PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Bozzano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bozzano
vs
Long

199 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francesco Bozzano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christian Long!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long throws a head kick but Bozzano moves out of range.
Bozzano cracks Long with an open hand slap.
Francesco Bozzano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bozzano avoids the head kick by Long.
Bozzano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bozzano misses with a hook
and Long counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Bozzano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bozzano keeps control of Long as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bozzano misses with the head strike.
Bozzano tries a body shot but Long blocks it.
Bozzano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Long's efforts to push away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bozzano lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bozzano.
Long blocking some punches.
Bozzano struggles to land a body shot inside as Long controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bozzano fails to land.
Bozzano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bozzano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bozzano working aggressively here.
Bozzano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Long backwards.

Long breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Long.
A solid body kick from Long.
Bozzano misses the shot to the body.
Long uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bozzano.
Long plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Francesco Bozzano has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bozzano gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Christian Long!