PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Aires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Masseria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Aires
vs
Masseria

188 cm
19
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno Aires!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Masseria!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masseria misses with an uppercut
and Aires counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Masseria throws a hook to the side of Aires's head but Aires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aires staying out of range there.
Aires blocks a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Aires.

Aires shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Aires trying to control the pace.
Aires thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Masseria's head.
Aires 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masseria is looking to control Aires's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Masseria avoid being mounted?
Aires drops an elbow to the side of Masseria's head.
Aires content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Aires looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aires scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aires lands strikes from half guard.
Aires uses his free foot to push down on Masseria's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Masseria.
Aires connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires lands a couple of good shots and Masseria has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Masseria covering up well and avoiding damage.
Aires lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Masseria.
Aires controlling well, preventing Masseria from escaping the position.
Aires lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Masseria is in bad spot here.
Aires is punishing Masseria with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aires lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aires lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aires is hanging on to Masseria's back as he tries to escape.
Aires softening up his opponent with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aires lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Masseria wants to get back to his feet.
Aires loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Masseria hold on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Aires dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters circling - Masseria throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aires thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Masseria if he has to take too many more of those.
Aires uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masseria.
Masseria is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Aires scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Aires misses with the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Aires's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aires is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Masseria will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Masseria is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masseria is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Aires is putting a hurting on Masseria here, landing some big shots from side control.
Aires in side control lands a decent elbow.
Aires scores with a couple of short elbows.
Aires landing strikes.
Masseria gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Masseria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masseria taking shots to the head.

Masseria is rocked!
Masseria really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aires. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aires connects with a bit shot that sees Masseria covering up! More strikes from Aires and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Aires is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Aires!
Bruno Aires is the new middleweight champion!
Bruno Aires decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.