PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Macaco (ranked 1421 p4p, 2135 weight class) and Niko Radovic (ranked 202 p4p, 277 weight class). Macaco comes to the cage accompanied by Can’t Touch This. Radovic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: BAGS!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Macaco
vs
Radovic

185 cm
22
186
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
175
3 - 3 - 0

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Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Macaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Niko Radovic!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Radovic! But no joy.
Macaco takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Radovic slips a straight right by Macaco.

Macaco closes the distance and clinches.
Radovic pushes Macaco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Radovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macaco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radovic is trying to push Macaco away but Macaco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Macaco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Macaco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Radovic blocks an elbow strike from Macaco.
Macaco tries a body shot but Radovic blocks it.
Macaco presses Radovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Macaco is leaning against Radovic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Radovic looks winded!
Radovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Macaco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macaco misses with a punch on the inside.
Macaco blocking some punches.
Macaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Macaco misses with a punch to the body.
Macaco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Radovic's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Macaco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Macaco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Macaco lands an elbow just above Radovic 's eye.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Macaco blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macaco throws an elbow but misses.
Radovic tries a body shot but Macaco blocks it.
Macaco lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Macaco.
Macaco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Radovics head.

Radovic breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Radovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Macaco scores with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Macaco 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Macaco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macaco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco throws a low kick but it's checked well by Radovic.
Macaco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Radovic throws a leg kick but Macaco sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Radovic tries a low kick but Macaco avoids it.
Macaco throws a looping overhand right but Radovic ducks down to avoid it.
Macaco catches Radovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Radovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macaco.
Macaco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Macaco misses with an uppercut. Radovic saw that one coming.
Radovic connects with a jab.
We've been told by Macaco's head coaches at RBB Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Macaco throws a jab when Radovic was well out of range.
A nice leg kick from Macaco, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Radovic tenderised Macaco's leg. Macaco is trying to keep his angry face on.

Macaco drives through and clinches with Radovic against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Macaco blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Macaco.
Macaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A hook to the body from Macaco.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Radovic avoids the elbow strike from Macaco, against the cage.
Radovic dodges an elbow strike from Macaco.
Radovic can't find room to land a body shot as Macaco controls the action.
Radovic lands a nice uppercut.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macaco lands a shoulder strike.
Macaco blocking some punches.
Macaco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radovic working aggressively here.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Macaco.
Macaco tries a body shot but Radovic blocks it.
Radovic lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macaco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Macaco can't find room to land a body shot as Radovic controls the action.
Macaco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Macaco as the two fighters clinch.
Macaco throws an elbow that misses.
Radovic prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Nice elbow from Macaco.

Radovic is rocked!
Radovic tries to work over Macaco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Radovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Macaco finish him?
Radovic blocks an elbow strike.
Radovic seems to have recovered his senses.
Radovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Macaco.
Radovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Macaco has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Radovic fails to land.
Radovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Radovic working aggressively here.
Macaco lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Macaco.
Radovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Radovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Macaco tries to throw a body punch but Radovic avoids it by throwing Macaco back against the cage.
Macaco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Radovic.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Macaco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Macaco swings widly with a right hand
and Radovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Radovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Macaco. That did some damage!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Macaco lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Radovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Radovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Radovic flicks out a counter leg kick but Macaco steps away.
Macaco is looking to clinch.
Radovic throws out a counter right but Macaco avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Macaco.
Macaco throwing a counter right hand but Radovic manages to avoid it.
Macaco fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Radovic checks it well.
Radovic flicks out a counter leg kick but Macaco steps away.
Radovic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Macaco misses the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diego Macaco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macaco misses with a straight left.
Radovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Macaco.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Macaco attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Radovic throws a leg kick which misses Macaco's front leg but catches the back leg as Macaco tries to avoid it.
Radovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Macaco was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Macaco has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radovic blocks a jab.
Macaco tries to land a leg kick but Radovic saw it coming and moves away.
Radovic jabs at Macaco's body.
Macaco blocks the body kick.
Macaco throws a solid leg kick but Radovic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Macaco.
Radovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Macaco.
Macaco fires out a quick counter leg kick but Radovic just manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Radovic.
Radovic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Radovic misses.
Radovic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A cross from Radovic lands.
Radovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Macaco momentarily.
Macaco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Macaco takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macaco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Macaco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Macaco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Radovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Macaco's sensitive parts.
Radovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Macaco wants to land a leg kick but Radovic is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Macaco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Radovic throws out a counter right but Macaco avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick from Macaco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Macaco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Radovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice cross by Radovic.
Niko Radovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Radovic looks to land a left hand but Macaco moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radovic looks to land a left hand but Macaco moved out of range nicely.
Radovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Macaco's head.
Macaco gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Radovic checks a leg kick nicely.
Macaco throws a head kick but Radovic moves out of range.
A low kick from Radovic misses
letting Macaco counter with a right hand.
Macaco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Radovic can do to turn this around?
Macaco lands with a right hand.
Macaco blocks a jab.
Macaco tries to clinch up.
Radovic throws a wild body kick that Macaco sees coming a mile off.
Macaco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Radovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Radovic has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Macaco scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radovic clobbers Macaco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Macaco moves into the clinch.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Radovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Radovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Macaco backwards.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.

Radovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Macaco lands a head shot.
Macaco's corner calls for a 1-2. Macaco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Macaco misses with a leg kick
and Radovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Radovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Macaco.
Macaco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Radovic.
Macaco misses with a low kick.
Radovic checks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Radovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Macaco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Radovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macaco throws out the jab.
Radovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Macaco on the side of the head.
Radovic catches Macaco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Macaco throws a jab but it's blocked by Radovic.
Radovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Macaco.
Macaco attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Radovic is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Macaco throws a quick inside leg kick.
Radovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Radovic looks to move away, Macaco throws a big counter combo but Radovic just gets out of the way.
Radovic throws a low kick but Macaco avoids it.
Radovic misses with a lunging right hand
letting Macaco counter with a right hand.
Radovic tries a low kick but Macaco avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Macaco there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaco digs a good body shot into Radovic's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Radovic.
Radovic throws a head kick that misses.
Macaco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Macaco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Radovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Radovic walks into a straight right hand from Macaco.
Macaco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Radovic.
Macaco uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Radovic has time to react.
Radovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Radovic connects with a right hand. Macaco shakes it off.
Good leg kick by Radovic.
Radovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Macaco is just out of range.
Radovic swings widly with a right hand
and Macaco counters with a big right hand! Oh Radovic is in trouble here! Macaco follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Macaco!
Our winner, Diego Macaco, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.