PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominickoy Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Player (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes to the cage accompanied by techno viking. Player has chosen Pusha T feat. Rick Ross - Millions as his entrance music. Gary Player has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maia
vs
Player

183 cm
27
203 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

178 cm
28
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Good knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominickoy Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gary Player!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Player scores with a push kick.
Player with a jab.
Maia misses with a takedown
and Player counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Dominickoy Maia has been cut.
That kick from Player tenderised Maia's leg. Maia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maia shoots in and drives through. Player sprawls well.
Player paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Player defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maia.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominickoy Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Player to counter with a crisp jab.
Maia fails with the takedown
and Player connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Maia is rocked!
Maia is breathing heavily.
Maia tries for a takedown but Player circles away easily
and Player counters with a thumping low kick.
Oh Maia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Player lands a nice hook to Maia's body. Maia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
Player connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maia momentarily.
Player lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Maia falls backwards - clearly groggy! Player dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Player!
During a confident post fight interview, Gary Player thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.