PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Vasconcelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasconcelos has chosen Sveriges elit as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Timo Vasconcelos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rodrigo Estiarte
vs
Vasconcelos

199 cm
26
287 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

205 cm
27
284 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Vasconcelos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasconcelos blocks a low kick nicely.
Vasconcelos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte has been cut.
Vasconcelos fails in his attempt to clinch.

Estiarte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasconcelos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Estiarte lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Estiarte.
Vasconcelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Estiarte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Estiarte lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Estiarte.
Vasconcelos wants to break free but Estiarte has control.
Vasconcelos takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Timo Vasconcelos has been cut.
Nice body punch from Estiarte - that landed with a thud.
Estiarte tries to work over Vasconcelos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Estiarte lands an uppercut.
Vasconcelos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Estiarte backwards.
Vasconcelos blocks an elbow strike from Estiarte.
A nice right hand lands inside from Estiarte.
Estiarte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Estiarte avoiding damage as Vasconcelos throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estiarte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Estiarte lands a left hand.
Vasconcelos lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Estiarte fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Estiarte.
Estiarte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Estiarte manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Estiarte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vasconcelos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Estiarte has him pressed against the cage.
Estiarte is trying to maintain a safe position but Vasconcelos gets an underhook and turns Estiarte into the cage.
Vasconcelos misses with a knee to the head.
Vasconcelos is looking to control Estiarte's arms but Estiarte gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vasconcelos has his back to the cage.
Estiarte is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vasconcelos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Estiarte takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasconcelos tries to work over Estiarte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Estiarte.
Estiarte is looking to control Vasconcelos's arms but Vasconcelos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Estiarte has his back to the cage.
Vasconcelos pushes Estiarte back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasconcelos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Estiarte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Estiarte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vasconcelos is defending well for now.
Vasconcelos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Estiarte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vasconcelos lands a knee to the head.

Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte's cut is getting worse.
Vasconcelos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vasconcelos tries a knee to the head but Estiarte blocks it.
Estiarte stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Estiarte - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vasconcelos scores with a hook to the body.
Estiarte tries to stall but Vasconcelos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos gets through Estiarte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vasconcelos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vasconcelos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Estiarte throws an elbow that misses.

Estiarte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Estiarte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vasconcelos misses with a body kick.
Vasconcelos blocks a leg kick.

Estiarte tries to keep at a distance but Vasconcelos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vasconcelos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vasconcelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Estiarte lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Vasconcelos fails to land.
Estiarte has a couple of punches blocked by Vasconcelos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasconcelos struggles to land a body shot inside as Estiarte controls his hands.
Vasconcelos misses with the head strike.
Vasconcelos has a couple of punches blocked by Estiarte.
Vasconcelos blocks an uppercut.

Vasconcelos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Estiarte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vasconcelos checks a low kick from Estiarte.
Estiarte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Estiarte does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Estiarte is looking to clinch.
Estiarte misses with an uppercut
and Vasconcelos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice jab there from Vasconcelos.
Estiarte misses with a looping right.
Estiarte goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vasconcelos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Estiarte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Estiarte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Estiarte connects with the punch.
Vasconcelos misses with an uppercut. Estiarte saw that one coming.
Estiarte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Estiarte does it's job there.
Estiarte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Estiarte swings widly with a right hand
and Vasconcelos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos avoids a kick to the body.
Estiarte throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vasconcelos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Estiarte.
Some bone on bone action there as Vasconcelos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vasconcelos scores with a body shot.
Estiarte misses with a lunging right hand
and Vasconcelos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Estiarte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Timo Vasconcelos seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasconcelos checks the leg kick.
Vasconcelos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vasconcelos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Estiarte throws a lazy head kick
and Vasconcelos counters with a nice uppercut.

Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasconcelos walks into a jab.
Estiarte is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Estiarte moves out of range as Vasconcelos throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Estiarte misses with a straight left.
Estiarte tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vasconcelos is able to avoid easily.
Vasconcelos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Estiarte throws a lazy right hand but Vasconcelos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Estiarte.
Estiarte attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estiarte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Estiarte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Estiarte gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Estiarte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice cross by Estiarte.
Estiarte takes one on the button.
Estiarte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vasconcelos.
Estiarte misses with a looping left.
Estiarte swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vasconcelos slips a jab from Estiarte.
Vasconcelos staying out of range there.
Vasconcelos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estiarte slips a jab and a cross from Vasconcelos.
Estiarte tries a low kick but Vasconcelos avoids it.
Estiarte looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vasconcelos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Estiarte tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasconcelos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Estiarte throws a low kick but Vasconcelos avoids it.
Estiarte connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vasconcelos's hands.
Vasconcelos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Estiarte.
Estiarte blocks a head kick by Vasconcelos.
Estiarte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Vasconcelos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Estiarte.
Estiarte lands an overhand right.

Estiarte drops Vasconcelos with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Vasconcelos looks back up at him and smiles so Estiarte waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Vasconcelos is rocked!
Good leg kick by Estiarte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vasconcelos is still on wobbly legs! Can Estiarte finish him?
Vasconcelos is breathing heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Estiarte.
Vasconcelos gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Estiarte points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Vasconcelos wakes up just in time to hear Estiarte thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte!
Esteban Rodrigo Estiarte made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Long is the road to the top... but I am a long legged guy'.