PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentine Masterson (ranked 368 p4p, 48 weight class) and Mario Puzo (ranked 467 p4p, 58 weight class). Puzo has chosen Speak Softly Love as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Masterson
vs
Puzo

188 cm
33
190 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

185 cm
41
187 lbs
35 - 23 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Valentine Masterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 23 - 3, fighting out of New York, Mario Puzo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puzo scores with a jab to the head.
Puzo slips under a jab from Masterson.
Masterson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Davy Jones' Locker in the buildup to the fight.
Puzo moves out of range as Masterson strikes.
Masterson lands with a nice body kick.
Masterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Despite the aggression on Puzo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Valentine Masterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masterson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Masterson throws a leg kick which misses Puzo's front leg but catches the back leg as Puzo tries to avoid it.
Masterson throws a hook to the side of Puzo's head but Puzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Masterson digs a good body shot into Puzo's ribs.
Puzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masterson.
Masterson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Masterson finds it's way through Puzo's defenses.
Masterson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puzo avoids the body shot from Masterson.
Masterson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Puzo.
Masterson scores with a decent looking hook.
Masterson with a jab.
Puzo walks into a stiff left hand from Masterson.
Puzo 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.
Puzo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masterson.
Masterson misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masterson looks to throw the jab but Puzo is out of range.
Masterson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Puzo slips under a jab from Masterson.
Jab, jab by Masterson - just one landing.
Puzo tries to score with a low kick but Masterson moves his leg out of the way.
Puzo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Puzo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Masterson scoring well with a low kick there.
Puzo takes a swing at Masterson's ribcage but misses.
Puzo misses with a straight left.
Puzo lands with a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Puzo.
Masterson throws a big shot that misses.
Masterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Masterson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puzo misses with a straight left.
Puzo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Masterson checks it well.
Masterson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Masterson. Puzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puzo takes a swing at Masterson's ribcage but misses.
Puzo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Masterson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masterson throws a looping overhand right but Puzo ducks down to avoid it.
Masterson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Masterson misses its intended target.
Puzo misses with a leg kick.
Puzo misses with a straight left.
Masterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puzo moves away.
Puzo takes a swing at Masterson's ribcage but misses.
Masterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
That kick from Puzo tenderised Masterson's leg. Masterson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Masterson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big left from Puzo misses.
Puzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Masterson.
Masterson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch lands to the side of Puzo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Masterson misses with a looping right.
Masterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Puzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Masterson scores with a nice strike.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puzo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Masterson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masterson stuns Puzo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Puzo. Those never looked like landing.
Masterson is looking to counter punch.
Some wild striking there from Puzo.
Puzo throws a body shot but no joy.
Puzo cracks Masterson with a good jab.
Nice body kick there by Puzo.
Masterson avoids the body shot from Puzo.
Masterson throws a lazy right hand but Puzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Puzo throws the left hand but Masterson avoids the punch easily.
Masterson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Puzo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Masterson staying out of range there.
Masterson takes one to the side of the head.
Masterson looks to land a body kick but Puzo moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Puzo.
Masterson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Puzo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Masterson misses.
Puzo slips a jab from Masterson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masterson throws the left hand but Puzo avoids the punch easily.
Puzo blocks a jab.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
Masterson slips a straight right by Puzo.
Puzo ducks under a wild hook from Masterson.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
Puzo connects with a leg kick. Masterson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice defenses there by Puzo.
Masterson scores with a leg kick.
Puzo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Puzo swings for the body but Masterson moves out of range.
Puzo misses with a looping left.
Masterson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masterson misses the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Puzo, as that shot connected.
Puzo lands a body shot.
Puzo slips under a jab from Masterson.
Masterson misses with a lunging right hand
and Puzo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Valentine Masterson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Puzo lands with an overhand left.
Puzo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valentine Masterson is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Masterson.
Puzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Masterson swings widly with a right hand
and Puzo counters with a left to the body.
Puzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puzo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Puzo blocks a jab.
Puzo tries to score with a low kick but Masterson moves his leg out of the way.
Puzo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Masterson checks a leg kick.
Masterson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Puzo throws out a powerful jab.
Masterson looks to land a right hand but Puzo moved out of range.
Masterson throws a right hand that Puzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Puzo also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puzo lands a leg kick that knocks Masterson off balance momentarily.
Puzo connects with a body shot.
Puzo misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puzo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Puzo misses
letting Masterson counter with a right hand.
Puzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masterson moves away.
Puzo walks into a left hand.
Masterson slips a straight right by Puzo.
Puzo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masterson.
Puzo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Puzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masterson throws out the jab.
Masterson throws a big shot that misses.
Masterson loads up on a big right hand but Puzo slips the punch.
A left lands for Masterson.
Puzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Masterson throws a right hand that misses
and Puzo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Masterson's knee momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Puzo as he connects with a hook.
