PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Falaris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falaris comes to the cage accompanied by Single Ladies - Brazilian Version. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Falaris
vs
McTearson

200 cm
36
190 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

193 cm
21
199 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sydney BEAST Clothing

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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Falaris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falaris wants to clinch.
Falaris wants to clinch
letting McTearson counter with a right hand.
Falaris tries to clinch up but McTearson circles away and keeps his distance.
Falaris tries to clinch but McTearson is having none of it.
Falaris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Falaris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Falaris tries to clinch but McTearson moves out of range.
Falaris wants to clinch
and McTearson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Falaris moves to clinch but McTearson breaks away
enabling McTearson to counter with a crisp jab.
Falaris is looking to clinch but McTearson is avoiding it.
McTearson looks to land a left hand but Falaris moved out of range nicely.
Falaris tries to clinch up but McTearson circles away and keeps his distance.
Falaris darts in trying to clinch
and Falaris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Falaris tries to clinch but McTearson moves away
and Falaris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McTearson lands a jab.
McTearson tries to work over Falaris's front leg with a kick but Falaris checks it.
Falaris looks to clinch
and McTearson counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson throws a low kick but Falaris moves out of range easily.
Falaris moves away from the strike by McTearson.
Falaris wants to clinch
and McTearson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Falaris tries to clinch
and McTearson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McTearson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marcus Falaris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for McTearson.

McTearson tries to keep at a distance but Falaris has taken the fight into the clinch.
McTearson trying to stall but Falaris improves his position.
A short right from McTearson.
Falaris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Falaris looking to throw knees to the head but McTearson is blocking nicely.
McTearson lands a right hand.
Falaris tries a knee to the head but McTearson blocks it.
Falaris misses with an elbow over the top.
Falaris looking to throw knees to the head but McTearson is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Falaris.
Falaris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McTearson gets through Falaris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McTearson lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson lands an elbow inside that Falaris shrugs off.

It looks like Marcus Falaris has been cut.
Falaris pushes off an throws an elbow but McTearson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A shot in the inside from McTearson.
McTearson gets through Falaris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Falaris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McTearson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Falaris is rocked!
McTearson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oh Falaris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Falaris is breathing heavily.
McTearson creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Falaris's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Falaris drops to his knees and McTearson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rufus McTearson!
During a confident post fight interview, Rufus McTearson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.