PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Malatesta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Wayne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wayne
vs
Malatesta

225 cm
18
295 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro Malatesta!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Malatesta is fending him off so far but Wayne persists. Nope, Malatesta circles away and we're back to standing.
Wayne looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Malatesta closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Malatesta lands in his opponent's guard.
Malatesta stopping the sweep attempt from Wayne.
Malatesta stands up over Wayne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

It looks like John Wayne has been cut.
Malatesta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Malatesta lands a couple of elbows.

John Wayne's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alessandro Malatesta!