PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marco Natta (ranked 873 p4p, 1001 weight class) and Mer Lo (ranked 71 p4p, 83 weight class). Mer Lo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Natta
vs
Lo

170 cm
30
145
21 - 9 - 0

169 cm
27
135
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Natta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mer Lo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lo swats away the attempt to clinch by Natta.
Natta darts in trying to clinch
and Lo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Natta tries to clinch there but Lo circles away.
Natta swings widly with a right hand
and Lo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Natta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lo counters with a straight right hand.
Natta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lo.
Natta tries to close the distance and clinch but Lo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lo throws out a loose jab but Natta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Natta throws an off balance right hand
and Lo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lo slips under a jab.
Natta throws an off balance right hand
and Lo counters with a right hand to the body.
Natta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natta misses with a looping left.
Natta moves in looking to clinch but Lo pushes him off.
Lo throws a good cross that connects.
Lo lands a jab to the nose.
Marco Natta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Natta. Lo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Natta misses with a right hand
and Lo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lo clobbers Natta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Natta just misses with a punch to the body.
Lo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lo avoids the body shot from Natta.
Natta misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natta misses with a looping left.
Natta darts in trying to clinch
and Lo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natta misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Natta misses with a jab to the body
and Lo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Natta closes the distance and pushes Lo back into the cage.
Lo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Natta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Natta.
Natta tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lo smiles and moves away.
Lo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Natta had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Natta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Natta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Natta swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natta swings widly with a right hand
letting Lo counter with a right hand.
Natta throws an off balance right hand
and Lo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Natta swings widly with a right hand
and Natta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Natta is rocked!
Natta gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Lo gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Natta is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mer Lo!
Mer Lo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.