PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Kerbouchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olavo Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kerbouchard
vs
Miranda

187 cm
22
224 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

197 cm
21
223 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Kerbouchard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Olavo Miranda!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kerbouchard blocks a head kick by Miranda.
Kerbouchard misses with a looping right.
Miranda lands a leg kick that knocks Kerbouchard off balance momentarily.
Kerbouchard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Miranda. Miranda obviously looking to wear him down.
Kerbouchard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miranda lands a nice hook to Kerbouchard's body. Kerbouchard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Miranda throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kerbouchard.
Miranda throws a sloppy head kick and Kerbouchard moves out of range easily.
Miranda takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Miranda has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Miranda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olavo Miranda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miranda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miranda closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kerbouchard feints and then cracks Miranda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Miranda down.
Kerbouchard blocks a head kick by Miranda.
Miranda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miranda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kerbouchard circles away quickly and effectively.
Kerbouchard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Miranda manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miranda takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Miranda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kerbouchard.
Miranda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Miranda does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kerbouchard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Kerbouchard is rocked!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Miranda! Kerbouchard is out on his feet! Miranda rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Kerbouchard is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Kerbouchard is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olavo Miranda!
A relieved looking Olavo Miranda thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.