PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Bezerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Macotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bezerra comes into the arena with Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You blaring out of the sound system. Macotti has chosen Drown - Theory of a Deadman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bezerra
vs
Macotti

184 cm
27
191 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

190 cm
34
202 lbs
28 - 16 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition

My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`)

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Bezerra!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Macotti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bezerra prevents a body shot from Macotti.
Bezerra gets through Macotti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macotti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bezerra's brow.
Bezerra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Macotti misses with a body punch.
A short right from Bezerra on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macotti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bezerra's brow.
Bezerra blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Macotti fails to land.
Bezerra pushes Macotti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Macotti misses with an elbow over the top.
Bezerra lands a left hand.
Bezerra has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch on the inside from Bezerra fails to land.
Macotti taking a breather.
Macotti scores with a shoulder strike.
Macotti looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bezerra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Bezerra on the inside.
Macotti blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezerra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macottis head.
Bezerra has a couple of punches blocked by Macotti.
Macotti lands an elbow inside.
Macotti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bezerra.
Bezerra lands with a light punch inside.
Bezerra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Macotti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bezerra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bezerra lands with a right to the head.
The referee calls for Macotti to work.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macotti throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bezerra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Macotti's coach down at 3Band MMA ($500/week) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Macotti's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Macotti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macotti stalling in the clinch but Bezerra improves position.
Bezerra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bezerra.
Still in the clinch, Bezerra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Macotti prevents a body shot from Bezerra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bezerra.
Bezerra working aggressively here.
Macotti swings wildly with an uppercut but Bezerra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bezerra pushes Macotti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Macotti throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezerra.
Macotti throws an elbow but it misses.
Bezerra gets through Macotti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bezerra blocks an elbow strike.
Bezerra gets through Macotti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Macotti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Macotti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Macotti.
A short left from Macotti.
A right hook to the body lands for Bezerra.
Macotti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bezerra scores with a shot to the side of Macotti's head.
Macotti takes a shot to the head.
Macotti misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macotti throws an elbow but it misses.
Macotti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bezerra lands with a right to the head.
Macotti misses with the head strike.
A short left from Bezerra.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bezerra.
Bezerra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Macotti or not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bezerra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Macotti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bezerra's elbow.
Bezerra struggles to land a body shot inside as Macotti controls his hands.
Bezerra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Bezerra.
Macotti throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezerra.
The referee is keeping an eye on Macotti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bezerra avoids a wild elbow strike from Macotti.
A right hook to the body lands for Bezerra.
Bezerra misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macotti throws an elbow but it misses.
Macotti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bezerra backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macotti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bezerra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bezerra lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macotti looks winded!
Bezerra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Bezerra.
Macotti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bezerra lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Bezerra.
Bezerra lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Macotti pushes off an throws an elbow but Bezerra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bezerra.
Bezerra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Macotti backwards.
Macotti misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Bezerra.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Macotti takes a shot to the head.
Bezerra lands a nice shot to the body.
Bezerra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Bezerra dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Bezerra.
Macotti tries to clinch up.
Macotti moves out of range as Bezerra strikes.
Marco Macotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macotti tries to clinch but Bezerra moves out of range.
Macotti tries for a takedown but Bezerra circles away easily
and Bezerra counters with a nice body shot.
Bezerra moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marco Macotti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bezerra scores with the left hand. Macotti knows he should have avoided that one.

Macotti is rocked!
Bezerra lets loose with a powerful body kick. Macotti will feel that in the morning.
Macotti is still on wobbly legs! Can Bezerra finish him?
Bezerra connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Macotti seems to have recovered his senses.
Bezerra throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bezerra thows a body kick. Macotti tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Macotti. Bezerra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bezerra lands a nice looking kick to the body. Macotti takes a step back to recover.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bezerra jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Macotti wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bezerra there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Bezerra lands a big uppercut and Macotti crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Macotti looks OK. Bezerra waves Macotti back to his feet!
Macotti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bezerra.
Macotti is breathing heavily.
Bezerra connects with a body shot.
Bezerra scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macotti avoids a kick to the body.
Bezerra throws a head kick but Macotti moves out of range.
Bezerra stuns Macotti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bezerra lands a nice looking body shot.
Bezerra lands a leg kick that knocks Macotti off balance momentarily.

Bezerra feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Macotti sprawling to the canvas! Macotti rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bezerra finish him?!
Bezerra chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bezerra throws a half hearted mid kick.
Macotti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bezerra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Macotti can do to turn this around?
Bezerra drops Macotti with a big left hand! Macotti is injured, injured bad! Bezerra jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Bezerra!
Bruno Bezerra retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Bruno Bezerra made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.