PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Andrade (ranked 5299 p4p, 647 weight class) and Frank Curtis (ranked 4159 p4p, 545 weight class). Andrade comes to the cage accompanied by Spanish Eyes. Curtis has chosen Russian Circles - Geneva as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Andrade
vs
Curtis

182 cm
23
219 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
208 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrade has a takedown stuffed.
Andrade misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Curtis to counter with a crisp jab.
Andrade walks into a straight right hand from Curtis.

It looks like Samuel Andrade has been cut.
Andrade takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Curtis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andrade, pushing him back against the cage.
Curtis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Curtis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Andrade tries to circle away but Curtis has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Curtis.
Andrade is trying to break the clinch but Curtis has him pressed against the cage.
Curtis works on Andrade's body with a couple of short punches.
Andrade is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Curtis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curtis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Curtis's coach down at Scouse House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Curtis's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Curtis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Andrade backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Curtis.
I was talking to Andrade's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Curtis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Andrade backwards.
Curtis pushes Andrade back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Curtis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Andrade backwards.
Andrade wants to break the clinch but can't.
Curtis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Curtis gets through Andrade's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Curtis on the inside.
Curtis lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Curtis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Curtis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curtis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Curtis lands a shot to the body.
Curtis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Curtis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis lands a hook that snaps the head of Andrade backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Andrade is rocked!
Curtis scores with a shot to the side of Andrade's head.
Oh Andrade is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Andrade takes a shot to the head.

Samuel Andrade's cut is getting worse.
Andrade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Curtis lands a hook that snaps the head of Andrade backwards.
Curtis lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Andrade to his knees! Curtis keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Curtis!
An out of breath Frank Curtis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Samuel Andrade was interviewed post fight and said 'Ah well, a loss is a loss. But fear not, loyal fans: for I shall return! iViva Mexico! iViva Presidente Trump!'.