PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Page (ranked 2396 p4p, 268 weight class) and Romeo Azzaroni (ranked 2977 p4p, 321 weight class). Page comes to the cage accompanied by Gertcha by Chas & Dave. Romeo Azzaroni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Page
vs
Azzaroni

195 cm
26
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

194 cm
19
243 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London

Red Light Coffeeshop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brad Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Romeo Azzaroni!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azzaroni keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Page.
Page misses with the combination.
Azzaroni scores with a body shot.
Page takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azzaroni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Page tries to clinch but Azzaroni moves out of range.
Page misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, jab by Azzaroni - just one landing.
Page closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Azzaroni counter with a right hand.
Azzaroni punishes Page's body with a nice straight punch.

Page has Azzaroni up against the cage in a clinch.

Azzaroni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Page takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Page.
Page struggles to land a body shot inside as Azzaroni controls his hands.
A short right from Azzaroni on the inside.
Azzaroni lands with a light punch inside.
Azzaroni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Page misses with a body punch.
Azzaroni lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Page fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Page.
Page tries to throw a body punch but Azzaroni avoids it by throwing Page back against the cage.
Page scores with a shoulder strike.
Azzaroni has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Page seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Azzaroni can turn it around.
Azzaroni misses with some punches.
Page blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Azzaroni swings wildly with an uppercut but Page uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Azzaroni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Azzaroni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Page escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Page tries to clinch up but Azzaroni circles away and keeps his distance.
Azzaroni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Page momentarily.
Azzaroni connects with a body shot that sends Page's belly button to the back.
Page tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Azzaroni to counter with a crisp jab.
Page moves to clinch but Azzaroni breaks away
and Azzaroni counters with a straight right hand.

Azzaroni lands a big uppercut and Page crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Page looks OK. Azzaroni waves Page back to his feet!

Page is rocked!
Brad Page seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Page misses with a hook
and Azzaroni counters with a huge left! Page is in big trouble! He's backing up but Azzaroni isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Page from any more damage. A dominating finish by Azzaroni!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romeo Azzaroni!
Romeo Azzaroni seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.