PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Jacinto (ranked 1697 p4p, 80 weight class) and Callan Elijah (ranked 2651 p4p, 57 weight class). Jacinto comes to the cage accompanied by Noypi by Bamboo. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jacinto
vs
Elijah

210 cm
26
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Emilio Jacinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Callan Elijah!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elijah shoots in but Jacinto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacinto thows a left - swing and a miss!

Jacinto forces Elijah back against the cage and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jacinto.
Jacinto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jacinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Elijah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jacinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elijah backwards.
Jacinto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jacinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jacinto scores with a hook to the body.
Jacinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jacinto.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jacinto gets through Elijah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Jacinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Jacinto on the inside.
We've been informed that Elijah has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jacinto creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Elijah with a big uppercut! Elijah tries to clinch up but Jacinto pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Elijah to the mat! Elijah covers up and Jacinto unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Emilio Jacinto!
After winning the bout, Emilio Jacinto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.