PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauro Braccianti (ranked 880 p4p, 1702 weight class) and Moussa Bouba (ranked 108 p4p, 212 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mauro Braccianti has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mauro Braccianti seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Braccianti
vs
Bouba

185 cm
30
264
13 - 3 - 0

197 cm
24
265
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 13 - 3 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moussa Bouba!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bouba takes the fight into the clinch.
Braccianti working Bouba over with knees to the body.
Bouba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braccianti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Braccianti blocking some punches.
Braccianti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bouba swings wildly with an uppercut but Braccianti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouba lands with a light punch inside.
Bouba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bouba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bouba misses with the head strike.
Braccianti lands a nice knee to the body.
Bouba misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Bouba.
Bouba avoids the elbow strike from Braccianti, against the cage.
Bouba misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bouba blocks the elbow strike.
Braccianti blocks an uppercut.
Bouba swings wildly with an uppercut but Braccianti uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braccianti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bouba.
Bouba avoids the elbow strike from Braccianti, against the cage.
Braccianti lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Moussa Bouba has been cut.
Bouba misses with the head strike.
Braccianti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Braccianti blocking some punches.
Bouba throws a punch but it's blocked by Braccianti.
Bouba misses with a punch on the inside.
Bouba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bouba misses with a punch on the inside.
Braccianti blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bouba fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Braccianti.
Bouba blocks the elbow strike.
Braccianti blocking some punches.
I was talking to Braccianti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Braccianti throws an elbow that misses.
Braccianti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bouba fails to land.
Braccianti blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braccianti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bouba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bouba managing to block the knees to the body from Braccianti.
Bouba lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Braccianti backwards.
Bouba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Braccianti backwards.
Braccianti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bouba dodges an elbow strike from Braccianti.
Braccianti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bouba's defenses.

That has opened up Moussa Bouba's cut even more.
Braccianti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bouba lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bouba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bouba blocks an elbow strike from Braccianti.
Bouba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bouba misses with some punches.
Braccianti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Moussa Bouba's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bouba lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouba working aggressively here.
Bouba working aggressively here.
Bouba misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bouba.
Bouba takes an elbow to the temple.

Moussa Bouba'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 Moussa Bouba's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mauro Braccianti!