PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rio Ronaldo (ranked 3815 p4p, 2289 weight class) and Darius Nunez (ranked 0 p4p, 263 weight class). Rio Ronaldo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ronaldo
vs
Nunez

185 cm
22
193
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
195
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rio Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darius Nunez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nunez as he avoids it easily.
Nunez tries to bum rush Ronaldo with a series of wild strikes but Ronaldo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Nunez circles away.
Nunez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ronaldo fails with the takedown
and Nunez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ronaldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ronaldo scores with the left hand. Nunez knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo looks to clinch
and Nunez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nunez sprawls well. Nunez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ronaldo gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rio Ronaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo fails with a takedown attempt.
Nunez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice side step and Nunez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nunez throws a nice looking combination but Ronaldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ronaldo slips under a jab from Nunez.
Ronaldo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nunez sprawls and moves away.
A jab from Nunez misses.
Ronaldo misses with a double jab.
Ronaldo with a poor takedown
and Nunez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nunez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ronaldo closes the distance but Nunez moves to the side
and Nunez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Ronaldo pushes Nunez up against the cage in a clinch.
Nunez wants to get back to striking at distance but Ronaldo won't allow it.
Nunez is trying to break the clinch but Ronaldo has him pressed against the cage.
Nunez wants to get back to striking at distance but Ronaldo won't allow it.
Nunez tries to break the clinch but Ronaldo is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ronaldo has him pressed against the cage.

Ronaldo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ronaldo shoots for a takedown but Nunez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ronaldo fails with the takedown
letting Nunez counter with a right hand.
Ronaldo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nunez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ronaldo is breathing heavily.
Ronaldo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nunez counters with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nunez counters with a crisp right that sends Ronaldo to the canvas! Nunez follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Nunez!
A very excited looking Darius Nunez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.