PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giacomo Bandolero (ranked 4546 p4p, 2305 weight class) and Ariel Pérez (ranked 250 p4p, 153 weight class). Bandolero comes into the arena with Bandolero blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bandolero
vs
Pérez

166 cm
24
138
5 - 10 - 0

165 cm
24
145
9 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Giacomo Bandolero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ariel Pérez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandolero throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pérez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pérez misses with a straight left.
Bandolero tries to bum rush Pérez with a series of wild strikes but Pérez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pérez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pérez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bandolero tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pérez swivels and escapes.
Pérez misses with a straight left.
Bandolero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pérez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pérez! But no joy.
Bandolero throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pérez's waist but Pérez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bandolero off to one side.
Pérez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pérez throws a looping overhand right but Bandolero ducks down to avoid it.
Pérez misses with a hook.

Bandolero moves into the clinch successfully.

Pérez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pérez.
Pérez lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pérez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bandolero.
Bandolero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pérez.
Pérez throws a hook but Bandolero blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pérez misses with a body shot.
Pérez looks to score with a jab to the body but Bandolero is just out of range.
Bandolero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bandolero steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pérez.
Pérez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bandolero.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giacomo Bandolero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bandolero dives in for a single leg takedown but Pérez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Pérez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bandolero stalling the fight.

Pérez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pérez lunges at Bandolero with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bandolero's hand.
Bandolero moves in looking to clinch but Pérez pushes him off.
Pérez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bandolero tries to clinch up.
Pérez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandolero was well out of range. Poor timing from Pérez.
Nice sprawl there from Pérez as Bandolero shoots in.
Bandolero takes one to the side of the head.
Pérez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pérez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bandolero circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pérez scores with a three punch combo!

Bandolero is rocked!
Bandolero throws a leg kick but Pérez checks it.
Oh Bandolero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pérez swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandolero.
Bandolero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pérez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pérez works the jab nicely.
and Pérez counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Bandolero! He's just covering up as Pérez starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ariel Pérez!
A very excited looking Ariel Pérez 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.