PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ciro Bottini (ranked 4967 p4p, 25775 weight class) and Ogedei Khan (ranked 537 p4p, 730 weight class). Bottini's entrance music is Proteus - Stravaganza. A fine choice. 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?

Bottini
vs
Khan

185 cm
18
195
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
190
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ciro Bottini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ogedei Khan!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bottini throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan shoots in for a takedown but Bottini shows good takedown defense.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bottini.
Khan closes the distance and clinches up with Bottini, looking for a takedown. Khan pushes Bottini against the cage but Bottini circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
It looked like Bottini was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Khan.
Bottini throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan slips under a jab.

Bottini has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Bottini can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.

Bottini has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Khan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Khan grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottini is trying to stick to Khan's back but Khan is turning into Bottini. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Bottini's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Khan.
Bottini wants to hit a sweep here but Khan passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bottini there!
Bottini knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khan on the ground.
Khan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bottini has given up his back here.
Khan trying to control momentarily.
Bottini trying to control the action but Khan just sinks the hooks in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bottini defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Khan's arms.
Bottini tries to roll but Khan sticks to his back.
Bottini breaks Khan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Khan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bottini working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan is trying to keep Bottini in close.
Bottini seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan working a defensive guard here.
Bottini content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bottini controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Khan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bottini trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
Bottini working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bottini landing with the ground and pound.
Bottini is in close to Khan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bottini content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bottini wants to control from the top but Khan keeps moving.
Bottini trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bottini scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bottini with a nice head shot there.
Bottini scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ciro Bottini dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Khan slips a jab from Bottini.
Bottini ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Bottini backing away here, and Khan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bottini misses the shot to the body.
Bottini misses with a body shot.
Khan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bottini blocks it well.
A big left from Bottini misses.
Bottini misses with an uppercut.
Bottini stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bottini wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Bottini throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Khan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khan throws a right and a left that Bottini avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bottini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Ogedei Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bottini misses with a wild body shot.
Bottini throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.

Bottini clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the cage.
Bottini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.

Bottini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bottini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bottini. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bottini throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Bottini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bottini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bottini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bottini is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Khan is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Bottini stuffs the takedown.
Khan staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottini swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Bottini.
Ciro Bottini is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan goes for a double leg but Bottini avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bottini continues to drive forward.
Ciro Bottini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ogedei Khan.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bottini defends it well.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bottini.
A shot to the body from Bottini misses
and Khan counters with a one-two to the body.
Bottini throws a sloppy body shot
and Khan counters with a left and a right that stings Bottini.
A swing and a miss from Bottini.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottini takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Bottini misses the shot to the body.
Khan feints the counter takedown.
Bottini misses with an uppercut

and Khan counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bottini!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bottini gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bottini trying to get back to full guard but Khan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Bottini tries to hold on but Khan pushes him away.
Khan tries to control but Bottini wriggling away.
Bottini can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ogedei Khan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Khan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bottini's waist but Bottini gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Khan off to one side.
Bottini misses with a looping right.
Khan is looking for the big counter here.
Bottini throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
Khan slips under a jab.
Bottini throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan throws a counter combo.
Bottini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.

Bottini has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan wants a takedown.
Khan avoiding damage as Bottini throws knees to the body.

Bottini has Khan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bottini pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Khan tumbling to the mat - Bottini dives into Khan's guard.
Bottini is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan working a defensive guard here.
Bottini wants to pass the guard but Khan is keeping the position.
Bottini working some strikes from top position.
Bottini looking to sit in guard and control but Khan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bottini controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Khan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bottini looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khan is one step ahead there.
Bottini on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bottini tries to get out of the position.
Bottini is looking to sweep but instead, Khan has passed into half guard.
Bottini is looking for a sweep. Khan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottini is working hard here to advance position.
Khan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bottini's head.
Bottini is looking for a sweep. Khan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bottini regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bottini wants to sweep here but Khan controlling him for the moment.
Bottini trying to control the position here.
Khan stopping the sweep attempt from Bottini.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bottini is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bottini.
Bottini throws a body shot but no joy.
As Bottini backs off Khan throws a huge counter combo but Bottini manages to avoid it all.
Nice takedown defense from Bottini. No joy for Khan on that attempt.
Ciro Bottini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ogedei Khan.
Bottini throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Khan shoots in and drives through. Bottini sprawls well.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ciro Bottini showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bottini 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ciro Bottini!
An intense looking Ciro Bottini took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'COMPRE, COMPRE, COMPRE!'.