PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Epolito (ranked 4486 p4p, 4468 weight class) and Indigo Pleateu (ranked 371 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Epolito
vs
Pleateu

173 cm
25
153
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Epolito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Indigo Pleateu!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epolito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pleateu staying out of range there.
Pleateu lands the left hand.
Epolito takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Epolito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Epolito is stalling here.
Pleateu is stalling here.
Still in the clinch, Epolito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Epolito throws a punch but it's blocked by Pleateu.
Epolito is trying to stall.
Pleateu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short right from Pleateu.
A head punch on the inside from Epolito fails to land.
Epolito lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pleateu or not.
Epolito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epolito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Epolito - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Epolito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Epolito goes for a takedown attempt but Pleateu pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pleateu lands with an overhand left.
Epolito throws a body punch but Pleateu moves out of range.
Epolito throws an overhand right that lands on Pleateu's shoulder, as Pleateu tries to avoid the shot.
Epolito buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Epolito misses its intended target.
Pleateu lands with a hook. Epolito tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pleateu scores with a jab. Epolito acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Epolito walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epolito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Pleateu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Epolito scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pleateu.
Epolito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pleateu backwards.
A short right from Epolito.
Epolito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epolito works on Pleateu's body with a couple of short punches.
Pleateu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Epolito digs a right hand underneath Pleateu's ribcage. Pleateu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pleateu looks winded!
Epolito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pleateu as Epolito tries to tie him up.
Epolito misses with a punch to the body.
Epolito effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pleateu.
Pleateu blocks an uppercut.
Pleateu letting Epolito take a breather here.
Pleateu tries to work over Epolito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epolito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Epolito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Epolito lands a nice uppercut.
Pleateu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Epolito fails to land.
Epolito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epolito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Epolito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Epolito is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pleateu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pleateu takes a shot to the head.
Epolito misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pleateu blocks an elbow strike from Epolito.
Pleateu prevents a body shot from Epolito.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Epolito - that landed with a thud.
Epolito drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pleateu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Epolito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pleateu takes a shot to the head.
Epolito has a couple of punches blocked by Pleateu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pleateu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Epolito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Epolito scores with a shot to the side of Pleateu's head.
Pleateu blocking some punches.
Epolito has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pleateu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pleateu blocks an uppercut.
Pleateu blocks an uppercut.
Pleateu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Epolito.
Epolito tries to throw a body punch but Pleateu avoids it by throwing Epolito back against the cage.
Epolito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Epolito dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

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Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Epolito!