PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gianluca Taddei (ranked 8071 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Claude (ranked 6530 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Taddei
vs
Claude

178 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gianluca Taddei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ralph Claude!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Claude throws a nice head kick!
Taddei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Ralph Claude has been cut.
Claude gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taddei stuffs the takedown attempt from Claude. Claude gets slowly back to his feet.
Claude darts in looking for a takedown but Taddei gets double underhooks and turns Claude into the cage.
Claude misses with a takedown attempt - Taddei sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taddei is looking to counter punch.
Gianluca Taddei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Claude.
Taddei lands a jab.

Claude is rocked!
Taddei weaves into range and cracks Claude right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Claude goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Taddei is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gianluca Taddei!
Our winner, Gianluca Taddei, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.