PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauro Braccianti (ranked 1556 p4p, 2282 weight class) and Kieran Ware (ranked 168 p4p, 246 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Braccianti
vs
Ware

185 cm
28
264
9 - 2 - 0

203 cm
25
255
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mauro Braccianti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kieran Ware!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braccianti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Braccianti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ware scores with a crisp jab that stopped Braccianti in his tracks.
Braccianti moves in looking to clinch but Ware pushes him off.
Braccianti wants to clinch up but Ware keeps it at a distance.
Ware throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ware misses with a wild body shot.
Ware just misses with a punch to the body.
Ware lands a really nice looking cross but Braccianti seems unphased.
Ware keeps the fight on the outside.
Ware fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ware fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Braccianti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ware looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ware misses with a looping right.
Ware throws an overhand right that lands on Braccianti's shoulder, as Braccianti tries to avoid the shot.
Braccianti went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Braccianti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot by Ware.

It looks like Mauro Braccianti has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braccianti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Braccianti is rocked!
Kieran Ware seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ware jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braccianti tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braccianti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ware missing with a left hand there. Braccianti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ware circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braccianti wants to clinch.
Ware lands with a nice body punch.
Ware is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braccianti is looking to clinch.
Braccianti moves out of range as Ware strikes.
Ware lands a nice hook to Braccianti's body. Braccianti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ware fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Braccianti has managed to clinch.
Braccianti working Ware over with knees to the body.
Braccianti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Braccianti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Kieran Ware has been cut.
Ware looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Ware fails to land.
Braccianti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ware misses with some punches.
Ware working hard to break the clinch.
Braccianti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ware working hard to break the clinch.
Braccianti scores a nice knee to the body.
Braccianti blocks an uppercut.
Ware is trying to break free.
Braccianti throws an elbow but it misses.
Ware takes a knee to the side of the body.
Braccianti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Kieran Ware's cut even more.
Braccianti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ware managing to block the knees to the body from Braccianti.
Nice elbow from Braccianti.
Braccianti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ware lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ware has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Braccianti.

The cut above Kieran Ware's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Braccianti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ware lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Braccianti landing knees to the body.
Braccianti lands an elbow just above Ware 's eye.
Braccianti tries to land knees in the clinch but Ware avoids the damage to the body.
Braccianti lands a good knee to the midsection. Ware won't want to take too many of those.
Braccianti scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Braccianti.
Braccianti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ware.
Braccianti lands an elbow that stopped Ware in his tracks for a moment.

Kieran Ware's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kieran Ware's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mauro Braccianti!