PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas De Ertu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teo Christofi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicolas De Ertu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Ertu
vs
Christofi

185 cm
23
192 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas De Ertu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teo Christofi!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christofi lands a lovely overhand right.
De Ertu with a poor takedown
and Christofi counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Christofi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. De Ertu is trying to defend but Christofi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Christofi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Ertu defending well though.
De Ertu lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Christofi working the head and body with strikes.
Christofi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
De Ertu regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Christofi.
Christofi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christofi cracks De Ertu with a solid left hand.
De Ertu thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Christofi throwing strikes but missing.
Christofi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christofi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Ertu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Ertu has momentary wrist control but Christofi slips an elbow through the middle.
Christofi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
De Ertu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Christofi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
De Ertu struggling a bit here.
De Ertu tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Christofi working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Ertu is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Christofi has just dragged him back down to the mat.
De Ertu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Christofi scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Ertu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

De Ertu is rocked!
De Ertu is not content to let Christofi control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Ertu is looking for a sweep.
Christofi in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
De Ertu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Christofi connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Ertu is trying to get back to half guard.
De Ertu taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oh De Ertu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christofi lands a strong strike to the head of De Ertu. That's dazed him! Christofi looking to finish here. De Ertu is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Christofi lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teo Christofi!
Teo Christofi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.