PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elinaftali Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fort Minor - Remember The Name. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Nascimento
vs
Marques

210 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elinaftali Nascimento!
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, Charles Marques!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Marques working hard to break the clinch.
Nascimento using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nascimento looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nascimento definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nascimento really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nascimento is looking to clinch.
Marques tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nascimento tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Marques tries to keep at a distance but Nascimento has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nascimento keeps control of Marques as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nascimento lands a good knee to the midsection. Marques won't want to take too many of those.
Nascimento lands a nice knee to the body.
Marques looks winded!

Nascimento escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nascimento closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nascimento scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Charles Marques has been cut.
Nascimento scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marques is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nascimento is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nascimento pushes Marques up against the cage in a clinch.
Nascimento working Marques over with knees to the body.
Nascimento lands a knee to the body.
Nascimento lands a knee to the body.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento tries to clinch but Marques is having none of it.
Nascimento connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circle, before Nascimento throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Marques's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Nascimento lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Elinaftali Nascimento!
Our winner, Elinaftali Nascimento, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.