PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Casacci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odin Tualasamony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casacci comes to the cage accompanied by Serpente by SUBSONICA. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Casacci
vs
Tualasamony

183 cm
23
202 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
188 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Casacci!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Odin Tualasamony!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tualasamony tries to close the distance and clinch but Casacci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tualasamony throws a series of punches but Casacci moves out of range.
Casacci lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tualasamony looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tualasamony cracks Casacci with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Casacci lands a slapping body shot.
Tualasamony tries a head kick but it misses.
Casacci looks to land a left hand but Tualasamony moved out of range nicely.
Tualasamony throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tualasamony has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tualasamony misses with a head kick.
Tualasamony tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casacci swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tualasamony showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casacci.
Tualasamony is looking to clinch but Casacci is avoiding it.
Tualasamony pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Tualasamony forces Casacci back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casacci scores with a shoulder strike.
Casacci lands an elbow just above Tualasamony 's eye.
Tualasamony with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tualasamony looking to throw knees to the head but Casacci is blocking nicely.
Casacci gets through Tualasamony's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Casacci tries a knee to the head but Tualasamony blocks it.
Casacci avoiding damage as Tualasamony throws knees to the body.
Tualasamony using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Casacci has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Casacci.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Casacci creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tualasamony blocking some punches.
Tualasamony with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tualasamony tries to land knees in the clinch but Casacci avoids the damage to the body.
Tualasamony tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Casacci avoids it.
Casacci lands a nice uppercut.
Casacci takes a knee to the side of the body.
Casacci managing to block the knees to the body from Tualasamony.
Tualasamony on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Casacci lands a shot to the body.
Tualasamony tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Casacci avoids it.
Tualasamony blocks the elbow strike.
Casacci scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tualasamony tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Casacci's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Casacci as the two fighters clinch.
Casacci lands a hook that snaps the head of Tualasamony backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Casacci.
Tualasamony tries to land knees in the clinch but Casacci avoids the damage to the body.
Casacci on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tualasamony missing with knees to the body.
Tualasamony takes a shot to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Casacci has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tualasamony is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Casacci is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Casacci.

Tualasamony is rocked!

Casacci breaks the clinch.
Tualasamony is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tualasamony is still on wobbly legs! Can Casacci finish him?
Casacci throws an uppercut from hell that sends Tualasamony clean off his feet! He's out cold! Casacci stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Max Casacci!
Max Casacci retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Max Casacci thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.