PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between fred dirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Vitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitti has chosen Too Bad as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

dirk
vs
Vitti

190 cm
18
186 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Hell's Balls 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, fred dirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Vitti!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitti throws a nice looking combination but dirk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

dirk feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
dirk looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dirk trying to control but Vitti is working from the bottom.
Vitti is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst dirk is controlling him.
dirk trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
dirk looking to sit in guard and control but Vitti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vitti accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
dirk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vitti is one step ahead there.
dirk is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vitti stuns dirk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vitti misses with a double jab.
dirk dives in and grabs Vitti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vitti pushes down on dirk's head and hops out.
dirk fails to land the takedown.
Vitti scores with a three punch combo!
A combination from Vitti does no damage.
dirk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vitti scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vitti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with dirk, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Vitti to work.
dirk tries to pull guard but Vitti holds him up against the cage and eventually dirk drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for fred dirk. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Vitti has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but dirk regains guard immediately.
Vitti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of dirk's head.

Vitti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vitti throwing strikes from guard but dirk blocks nicely.
dirk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vitti is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
dirk slows the pace down in half guard.
dirk thows a huge punch but Vitti dodges it nicely.

dirk postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Vitti to stand up.
Vitti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
dirk is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vitti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vitti throws a one two combo.
dirk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vitti throws a push kick but dirk slaps the foot to one side.
Vitti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vitti lands a jab to the head.

Vitti shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vitti showed some decent athleticism there.
Vitti takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
dirk wants to improve his position but Vitti is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dirk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vitti.
Vitti scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vitti with the ground and pound but dirk uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Vitti throws a nice looking combination but dirk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
dirk shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
dirk shoots in for a takedown but Vitti shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from dirk misses.
fred dirk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vitti cracks dirk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vitti throws a leg kick that is checked

and dirk counters with a shoot takedown. Vitti fights it but they end up in guard.
dirk wants to get up but he can't break Vitti's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Vitti uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Vitti instigates a clinch.

dirk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vitti lands a jab-cross combination.
Vitti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Vitti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
dirk in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitti dominating with strikes here.
Vitti scoring with strikes but dirk is staying in there.
Rodrigo Vitti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vitti pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vitti lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vitti pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Vitti.
dirk is looking to get to half guard.
Vitti lands a big shot there that rocks dirk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Vitti.
Vitti with a couple of short strikes.
Vitti landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vitti looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dirk is looking to get to half guard.
Vitti avoids the attempt from dirk to control.
Vitti looking to finish dirk with some ground and pound. This is bad for dirk!

Vitti is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but dirk is surviving well by controlling Vitti's body position as best he can.
Vitti landing shots from mount.
dirk wants to control but Vitti is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dirk is trying to escape the mount.
dirk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vitti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vitti trying to control but dirk is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vitti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
dirk is working to get back to half guard.
Vitti looking to finish dirk with some ground and pound. This is bad for dirk!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitti lands a big elbow.
Vitti with good strikes from the mount here!
Vitti raining down shots from the mount!
dirk tries to hold on but Vitti postures up.
BOOM! Vitti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vitti with the ground and pound from mount.
dirk working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vitti looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Vitti jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but dirk manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Vitti working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Vitti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vitti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vitti misses with a series of wild punches.
dirk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
dirk leaves Vitti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rodrigo Vitti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vitti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vitti tries to bum rush dirk with a series of wild strikes but dirk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vitti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Vitti clinches.
dirk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dirk jumps guard but Vitti stands there with dirk around his waist. dirk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
dirk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for fred dirk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Vitti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vitti swats away the attempt to clinch by dirk.
Vitti looks to land a body kick but dirk moved away.
Vitti throws a wild body kick that dirk sees coming a mile off.

dirk rushes Vitti and presses him up against the cage.

Vitti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
dirk misses with a takedown attempt - Vitti sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vitti tries to close the distance and clinch up but dirk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vitti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vitti tries to bum rush dirk with a series of wild strikes but dirk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vitti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
dirk dodges the punch combination from Vitti.
dirk tries to clinch there but Vitti circles away.

dirk tries to keep at a distance but Vitti has taken the fight into the clinch.

Vitti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dirk.
Vitti tries to clinch but dirk is having none of it.
Vitti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vitti looks to land a combination but dirk avoids it well.
dirk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vitti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed dirk momentarily.
dirk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
dirk clinches but Vitti breaks the clinch
and Vitti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Vitti scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
dirk is refusing to be controlled, as Vitti sits in half guard.
Vitti is thwarting dirk's attempts to control the position.
Vitti working dirk over with strikes.
Rodrigo Vitti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vitti perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dirk trying to control here.
Vitti trying to control from half guard but dirk is working away.
Vitti missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vitti winds up and cracks dirk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
fred dirk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vitti thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing dirk to regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Vitti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vitti has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Vitti!