PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Herve Villechaize (ranked 4337 p4p, 4167 weight class) and Lam Brusco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lam Brusco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Herve Villechaize's chin.

Villechaize
vs
Brusco

180 cm
25
140
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
143
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Herve Villechaize!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lam Brusco!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villechaize avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brusco scores with a nice strike.

Villechaize closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Still in half guard, Villechaize seems content to control.
Villechaize has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Villechaize uses his free foot to push down on Brusco's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Brusco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villechaize is landing with some decent strikes but Brusco is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Villechaize lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villechaize lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villechaize looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Villechaize has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brusco tries to hold on but Villechaize pushes him away.
Villechaize working Brusco over with strikes here.
Villechaize dominating with strikes here.
Brusco is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Villechaize tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brusco tries to lock up and control but Villechaize gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Villechaize connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Villechaize controlling the position easily from mount.
Villechaize lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Villechaize cracks Brusco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villechaize controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Villechaize controlling his opponent.
Villechaize landing strikes from the mount and Brusco is in trouble!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Villechaize unloading with bombs!
Villechaize sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Villechaize will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Villechaize is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brusco can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Brusco is rocked!
Villechaize tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Villechaize lands a heavy elbow.
Brusco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Villechaize cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brusco is still in real trouble! Can Villechaize finish him?
Brusco is looking to improve his position but Villechaize isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villechaize controlling the position easily from mount.
Villechaize lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brusco hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brusco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Villechaize lands a couple of good shots and Brusco has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Villechaize controls the position.
The referee is taking a good look at Brusco as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Villechaize!
Villechaize lands a series of strikes from the back and Brusco goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herve Villechaize!