PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cinder Smaug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Riccuito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riccuito has chosen walk hard as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Smaug
vs
Riccuito

199 cm
41
253 lbs
47 - 19 - 0

193 cm
36
262 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 47 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cinder Smaug!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mark Riccuito!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riccuito staying out of range there.
Riccuito tries to land a front kick but Smaug steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Riccuito clinches.
Smaug misses with some punches.
Smaug lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smaug scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Riccuito lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smaug.
Riccuito trying to land knees to the body.
Smaug blocking some punches.
Riccuito lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Riccuito.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riccuito.
Riccuito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riccuito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smaug's defenses.

It looks like Cinder Smaug has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccuito lands a body shot.
Smaug takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smaug lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riccuito or not.
Riccuito lands a nice uppercut.
Riccuito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smaug.
Riccuito throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccuito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smaug swings wildly with an uppercut but Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smaug misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riccuito scores with a nice hook to the head.

Cinder Smaug's cut is getting worse.
Smaug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smaug blocks an elbow strike.
Riccuito trying to land knees to the body.
Riccuito lands a nice elbow.
Smaug blocks an elbow strike.
Smaug tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riccuito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riccuito as Smaug tries to tie him up.
Riccuito working aggressively here.
Smaug tries to throw a body punch but Riccuito avoids it by throwing Smaug back against the cage.
Smaug working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smaug misses with some punches.
Riccuito blocking some punches.
Smaug avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccuito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smaug tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smaug.
Nice body punch from Riccuito.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smaug avoiding damage as Riccuito throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riccuito.

Cinder Smaug's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smaug.
Smaug leaning against his opponent.
Riccuito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Smaug is breathing heavily.
Smaug takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, Cinder Smaug's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A short right from Riccuito on the inside.
Riccuito lands with a left to the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mark Riccuito!
Mark Riccuito is the new heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Mark Riccuito was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.