PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danial Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caruso Lombardi has chosen Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ricardo Caruso Lombardi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Danial Frank's chin.

Frank
vs
Caruso Lombardi

214 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

168 cm
21
167 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danial Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Caruso Lombardi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caruso Lombardi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caruso Lombardi connects with a leg kick. Frank looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Caruso Lombardi throws a wild body kick that Frank sees coming a mile off.
Caruso Lombardi throws a series of strikes that have Frank backpedaling.

Frank is rocked!

It looks like Danial Frank has been cut.
Caruso Lombardi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Oh Frank is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Frank dodges the punch combination from Caruso Lombardi.
Frank has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Caruso Lombardi.
Frank seems to have got his legs back now.
Caruso Lombardi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Frank shoots in looking for a takedown but Caruso Lombardi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Frank's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sloppy strikes from Frank. Those never looked like landing.
Caruso Lombardi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Caruso Lombardi misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caruso Lombardi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caruso Lombardi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
No joy there for Caruso Lombardi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank avoids the head kick by Caruso Lombardi.
Frank goes for a double leg but Caruso Lombardi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Caruso Lombardi continues to drive forward.
Caruso Lombardi misses with a kick to the body.
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caruso Lombardi.
Caruso Lombardi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Caruso Lombardi scoring well with a low kick there.
Frank avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caruso Lombardi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caruso Lombardi throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Frank crashing down! Frank tries to stagger back to his feet but Caruso Lombardi just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Frank asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Caruso Lombardi!
In his post fight interview, Ricardo Caruso Lombardi started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.