Puzo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Masterson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Masterson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puzo's calf.
Puzo misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo ducks under a wild hook from Masterson.
Puzo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Puzo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Puzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Masterson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Masterson throws a lazy uppercut
and Masterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Masterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puzo.
Puzo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Masterson. That one must have hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Puzo.
Masterson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Masterson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Masterson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Puzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masterson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Masterson throws a looping overhand right but Puzo ducks down to avoid it.
Masterson avoids the body shot from Puzo.
Masterson scores with a leg kick.
Masterson lands a nice looking body shot.
Masterson misses the shot to the body.
Puzo tries a quick counter leg kick but Masterson is wise to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson looks to land a left hand but Puzo moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Puzo.
Puzo misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Masterson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Puzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masterson.
Puzo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Masterson misses with a looping right.
Puzo avoids the body shot from Masterson.
Puzo looks to land a combination. Masterson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Masterson throws a body shot but no joy.
Puzo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Masterson with a body shot.
Masterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puzo.
It seemed like Puzo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Masterson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puzo.
A telegraphed right hand from Masterson misses the target.
Masterson cracks Puzo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Masterson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Puzo.
Masterson checks a leg kick.
Masterson throws a body shot but no joy.
Puzo lands a leg kick that knocks Masterson off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puzo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masterson.
Masterson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Puzo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puzo is looking to score with low kicks.
Puzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Masterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masterson thumps Puzo with a low kick.
Masterson takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Puzo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Puzo misses with a head kick.
Puzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masterson misses with a straight left.
Puzo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Puzo looks to throw a body kick
and Masterson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Puzo misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masterson throws a hook but Puzo avoids it easily.
Puzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That kick from Puzo tenderised Masterson's leg. Masterson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Masterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Puzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mario Puzo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The fighters circling - Puzo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puzo throws a low kick but Masterson moves out of range easily.
Puzo looks for the body kick but Masterson saw that one coming.
Masterson throws a big shot that misses.
Puzo throws a push kick but Masterson slaps the foot to one side.
Puzo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Masterson, as that shot connected.
Masterson throws out a loose jab but Puzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masterson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Puzo doesn't seem bothered though.
Puzo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Masterson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masterson throws a lazy uppercut
and Puzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Puzo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Puzo is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Masterson misses.
Puzo misses with a double jab
and Puzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puzo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Puzo lands a head shot.
Puzo jabs at Masterson's body.
Masterson throws a hook to the side of Puzo's head but Puzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Puzo misses with a body shot.
Puzo slips a jab from Masterson.
Puzo takes one to the chin there.
Masterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masterson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Masterson throws a head kick but Puzo moves out of range.
Puzo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Masterson looks to land a right hand but Puzo moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Masterson - just one landing.
Masterson throws a jab when Puzo was well out of range.
Masterson scores with a jab.
Puzo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Masterson is out of range.
Masterson is looking to counter punch.
Masterson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masterson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Puzo does it's job there.
Masterson throws an overhand right that lands on Puzo's shoulder, as Puzo tries to avoid the shot.
Puzo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Masterson checks a low kick from Puzo.
A head kick misses from Puzo.
Puzo blocks a jab.
Puzo tries to land a leg kick but Masterson saw it coming and moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Masterson misses the target.
Masterson loads up on a big right hand but Puzo slips the punch.
Masterson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Masterson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Puzo in his tracks.
Masterson throws a hook but Puzo blocks it.
A head kick misses from Masterson.
Puzo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Puzo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masterson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Masterson checks a leg kick.
Masterson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Puzo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Masterson scores with a jab to the head.
Puzo scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puzo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Masterson.
Puzo replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Masterson blocks it well.
Masterson throws a leg kick but Puzo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Masterson misses with an uppercut. Puzo saw that one coming.
Puzo lands with a shot to the body.
Puzo tries to land a front kick but Masterson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Puzo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Masterson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Puzo.
Masterson tries a head kick but it misses.
Masterson misses with a body punch
and Puzo counters with a nice body shot.
Puzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Masterson misses with a leg kick.
Masterson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Masterson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Masterson throws a big shot that misses.
Puzo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masterson looks to land a body kick but Puzo moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masterson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Puzo throws a body shot but no joy.
Masterson throwing a counter right hand but Puzo manages to avoid it.
Masterson checks a low kick from Puzo.
Masterson throws a jab when Puzo was well out of range.
Masterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puzo feints and then cracks Masterson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Masterson down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Masterson blocks the leg kick.
Masterson loads up on a big right hand but Puzo slips the punch.
Puzo misses with a kick to the body.
Puzo throws a jab when Masterson was well out of range.
Puzo misses with a wild combination.
Masterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Masterson connects with a looping right hand.
Masterson throws a shot from downtown. Puzo moves away and avoids it.
Puzo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Valentine Masterson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Masterson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentine Masterson!
Valentine Masterson tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.