PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Lupertazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez comes to the cage accompanied by Hail Mary - Tupac. Diego Lupertazzi struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Diego Lupertazzi enters the cage!

Gonzalez
vs
Lupertazzi

185 cm
30
183 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

183 cm
31
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Gonzalez !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diego Lupertazzi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lupertazzi rushes Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Lupertazzi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Lupertazzi misses.

Lupertazzi clinches with his opponent.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Lupertazzi misses with an uppercut. Gonzalez saw that one coming.
Gonzalez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lupertazzi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lupertazzi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez throwing a counter right hand but Lupertazzi manages to avoid it.

Lupertazzi closes the distance and clinches.
Lupertazzi avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lupertazzi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupertazzi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lupertazzi cracks Gonzalez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lupertazzi.
It looked like Gonzalez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lupertazzi.

Lupertazzi darts in and clinches Gonzalez up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lupertazzi lands a hook that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
Lupertazzi stalling the fight.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi cracks a nice hook into Gonzalez 's ribs.
Lupertazzi looks to land a left hand but Gonzalez moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Gonzalez misses its target.

Lupertazzi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi lands a nice uppercut.
Lupertazzi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gonzalez .

Lupertazzi breaks from the clinch.
Lupertazzi works over Gonzalez 's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lupertazzi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi misses with a wild body shot.
A quick step to the side and Gonzalez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi misses with a body shot.

Lupertazzi pushes Gonzalez up against the cage in a clinch.

Lupertazzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi scores with a jab to the body.

Lupertazzi instigates a clinch.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lupertazzi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Lupertazzi.

Gonzalez is rocked!
Lupertazzi cracks Gonzalez with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Gonzalez tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Lupertazzi pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Gonzalez is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Lupertazzi!
The defeated Nick Gonzalez had this to say: 'Shit. The motherfuckers a beast what can I say. This aint gon stop the movement imma keep going. A fights a fight and shit happens but best believe ill be back no doubt. Shout out to the homies and fuck the haters COMPTON MOTHERFUCKERS!!'.