
Branco blocking some punches.
Branco can't find room to land a body shot as Tellegio controls the action.
Branco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tellegio's elbow.

Branco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tellegio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Branco counters with a nice body shot.
Tellegio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tellegio ducks under a wild hook from Branco.

Tellegio takes the fight into the clinch.
Tellegio blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Tellegio scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Branco misses with a punch to the body.
Tellegio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Branco lands a body shot.
Branco lands a body shot.
Tellegio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Branco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Branco lands a left hand.
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!
Tellegio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Branco's elbow.
Branco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Branco blocks a body shot from Tellegio.
Branco can't find room to land a body shot as Tellegio controls the action.
Branco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Branco.
Branco tries a body shot but Tellegio blocks it.
Branco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tellegio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Branco cracks Tellegio with a nice body shot.
A short left from Branco.
A short right from Branco.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mack Branco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Branco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mack Branco!
Mack Branco bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.