PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Bizarria (ranked 1733 p4p, 244 weight class) and Hector Stefan (ranked 864 p4p, 129 weight class). Bizarria kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stefan's choice of entrance music: Onward to Victory. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bizarria
vs
Stefan

183 cm
31
211 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

190 cm
30
216 lbs
13 - 5 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

FORCEE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luciano Bizarria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Hector Stefan!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stefan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bizarria circles away.
Stefan wants to clinch.
Stefan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stefan wants to clinch up but Bizarria keeps it at a distance.
Bizarria half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stefan wants to clinch up but Bizarria keeps it at a distance.
Bizarria changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Stefan tries to close the distance and clinch but Bizarria swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Stefan rushes Bizarria and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefan holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Bizarria gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Stefan regains guard.
Stefan pulls Bizarria in to control the position.
Stefan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bizarria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stefan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stefan is looking to stand back up but Bizarria counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Stefan.
Stefan tries to roll over but Bizarria keeps him under control.
Bizarria throwing shots but Stefan is blocking nicely.
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.
Bizarria is keen to just control but Stefan is a slippery customer.
Bizarria wants to pass to mount but Stefan is defending the position.
Bizarria thows a huge punch but Stefan dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Bizarria.
Bizarria thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stefan's head.
Bizarria wants to control but Stefan is keeping him busy.
Bizarria throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stefan to regain full guard.
Bizarria throws a big elbow that misses.
Bizarria trying to control but Stefan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bizarria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stefan wants to stand but Bizarria is controlling the position.
Stefan has Bizarria pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stefan tries to clinch up

and Bizarria counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Stefan pushes Bizarria off but Bizarria dives into side control.
Bizarria fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bizarria tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bizarria lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bizarria creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Stefan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bizarria misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bizarria throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Stefan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bizarria is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stefan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bizarria is working Stefan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bizarria 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bizarria misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Stefan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano Bizarria dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Stefan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stefan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bizarria.
Stefan lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Luciano Bizarria has been cut.
Stefan moves to clinch but Bizarria breaks away

so Bizarria counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Stefan pushes Bizarria off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Bizarria avoids the head kick by Stefan.
Bizarria attempts a counter takedown but Stefan avoids it well and moves away.
Bizarria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stefan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bizarria's head.
Stefan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bizarria is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Stefan tries to clinch but Bizarria is having none of it.
Bizarria attempts a counter takedown but Stefan avoids it well and moves away.
Stefan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizarria circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stefan forces Bizarria back against the cage and clinches.
Bizarria can't break the clinch.
Stefan is trying to maintain a safe position but Bizarria gets an underhook and turns Stefan into the cage.
Bizarria drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stefan throws a head punch that misses.
Bizarria goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stefan prevents it.
Bizarria looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano Bizarria. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stefan prevents the takedown attempt.
Stefan trying to control the position but instead, Bizarria has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stefan into the cage.

Stefan breaks the clinch.

Stefan pushes Bizarria up against the cage in a clinch.
Stefan gets underhooks to prevent Bizarria's takedown attempt.
Stefan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Stefan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stefan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bizarria slips under a jab from Stefan.
Bizarria changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hector Stefan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefan tries to clinch up.
Stefan tries a head kick but it misses.
Stefan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bizarria manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bizarria attempts a counter takedown but Stefan avoids it well and moves away.
Bizarria blocks a head kick by Stefan.
Bizarria tries to counter with a takedown but Stefan is quick to defend against it.
Bizarria avoids the head kick by Stefan.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stefan stops a takedown attempt from Bizarria.

Bizarria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hector Stefan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stefan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stefan throws a lazy head kick

and Bizarria counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Stefan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bizarria.
Stefan pulls Bizarria in close to prevent any damage.
Bizarria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stefan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stefan wants to get back to his feet but Bizarria is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bizarria postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bizarria with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bizarria makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Stefan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luciano Bizarria's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bizarria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stefan.
Bizarria half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bizarria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hector Stefan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bizarria moves out of range of the strikes.
Bizarria attempts a counter takedown but Stefan avoids it well and moves away.
Stefan throws a sloppy head kick

and Bizarria counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stefan won't be happy with that.
Bizarria landing strikes.
Stefan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bizarria looks up at the clock and then as Stefan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bizarria smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bizarria misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bizarria lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stefan down.
Bizarria with the ground and pound but Stefan regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Stefan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bizarria.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizarria throwing shots but Stefan is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bizarria in particular looking to stall.
Bizarria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bizarria not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bizarria prevents Stefan from standing back up.
Bizarria sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stefan defending well though.
Bizarria working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bizarria trying to pass the guard but Stefan defending well.
Luciano Bizarria overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stefan is looking to get back to is feet but Bizarria passes into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefan struggling a bit here.
The ground and pound from Bizarria seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Stefan is looking for a sweep.
The strikes coming from Bizarria are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Bizarria is trying to get an arm triangle but Stefan is defending well.
Stefan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bizarria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stefan defending well though.
Stefan wants to control but Bizarria is keeping busy.
Bizarria throwing shots but Stefan is blocking nicely.
Bizarria working over Stefan with some ground and pound. Stefan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bizarria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bizarria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bizarria seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bizarria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bizarria connects with a nice short shot to Stefan's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bizarria with the ground and pound but Stefan uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bizarria trying to control the position from guard on top but Stefan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bizarria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bizarria advances to half guard.
Bizarria thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stefan's head.
Bizarria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bizarria throwing shots but Stefan is blocking nicely.
Stefan is trying to control but can't.
Stefan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bizarria haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luciano Bizarria showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bizarria has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luciano Bizarria!