PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Rezende Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lambo Gallardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rezende Jr
vs
Gallardo

187 cm
24
214 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Rezende Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lambo Gallardo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallardo closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Marcus Rezende Jr has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rezende Jr lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gallardo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gallardo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gallardo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gallardo tries to bum rush Rezende Jr with a series of wild strikes but Rezende Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rezende Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gallardo gets a clinch.
Gallardo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rezende Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Gallardo on the inside.
Gallardo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rezende Jr tries to break the clinch but Gallardo is controlling the position.
Rezende Jr fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rezende Jr being controlled against the cage.
Rezende Jr is trying to break the clinch but Gallardo has him pressed against the cage.
Gallardo cracks Rezende Jr with a nice body shot.
Rezende Jr is breathing heavily.
Gallardo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallardo prevents a body shot from Rezende Jr.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallardo.
Gallardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rezende Jr.
Gallardo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gallardo lands a nice shot to the body.
Gallardo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gallardo lands an uppercut.
Gallardo lands a shot to the body.
Gallardo lands a knee to the head.
Gallardo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rezende Jr or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallardo stalling against the cage.
Gallardo lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Gallardo - that landed with a thud.
Gallardo content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo lands a nice uppercut.
Gallardo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gallardo slows down the pace here.
Gallardo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallardo.
Gallardo lands a body punch.
Gallardo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gallardo lands a hook that snaps the head of Rezende Jr backwards.
Gallardo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gallardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallardo digs a right hand into Rezende Jr's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rezende Jr's gas tank.
Gallardo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rezende Jr.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gallardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gallardo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gallardo lands a nice shot to the body.
Gallardo cracks Rezende Jr with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Gallardo.
Gallardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Gallardo.
A short right from Gallardo.
Gallardo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gallardo scores with a shot to the side of Rezende Jr's head.

Rezende Jr is rocked!
Gallardo works on Rezende Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Rezende Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallardo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rezende Jr backwards.
Gallardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallardo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gallardo lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo lands a right hand.
Gallardo works on Rezende Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Gallardo.
Nice body punch from Gallardo - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from Gallardo as the two fighters clinch.
Gallardo avoiding damage.
Rezende Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Gallardo pushes Rezende Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gallardo lands a nice shot to the body.
Gallardo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallardo.
Gallardo creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Rezende Jr with a big uppercut! Rezende Jr tries to clinch up but Gallardo pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Rezende Jr to the mat! Rezende Jr covers up and Gallardo unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lambo Gallardo!