PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Bermalingo (ranked 3741 p4p, 3522 weight class) and Nicholas Brisson (ranked 0 p4p, 426 weight class). Nicholas Brisson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bermalingo
vs
Brisson

188 cm
22
205
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
221
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Bermalingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nicholas Brisson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bermalingo slips under a jab.
Bermalingo appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bermalingo slips a jab from Brisson.
Brisson misses with a wild body shot.
Brisson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bermalingo manages to avoid it.
Bermalingo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brisson finds it's way round the side to connect with Bermalingo's head.
Brisson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bermalingo.
Brisson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bermalingo looks to throw the jab but Brisson is out of range.
Nicholas Brisson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brisson throws a series of punches but Bermalingo avoids them all with ease.
A little feinted left hand from Bermalingo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bermalingo scores with a jab.
Brisson stuns Bermalingo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bermalingo.
Brisson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bermalingo looks to land a left hand but Brisson moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brisson throws an overhand right that lands on Bermalingo's shoulder, as Bermalingo tries to avoid the shot.
Bermalingo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bermalingo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brisson.
Brisson throws a jab when Bermalingo was well out of range.
It looked like Bermalingo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brisson.
Brisson with a jab.
Brisson doesn't manage to clinch there - Bermalingo circles away.
Brisson scores with a body shot.
Bermalingo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bermalingo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brisson misses the body punch
and Bermalingo counters with a straight right hand.
Brisson swings for the body but Bermalingo moves out of range.
Bermalingo is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Brisson misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Bermalingo misses the target.
Brisson sizes up Bermalingo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brisson misses the body punch
and Bermalingo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brisson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bermalingo swats away the attempt to clinch by Brisson.
Bermalingo looks to throw the jab but Brisson is out of range.
Brisson 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.
Bermalingo connects with a right hand. Brisson shakes it off.

Brisson clinches up with Bermalingo and pushes him back against the cage.
Bermalingo tries to break the clinch but Brisson is controlling the position.
Brisson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bermalingo's efforts to push away.
Brisson swings wildly with an uppercut but Bermalingo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brisson trying to control the position but instead, Bermalingo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brisson into the cage.
Bermalingo tries to break the clinch but Brisson is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brisson slows down the pace here.
Brisson is pushing Bermalingo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brisson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brisson lands with a left to the head.
I was talking to Bermalingo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Brisson - that landed with a thud.

Brisson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brisson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bermalingo manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bermalingo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brisson throws a lazy uppercut
and Bermalingo counters with a stiff right hand.
Brisson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bermalingo drops his hands momentarily and Brisson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brisson cracks a nice hook into Bermalingo's ribs.
Brisson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bermalingo.
Brisson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Bermalingo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brisson misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Bermalingo misses the target.

Brisson has closed the distance and engaged Bermalingo in a clinch.

Bermalingo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brisson misses with a straight right.
Bermalingo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brisson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Brisson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Brisson.
Bermalingo swats away the attempt to clinch by Brisson.
Bermalingo is looking to counter punch.
Bermalingo throws a right hand that misses
enabling Brisson to counter with a crisp jab.
Brisson misses with a right hand
and Bermalingo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bermalingo connects with a single shot there.
Brisson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bermalingo moves away.
Brisson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brisson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bermalingo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brisson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bermalingo scores with a hook.

Brisson is rocked!
Brisson tries to clinch but Bermalingo moves away
and Bermalingo counters with a crisp right that sends Brisson to the canvas! Bermalingo follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocco Bermalingo!