PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Speziale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lima comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman, Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lima
vs
Speziale

187 cm
29
177 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

200 cm
23
181 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manu Speziale!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima has his takedown stuffed
letting Speziale counter with a right hand.
Speziale jabs Lima to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A lazy body kick from Lima
and Speziale counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Fabio Lima has been cut.
Speziale scores with a body shot.
Speziale misses with a body shot.
Lima gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Speziale counter with a right hand.
Lima throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Lima moves into the clinch successfully.
Lima pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speziale works on Lima's body with a couple of short punches.
Lima is breathing heavily.
Speziale lands a body punch in the clinch.
Speziale'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.
Speziale lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Speziale.
A short uppercut from Speziale.
Speziale'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.
Speziale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Speziale scores a nice knee to the body.
Speziale lands a good knee to the midsection. Lima won't want to take too many of those.
Speziale gets through Lima's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speziale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Speziale stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Speziale lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Speziale.
Speziale lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lima backwards.
Speziale works on Lima's body with a couple of short punches.
Come on Speziale - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Speziale lands with a short shot to the head.

Lima is rocked!
Speziale lands a left hand.
Oh Lima is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Speziale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lima seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Speziale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Speziale stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Speziale crunches a lovely knee into Lima's ribcage.
Speziale avoids the elbow strike from Lima, against the cage.

Speziale manages to break the clinch.
Lima is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Speziale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lima on the side of the head.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Speziale! Lima is out on his feet! Speziale rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Lima is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Lima is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manu Speziale!