PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Porto (ranked 2044 p4p, 253 weight class) and El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 1278 p4p, 157 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Porto
vs
Misterioso Damballah

177 cm
32
180 lbs
17 - 16 - 1

179 cm
32
180 lbs
23 - 28 - 0

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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Alexander Porto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damballah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Porto.
Damballah falls off balance throwing a combination
and Porto counters with a stiff right hand.
Damballah throws a nice head kick!
Nice cross by Damballah.
Damballah misses with a double jab.
Damballah lands a slapping body shot.
Damballah throws a sloppy head kick and Porto moves out of range easily.
Damballah fails to land with a series of punches.
Damballah throws a series of punches but Porto moves out of range.
Damballah misses with a combination

and Porto moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Damballah lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porto blocks an uppercut.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Porto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Porto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Damballah prevents a body shot from Porto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah blocking some punches.
Damballah lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Porto.
Damballah lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Alexander Porto has been cut.
Damballah tries a body shot but Porto blocks it.
Porto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Damballah.
Porto stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Porto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Porto.
Porto scores with a shoulder strike.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damballah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Porto tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Porto back against the cage.
Damballah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damballah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Porto's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damballah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damballah.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damballah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damballah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Damballah misses with a body punch.
Damballah takes an elbow to the temple.
Porto working aggressively here.
Porto tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Porto back against the cage.
Damballah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Porto backwards.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Damballah swings wildly with an uppercut but Porto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Porto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Damballah has a couple of punches blocked by Porto.
Damballah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Damballah fails to land.
Porto is working Damballah over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Damballah as the two fighters clinch.
Damballah pushes off an throws an elbow but Porto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Porto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Porto misses with a punch on the inside.
Porto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Porto avoiding damage as Damballah throws knees to the body.
Damballah blocks an uppercut.
Porto swings wildly with an uppercut but Damballah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Porto lands with a left to the head.
Porto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Porto misses with a punch to the body.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damballah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Porto blocks it with crossed arms.
Porto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damballah's defenses.
Porto misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Damballah.
Porto swings wildly with an uppercut but Damballah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Porto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damballah lands a body shot in the clinch.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Damballah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damballah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Porto looking to stall.
Damballah throws an elbow that misses.
Damballah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damballah tries a body shot but Porto blocks it.
Porto misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Porto fails to land.
Damballah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damballah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Damballah scores with a nice hook to the head.
Porto throws a punch but it's blocked by Damballah.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Porto lands a right hand.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Porto dodges an elbow strike from Damballah.
Porto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Porto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but El Misterioso Damballah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Porto's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

No joy there for Damballah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Porto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Damballah is looking for the big counter here.
Damballah throws a body punch but Porto moves out of range.
Damballah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Damballah swinging wildly here.
Porto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Damballah! But no joy.
Alexander Porto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Damballah.
Damballah scores with the left hand. Porto knows he should have avoided that one.
Damballah wants to slow Porto down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damballah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Damballah keeps the fight on the outside.
Damballah is looking for the big counter here.
Damballah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Damballah throws a combination. Porto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damballah stalks Porto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Porto's face. Porto staggers backwards, shaken.
Damballah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Porto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Porto on the side of the head.

Porto forces Damballah back against the cage and clinches.
Damballah misses with the head strike.
Damballah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damballah blocks an elbow strike.
Porto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Porto avoiding damage as Damballah throws knees to the body.
Damballah blocking some punches.
Porto misses with a punch to the body.
Porto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Damballah prevents a body shot from Porto.
Damballah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damballah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Porto looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Porto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damballah.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Damballah misses with some punches.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Porto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Damballah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Porto backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Porto throws an elbow but misses.
Porto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Damballah throws a punch but it's blocked by Porto.
Damballah avoids the elbow strike from Porto, against the cage.
Damballah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Porto throws an elbow but it misses.
Porto lands a hook that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.
Damballah prevents a body shot from Porto.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Porto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Damballah's brow.
Damballah blocks an elbow strike from Porto.
Porto takes a shot to the head.
Damballah lands an elbow inside that Porto shrugs off.
Porto effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porto is leaning against Damballah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Porto wants to stall.
Porto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Porto is leaning against Damballah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Damballah gets through Porto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alexander Porto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Damballah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Damballah blocks an uppercut.
Damballah looking to throw knees to the head but Porto is blocking nicely.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto trying to control the position but instead, Damballah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Porto into the cage.
Porto just leaning against Damballah, taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damballah.
Damballah misses with a punch to the body.
Porto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porto blocks an uppercut.
Damballah is leaning against Porto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damballah.
Damballah throws a punch but it's blocked by Porto.
The referee is keeping an eye on Porto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Damballah throws a punch but it's blocked by Porto.
Damballah avoids a wild elbow strike from Porto.
Damballah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Porto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Damballah blocks an elbow strike.
Porto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Damballah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Damballah lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Damballah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Damballah landing knees to the head.
Damballah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Porto blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Misterioso Damballah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Porto's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Damballah tries a head kick but it misses.
Porto wants to clinch up but Damballah keeps it at a distance.

Porto closes the distance and pushes Damballah back into the cage.
Damballah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Porto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damballah's elbow.
Damballah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Porto backwards.
Damballah misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Porto.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Porto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like El Misterioso Damballah has been cut.
Porto tries to work over Damballah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Porto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damballah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damballah misses with a punch on the inside.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Damballah misses with a punch on the inside.
Damballah swings wildly with an uppercut but Porto uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Porto.
Damballah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto slows down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Damballah.
Damballah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto gets through Damballah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Porto scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damballah.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Damballah blocks the elbow strike.
Damballah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Porto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damballah misses with a knee strike.
Porto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damballah has a couple of punches blocked by Porto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Damballah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Porto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Damballah misses with a punch on the inside.
Porto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damballah takes a shot to the head.
Porto misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damballah lands with a light punch inside.
Damballah avoids a wild elbow strike from Porto.
Porto lands a body shot.
Porto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Damballah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Porto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Porto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Porto blocking some punches.
Damballah takes an elbow to the forehead.
Porto lands an elbow that stopped Damballah in his tracks for a moment.
Damballah pushes Porto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Damballah is leaning against Porto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah has a couple of punches blocked by Porto.
Damballah is leaning against Porto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Damballah avoids a wild elbow strike from Porto.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto throws an elbow that misses.
Damballah tries to throw a body punch but Porto avoids it by throwing Damballah back against the cage.
Porto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damballah's elbow.
Porto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Porto lands with a left to the head.
Damballah throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Porto.
Porto scores with a hook to the body.
Damballah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Porto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Porto avoiding damage.
Damballah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto misses with a punch to the body.
Alexander Porto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damballah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Porto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damballah's elbow.
Damballah dodges an elbow strike from Porto.
Damballah has a couple of punches blocked by Porto.
Porto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Porto blocks a body shot from Damballah.
Porto tries to work over Damballah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Porto can't find room to land a body shot as Damballah controls the action.
El Misterioso Damballah is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Porto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porto blocks a body shot from Damballah.
Porto throws an elbow but it misses.
Damballah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Damballah takes an elbow to the temple.
Porto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Damballah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Porto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Damballah has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Misterioso Damballah!
El Misterioso Damballah decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.