PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Jiannotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jiannotti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Comin' by Silkk The Shocker. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Louis
vs
Jiannotti

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Jiannotti!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jiannotti. That did some damage!
Louis misses with a series of wild punches.
Louis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Louis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jiannotti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jiannotti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louis.
Louis stalks Jiannotti and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jiannotti's face. Jiannotti staggers backwards, shaken.
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Jiannotti.
Louis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jiannotti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Louis pinned against the cage. Louis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Louis tries to clinch but Jiannotti is having none of it.
Louis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis misses with a double jab.
Louis sizes up Jiannotti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jiannotti throws a right hand that Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that Louis also avoids with ease.
Louis throws a combination that misses

and Jiannotti counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Louis kicks Jiannotti off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jiannotti scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Louis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Louis tries to bench press Jiannotti off him but Jiannotti keeps the position.
An elbow from Jiannotti crashes against the mat.

Jiannotti decides to stand back up. Jiannotti steps back and let's Louis get back to his feet.
George Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jiannotti looks gassed!
A punch lands to the side of Jiannotti 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Jiannotti moves into the clinch.
Jiannotti wants to break the clinch but can't.

Louis manages to break the clinch.
George Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Louis.
Jiannotti shoots for a takedown but Louis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Louis rushes Jiannotti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Louis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jiannotti tries for a takedown but Louis manages to get underhooks.
George Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Jiannotti.

Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jiannotti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louis.
Louis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Louis lands a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Louis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Louis.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Louis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Louis scores with a nice right hand.
Louis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Louis lands with a kick to the temple. Jiannotti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Louis lands with a nice combination. Jiannotti backs away looking to recover.
Jiannotti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Louis lands with a kick to the temple. Jiannotti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Louis swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiannotti throws a right and a left that Louis avoids nicely.
Louis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jiannotti tries to clinch there but Louis circles away.
Louis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Louis.
Louis digs a good body shot into Jiannotti's ribs.
A nice combination there by Louis.
A combination from Louis does no damage.
Jiannotti throws a series of punches but Louis avoids them all with ease.
Louis misses with a head kick.
Jiannotti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jiannotti shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Louis but Louis pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Louis gets caught flat footed, as Jiannotti shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Louis keeping full guard, as Jiannotti tries to pass.
Louis wants to stand and escape but Jiannotti is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jiannotti stands up from Louis's guard - Jiannotti perhaps looking for a knockout.
Louis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louis lands a head kick. Jiannotti smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Louis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Louis misses with a combination

and Jiannotti counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jiannotti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiannotti has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Louis is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louis wants to stand up but Jiannotti is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Louis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Louis throws a series of punches but Jiannotti moves out of range.
Louis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jiannotti blocks a head kick by Louis.
George Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jiannotti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jiannotti tries to clinch but Louis moves away
and Jiannotti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jiannotti tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.
Louis stuffs the takedown.
Louis throws a one two combo.
Jiannotti wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.
Louis misses with a combination

and Jiannotti counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Louis pushes Jiannotti off and scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jiannotti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiannotti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Louis thuds his right hand into Jiannotti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
No joy there for Louis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jiannotti is looking to clinch.
Jiannotti tries to close the distance and clinch but Louis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Louis scores with a four punch combination!
A good leg kick by Louis.
A head kick from Louis lands but Jiannotti takes it in his stride.
Jiannotti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Louis as Jiannotti shoots in.
George Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Jiannotti.
Jiannotti misses with a body shot.
George Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Jiannotti moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Jiannotti shoots in but no luck this time.
Jiannotti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Louis throws a nice head kick!
Jiannotti gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A combination from Louis does no damage.
Louis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jiannotti counters with a two punch combo.
Louis misses with a series of wild punches.
Louis throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jiannotti counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Louis's guard now.
Louis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Louis trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jiannotti wants to get up but he can't break Louis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jiannotti wants to stand and escape but instead Louis has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jiannotti working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Louis has passed into half guard!
Louis is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Jiannotti looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Louis stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Louis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jiannotti's head.
Jiannotti doesn't manage to clinch there - Louis circles away.
Louis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Louis lands a head kick!
Louis is looking to clinch.
Jiannotti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Louis pinned against the cage. Louis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good leg kick by Louis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Jiannotti.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis feints and then cracks Jiannotti's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jiannotti down.
Jiannotti has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jiannotti avoids the head kick by Louis.
Jiannotti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Jiannotti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that George Louis will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jiannotti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Louis misses with the combination.
Louis lands a right hook to the body.
Louis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jiannotti scores with a nice body kick.

Jiannotti pushes Louis up against the cage in a clinch.

Jiannotti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Jiannotti.
Jiannotti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Louis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jiannotti shoots in for a takedown but Louis shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Louis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jiannotti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis has his hands on Jiannotti's head, controlling the position.
Jiannotti stopping the sweep attempt from Louis.
Jiannotti wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.

Jiannotti is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Louis is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Louis has escaped and now he's on top!

Louis gets to his feet. Jiannotti looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jiannotti takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Louis.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Jiannotti has him pressed against the cage.
Louis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jiannotti fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jiannotti works on Louis's body with a couple of short punches.

Louis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jiannotti.
Louis misses with a double jab

and Jiannotti decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Louis's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jiannotti accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jiannotti stands and steps away. Louis gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Louis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jiannotti's hands.
Louis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
George Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Jiannotti.

Louis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jiannotti.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Jiannotti has him pressed against the cage.

Jiannotti has Louis pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jiannotti pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Louis tumbling to the mat - Jiannotti dives into Louis's guard.
Louis is looking to stand up but Jiannotti isn't so interested in that idea.
Chris Jiannotti has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jiannotti stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jiannotti tries to bum rush Louis with a series of wild strikes but Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Jiannotti shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jiannotti showed some decent athleticism there.
Jiannotti seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Louis looks like he's trying to stand up.

Jiannotti gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right-left combo lands from Louis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Jiannotti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Louis 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Louis!