PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 230 p4p, 29 weight class) and Gage Underwood (ranked 505 p4p, 67 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Costa De Andrade
vs
Underwood

175 cm
26
150 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

167 cm
25
143 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Urban Fighter

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Urban Fighter

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Gage Underwood!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Andrade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Andrade comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Andrade throws the left hand but Underwood avoids the punch easily.
De Andrade looks to land a left hand but Underwood moved out of range nicely.
Underwood staying out of range there.
Underwood takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Gage Underwood has been cut.
De Andrade uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Underwood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Andrade.
De Andrade has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
De Andrade takes one to the chin there.
De Andrade misses with a two punch combination.
De Andrade throws the left hand but Underwood avoids the punch easily.
Underwood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Underwood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Andrade jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Andrade just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood defending well as De Andrade loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Underwood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Underwood moves out of range as De Andrade strikes.
Underwood's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Andrade under the eye.
De Andrade throws a lazy uppercut
and Underwood counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Andrade cracks Underwood with an open hand slap.
Underwood takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Underwood slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Underwood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

De Andrade lands a left and a right that send Underwood crashing to the mat, dazed. De Andrade thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Underwood is rocked!
De Andrade throws a jab when Underwood was well out of range.
Underwood is still on wobbly legs! Can De Andrade finish him?
De Andrade misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BAM! De Andrade delivers a spinning backfist that drops Underwood like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
Marcelo Costa De Andrade 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.