PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Freitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Freitas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aurelius
vs
Freitas

175 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Aurelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Freitas !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aurelius with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Freitas lands a jab-cross combination.
Aurelius misses with a few strikes there.
Aurelius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Freitas throws a right hand that misses
and Aurelius counters with a left to the body.
Freitas misses with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a three punch combo that has Freitas backing up. Freitas nods at Aurelius to acknowledge the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Freitas there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freitas tests Aurelius's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Freitas lands with an overhand left.
Aurelius lunges at Freitas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Freitas 's hand.
Aurelius definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Freitas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Freitas dodges the punch combination from Aurelius.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius defending well as Freitas loads up on a big left hand.
Aurelius seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aurelius slips under a jab from Freitas .
Aurelius is looking for a counter combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Freitas !

Aurelius is rocked!
Aurelius misses with a wild combination.
Aurelius slips under a jab.
A combination from Aurelius does no damage.
Aurelius shoots in looking for a takedown. Freitas tries to sprawl out of it but Aurelius keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Freitas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aurelius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Freitas circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Freitas misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Freitas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Freitas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Freitas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Freitas connects with a right hand. Aurelius shakes it off.
Oh Aurelius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aurelius feints a jab promting Freitas to slip. Aurelius then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Freitas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Aurelius uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freitas .
Aurelius seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Freitas misses with a combination
and Aurelius counters with a three punch combo that has Freitas backing up. Freitas nods at Aurelius to acknowledge the strikes.
Aurelius seems to have got his legs back now.
Aurelius is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Freitas misses the target.
Nice straight punches there by Freitas . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Freitas .
Freitas misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Freitas looks to move away, Aurelius throws a big counter combo bu Freitas just gets out of the way.
Nice uppercut lands for Freitas . That snapped Aurelius's head back.
Aurelius tries to bum rush Freitas with a series of wild strikes but Freitas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aurelius slips a jab and a cross from Freitas .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freitas tries to bum rush Aurelius with a series of wild strikes but Aurelius uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freitas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Freitas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aurelius counters with a three punch combo that has Freitas backing up. Freitas nods at Aurelius to acknowledge the strikes.
Freitas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Freitas misses with a series of wild punches.
As Freitas tries to get set, Aurelius tries to push him back and clinch up but Freitas manages to avoid the attempt.
Freitas misses the jab.
Freitas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Freitas misses with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aurelius slips a jab and a cross from Freitas .
Freitas throws a nice looking combination but Aurelius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Freitas throws a series of punches but Aurelius avoids them all with ease.
Freitas throws a right hand that misses
and Aurelius counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Freitas is rocked!
Aurelius connects with a nice cross there... Freitas is looking wobbly and Aurelius recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Freitas to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Aurelius jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marcus Aurelius!