PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoplo Brute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiberio Celentano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brute comes to the cage accompanied by his teams song. Celentano has chosen The Godfather Theme Song as his entrance music. Tiberio Celentano acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Brute
vs
Celentano

185 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
219 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Experienced

L.A. Elite Clothing Co ($8.50 shorts and shirt)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoplo Brute!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiberio Celentano!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brute tests Celentano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Celentano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brute looks to land a right hand but Celentano moved out of range.
Celentano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Celentano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brute.
Brute misses with a jab to the body
and Celentano counters with a nice uppercut.
Celentano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Celentano fails to land with a series of punches.
Brute misses with a looping left.
Celentano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Celentano slips under a jab from Brute.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Celentano misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celentano has his takedown stuffed
and Brute counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Celentano thinking.
Celentano takes one on the button.
Brute dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Celentano looks gassed!
Brute misses the shot to the body.
Brute connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brute lands a jab.
Brute lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Celentano goes down and covers up as Brute starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hoplo Brute!
Hoplo Brute is the new light heavyweight champion!
An intense looking Hoplo Brute took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Our pankration is the most powerful, Aut vincere aut mori.'.