PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Red Cup (ranked 24554 p4p, 21464 weight class) and Dante Fiaschi (ranked 693 p4p, 661 weight class). Fiaschi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man. Red Cup has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cup
vs
Fiaschi

190 cm
37
191
8 - 17 - 1

187 cm
29
185
10 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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 8 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Cup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Fiaschi!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cup lands a jab to the nose.
We've been told by Cup's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cup fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Cup clinches up against the cage.

Cup gets control of Fiaschi's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cup will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fiaschi wants to pass the guard but Cup is keeping the position.
Fiaschi wants to stand but Cup has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Cup has his feet on Fiaschi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Cup misses with an uppercut.

Fiaschi tries to keep at a distance but Cup has taken the fight into the clinch.

Cup breaks from the clinch.
Cup throws a poor cross that misses
letting Fiaschi counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cup drives through and clinches with Fiaschi against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cup is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Cup pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fiaschi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fiaschi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Cup gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Fiaschi breaks the clinch.
Fiaschi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Red Cup seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cup jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Cup shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Fiaschi's guard.
Cup pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiaschi is keeping the position for now.
Cup controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cup pushing down on Fiaschi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fiaschi is trying to stand back up but Cup is controlling him
Cup works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cup looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fiaschi is looking to improve his position but Cup isn't that keen on the idea.
Fiaschi is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Cup has taken his back.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Cup's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Cup slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Fiaschi is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Cup off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
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.

Cup is persistently looking for the submission but Fiaschi is defending it well.

Fiaschi is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Cup gets his way!
I really don't envy Fiaschi right now.
Cup has good solid back control here.
Fiaschi is trying to get back to his feet but Cup has full control of the position and if anything, Fiaschi has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cup trying to control momentarily.
Fiaschi is in bad spot here.
Cup wants to control but Fiaschi is keeping busy.
Cup is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Fiaschi is keeping busy.

Fiaschi preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Cup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Cup dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fiaschi moves away from the strike by Cup.
Fiaschi tries to clinch up.

Fiaschi shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cup napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Red Cup overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Fiaschi is trying to get an arm triangle but Cup is defending well.
Cup is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fiaschi off and has taken his back!
Cup controlling the position well here. Fiaschi rolled but Cup kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Fiaschi trying to control but not successfully.
Cup controlling from the back.

Cup has got one arm under Fiaschi's chin. This could be trouble... Fiaschi trying to control the other hand but Cup gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Fiaschi has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Red Cup!
A very excited looking Red Cup made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.