PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marinho Macedo (ranked 4222 p4p, 6517 weight class) and Vittor Lia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Vittor Lia enters the cage!

Macedo
vs
Lia

182 cm
25
182
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
196
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marinho Macedo!
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, Vittor Lia!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macedo looks to score with a jab to the body but Lia is just out of range.
Macedo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lia just misses with a punch to the body.
Lia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Macedo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macedo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lia connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lia clobbers Macedo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Macedo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lia.
Lia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Macedo counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lia misses with a shot to the body
and Macedo counters with an outside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Lia misses
and Macedo counters with a nice uppercut.
Lia misses with a wild body shot.
Macedo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Macedo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lia.
Lia swings widly with a right hand
and Macedo counters with a good low kick that Lia was not able to check.
Macedo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Macedo coming out on top.
Lia throws a right and a left that Macedo avoids nicely.
Macedo thinks about countering with a body kick.
A big left from Lia misses.
Macedo scores with the left hand. Lia knows he should have avoided that one.
Lia lands with a nice body punch.
Lia looks to land a combination but Macedo avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lia falls off balance throwing a combination

and Macedo counters with a big uppercut that knocks Lia off his feet! Macedo dives into side control looking to finish!

Lia is rocked!
Macedo working the head with strikes.
Lia is still in real trouble! Can Macedo finish him?
Macedo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lia some visible discomfort.
Macedo scoring with punches and elbows.
Macedo scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Lia is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Macedo can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marinho Macedo!