PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Quanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolaus Copernicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quanero comes to the ring accompanied by 537 CUBA. This should be fireworks!

Quanero
vs
Copernicus

188 cm
23
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
265 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Quanero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolaus Copernicus!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Quanero.
Copernicus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Quanero tries to bum rush Copernicus with a series of wild strikes but Copernicus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quanero lands with a slapping head kick.
Quanero leaves Copernicus with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Quanero seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Quanero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Copernicus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Quanero lands a left and a right that send Copernicus crashing to the mat, dazed. Quanero thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Copernicus is rocked!

It looks like Nikolaus Copernicus has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quanero throws a right and a left that Copernicus avoids nicely.
Copernicus is still on wobbly legs! Can Quanero finish him?
Quanero throws a quick inside leg kick.
Copernicus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Copernicus seems to have recovered his senses.
Quanero misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Quanero finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Copernicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quanero.
Quanero throws a right hand that Copernicus ducks under and follows up with a left that Copernicus also avoids with ease.

Copernicus moves into the clinch.
Quanero is looking to break free of the clinch but Copernicus has double underhooks.
Quanero missing with knees to the body.
Quanero taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Quanero's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Copernicus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Copernicus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Copernicus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Copernicus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quanero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Copernicus lands a nice shot to the body.
Quanero is trying to push Copernicus away but Copernicus has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quanero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Copernicus avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Copernicus.
Quanero tries to stall but Copernicus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Quanero trying to land knees to the body.
Copernicus lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quanero misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Copernicus.
Quanero is breathing heavily.
Quanero is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Copernicus lands with a light punch inside.
Copernicus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quanero backwards.

Quanero is rocked!
Copernicus swings wildly with an uppercut but Quanero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Quanero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quanero blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Copernicus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quanero seems to have got his legs back now.
Copernicus lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Copernicus.
Copernicus avoiding damage as Quanero throws knees to the body.

Quanero breaks from the clinch.

Copernicus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copernicus throws a big uppercut that drops Quanero! More strikes from Copernicus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Quanero lies dazed against the ropes as Copernicus celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolaus Copernicus!
Nikolaus Copernicus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.