PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Ayricke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Constantine Markakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ayricke might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pregador Luo - Bate Pesadão. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Constantine Markakis enters the cage!

Ayricke
vs
Markakis

188 cm
21
199 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
192 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matheus Ayricke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Constantine Markakis!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markakis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ayricke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Markakis tries for a takedown but Ayricke sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Markakis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Markakis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Markakis tries to clinch up but Ayricke circles away and keeps his distance.
Ayricke swats away the attempt to clinch by Markakis.
Ayricke lands with a nice body punch.
Markakis tries to clinch but Ayricke moves out of range.
Markakis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Markakis doesn't manage to clinch there - Ayricke circles away.
Markakis wants to clinch.
Ayricke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Markakis.
Markakis wants to clinch up but Ayricke keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markakis tries to clinch but Ayricke moves out of range.
Markakis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Markakis tries to clinch but Ayricke is having none of it.
Markakis wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Markakis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ayricke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Markakis tries to clinch but Ayricke is having none of it.
Markakis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ayricke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Markakis wants to clinch.
Markakis is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ayricke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Markakis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Ayricke as Markakis shoots in.
Markakis is looking to clinch.
Markakis doesn't manage to clinch there - Ayricke circles away.
Markakis shoots in but Ayricke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Matheus Ayricke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Constantine Markakis.
Markakis is looking to clinch but Ayricke is avoiding it.
Ayricke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Markakis shoots in but no luck this time.
Markakis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ayricke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Markakis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Markakis is looking to clinch but Ayricke is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayricke misses the shot to the body.
Markakis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Markakis fails with a takedown attempt.
Markakis looks gassed!
Markakis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Markakis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Constantine Markakis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Markakis tries to clinch up but Ayricke circles away and keeps his distance.
Markakis tries to clinch but Ayricke moves out of range.
Markakis tries for a takedown but Ayricke sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Markakis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ayricke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Markakis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ayricke.
Ayricke looks to land a left hand but Markakis moved out of range nicely.
Markakis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Ayricke - just one landing.
Ayricke stuns Markakis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Ayricke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ayricke scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markakis walks straight into a right hand from Ayricke - that's dropped him! Ayricke jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Markakis from any more punishment! Markakis complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Matheus Ayricke!