PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phill Bunce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Matias Demaestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Enzo Matias Demaestri has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bunce
vs
Matias Demaestri

192 cm
29
223 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

200 cm
26
212 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phill Bunce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enzo Matias Demaestri!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunce lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Enzo Matias Demaestri has been cut.
Bunce slips a straight right by Demaestri.
Bunce scores with a decent looking hook.
Bunce misses with a looping left.
Demaestri walks into a straight right hand from Bunce.
The crowd cheers as Bunce lands an impressive looking overhand right. Demaestri doesn't seem phased though.
Bunce on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bunce misses with a body shot.
Bunce throws a jab when Demaestri was well out of range.
As Bunce backs off Demaestri throws a huge counter combo but Bunce manages to avoid it all.
Bunce looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bunce misses with a hook

and Demaestri counters with a crisp one two that drops Bunce! Demaestri thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bunce to his feet! Bunce is in big trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunce connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bunce drops Demaestri with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Demaestri looks back up at him and smiles so Bunce waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Demaestri is rocked!

That has opened up Enzo Matias Demaestri's cut even more.
Bunce throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Demaestri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demaestri takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A combination from Demaestri does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demaestri scores with a nice right hand.
We've been informed that Demaestri has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bunce throws a poor cross that misses
and Bunce takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Bunce is rocked!
Bunce throws a lazy uppercut
and Demaestri counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Enzo Matias Demaestri!
After winning the bout, Enzo Matias Demaestri thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.