PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markus Fittz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guillermo Espada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Espada has chosen Greedy Fly as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fittz
vs
Espada

194 cm
26
223 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
30
200 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Markus Fittz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guillermo Espada!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espada connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Espada has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fittz is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Fittz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Espada circles away quickly and effectively.
Espada displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fittz throws out the jab.
We've been hearing reports that Fittz has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Espada lands with a nice body punch.
Fittz is breathing heavily.
Espada paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Espada misses with an uppercut.
Espada tests Fittz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fittz tries to bum rush Espada with a series of wild strikes but Espada uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fittz takes one on the button.
Espada scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Espada lands a big uppercut and Fittz crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Fittz looks OK. Espada waves Fittz back to his feet!

Fittz is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Espada misses with a straight left.
Oh Fittz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Espada moves in close and cracks Fittz with a massive right hand! Fittz, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Espada!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Guillermo Espada!
Guillermo Espada seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.