PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Damacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Strong
vs
Damacio

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricardo Damacio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damacio throws a right and a left that Strong avoids nicely.
Damacio looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The fighters circling - Damacio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damacio throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Strong walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Damacio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Damacio swinging wildly here.
Damacio fails to land with a series of punches.
Strong avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Strong.
Damacio fails to land with a series of punches.
Damacio throws a series of punches but Strong moves out of range.
Strong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Damacio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Damacio looks to throw the jab but Strong is out of range.
Damacio misses with a series of wild punches.
Ricardo Damacio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damacio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Strong.
Damacio misses with a wild combination.
Damacio throws a hook but Strong blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damacio.
Damacio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Damacio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damacio misses with a double jab.
Damacio throws a nice looking combination but Strong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Damacio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Strong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Damacio.
Damacio misses with a hook.
Damacio throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Strong dodges the punch combination from Damacio.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters circling - Damacio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Damacio dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Damacio throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Strong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damacio throws out the jab.
Alex Strong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damacio throws a combination that misses

and Strong counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Strong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Strong drops back looking for a leg! Damacio is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Damacio manages to kick Strong off! Strong jumps back into Damacio's guard.

Strong drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Strong as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Damacio screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Strong! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Alex Strong!