PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Italian Mob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and piroa selcinji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Italian Mob
vs
selcinji

178 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Italian Mob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, piroa selcinji!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
selcinji slaps away a takedown attempt from Italian Mob, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Italian Mob tries to clinch but selcinji is having none of it.
Italian Mob will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick misses from Italian Mob.

selcinji scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
selcinji wants to lay and pray for a moment but Italian Mob keeps working.
selcinji prevents Italian Mob from improving his position.
selcinji is trying to control the action in half guard but Italian Mob is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
selcinji not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
selcinji lands strikes from half guard.
selcinji wants to control but Italian Mob is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Italian Mob is trying is best to control the position here.
selcinji throws a strike but Italian Mob avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
selcinji 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.
Italian Mob keeping moving, preventing selcinji from controlling successfully.
selcinjiis looking to pass into half guard but Italian Mob pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Italian Mob is in guard.
Italian Mob stops selcinji from standing up.
selcinji keeping moving, preventing Italian Mob from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Italian Mob stands up over selcinji, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
selcinji looking to hit a scissor sweep but Italian Mob is one step ahead there.
Italian Mob trying to control but selcinji is working from the bottom.
Italian Mob is looking to stand up but selcinji won't let him.
Italian Mob slips nicely into half guard.
selcinji lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Italian Mob is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Italian Mob is trying to control. selcinji wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Italian Mob blocks the strikes from selcinji.
Italian Mob seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but selcinji does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Italian Mob is breathing heavily.
selcinji is looking to improve his position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

selcinji has closed the distance and engaged Italian Mob in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A short uppercut from selcinji.

selcinji is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Italian Mob can't fight it off and eventually selcinji manages to take the fight to the floor. Italian Mob looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Italian Mob working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from selcinji.
selcinji must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
selcinji postures up in Italian Mob's guard and throws a big left but Italian Mob blocks it.
Italian Mob is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Italian Mob is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
selcinji throws a strike but Italian Mob rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

selcinji gets a takedown into half guard.
Italian Mob is looking to control selcinji's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Italian Mob avoid being mounted?
Italian Mob tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
selcinji stops Italian Mob from getting back to his feet.
Italian Mob is refusing to be controlled, as selcinji sits in half guard.
selcinji performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Italian Mob trying to control but selcinji postures up.
selcinji seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Italian Mob does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
selcinji is nestled in close to Italian Mob, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
selcinji really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Italian Mob. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

selcinji closes the distance and clinches.

selcinji lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
selcinji is breathing heavily.
Italian Mob moves into full guard.
selcinji pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Italian Mob is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
selcinji wants to control from the top but Italian Mob keeps moving.
selcinji is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

selcinji content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Italian Mob has locked up a guillotine! Italian Mob's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? selcinji is holding on here and Italian Mob must be using up a lot of energy. selcinji has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Italian Mob gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Antonio Italian Mob!