PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigey Maquigregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riki Maru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maru has chosen Chris Brown - Ayo as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Maquigregor
vs
Maru

170 cm
22
139 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

183 cm
28
204 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tigey Maquigregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Riki Maru!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maquigregor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maquigregor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Maquigregor throws a right and a left that Maru avoids nicely.
And Maru tries to counter it with a takedown but Maquigregor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Maru is looking to clinch.
Maru fails with the takedown.
Maru looks to score with a jab to the body but Maquigregor is just out of range.

Maru shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maru showed some decent athleticism there.
Maquigregor trying to control but Maru postures up.
Maquigregor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maru with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Maru not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maru missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Maru throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Maru wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maquigregor keeps working.
Maquigregor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maru.
Maru wants to take a breather but Maquigregor is having none of it.
Maru missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maru working Maquigregor over with strikes.
Maru working the head and body with strikes.
Maru has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maru sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maquigregor defending well though.
Maru keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maru trying to control from half guard but Maquigregor is working away.
Maru lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maquigregor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maru.
Maquigregor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maquigregor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Maru is working away from the top position though.
Maru passes to full mount!
Maru looking to control but Maquigregor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maru misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maru with good strikes from the mount here!
Maru tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Maquigregor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maru.
Maru raining down shots from the mount!
Maru takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Maru has control of Maquigregor's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Maquigregor regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Maru fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maru working Maquigregor over with strikes here.
Maquigregor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maru on the ground.
Maquigregor wants to hold on but Maru pushes him away.
Maru misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maru trying to control but Maquigregor is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Maru.
Maru tries to control but Maquigregor wriggling away.
Maru landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Maru putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maru unloading with bombs!
Maru throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Maru unloads with some shots from mount but Maquigregor bucks and avoids them well.
Maru lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maru landing strikes from the mount.

Maquigregor is rocked!
Maru tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Maru connects with a bit shot that sees Maquigregor covering up! More strikes from Maru and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Maru is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riki Maru!
An out of breath Riki Maru thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.