PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonardo Leonardo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marco Polo's chin.

Polo
vs
Leonardo

195 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonardo Leonardo!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Polo.

Polo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Polo is stalling in the full guard.
Leonardo can't keep his opponent in guard - Polo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Polo not doing much here.
Leonardo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Polo is working away from the top position though.
Polo passes the guard and advances to mount!

Leonardo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Polo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leonardo is looking to escape.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Leonardo has eaten all the pies!
Leonardo is looking to improve his position but Polo isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Polo working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Leonardo looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Polo! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Marco Polo!
Marco Polo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.