PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny Micahels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luchino Fabrazio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luchino Fabrazio is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Micahels
vs
Fabrazio

172 cm
20
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
147 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Micahels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luchino Fabrazio!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fabrazio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Micahels.
Micahels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fabrazio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Micahels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Micahels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Micahels tries to clinch up.
Micahels moves in looking to clinch but Fabrazio pushes him off.
A big right from Micahels misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Micahels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danny Micahels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Micahels misses.

Micahels rushes Fabrazio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Micahels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fabrazio.
Micahels misses with a knee to the head.
Fabrazio is looking to break free of the clinch but Micahels has double underhooks.
Micahels with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Micahels.
Fabrazio wants to break free but Micahels has control.
Fabrazio dodges an elbow strike from Micahels.
Micahels tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fabrazio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fabrazio wants to break free but Micahels has control.
Fabrazio has had enough of the clinch but Micahels keeps him there for the moment.
Micahels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fabrazio.
Fabrazio can't get the takedown.
Fabrazio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fabrazio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fabrazio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Micahels has him pressed against the cage.
Micahels landing knees to the head.
Micahels throws a knee to the head but misses.

Fabrazio is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Micahels can't fight it off and eventually Fabrazio manages to take the fight to the floor. Micahels looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fabrazio is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabrazio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Micahels is trying to control the position but Fabrazio postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabrazio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fabrazio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Micahels keeping moving, preventing Fabrazio from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fabrazio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fabrazio looks gassed!
Micahels looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Micahels keeping moving, preventing Fabrazio from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luchino Fabrazio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Fabrazio.
The fight stays on the outside here - Micahels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Micahels tries to clinch up but Fabrazio circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fabrazio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Micahels wants to clinch.
Micahels fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabrazio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Micahels wants to clinch up but Fabrazio keeps it at a distance.
Micahels slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Micahels drops Fabrazio with a naaaaasty hook - Fabrazio is in real trouble here! Micahels dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Micahels!