PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baako The African (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinchenzo Fratello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fratello has chosen Made You Look as his entrance music. Baako The African has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The African
vs
Fratello

160 cm
26
199 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baako The African!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vinchenzo Fratello!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fratello keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

The African looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The African is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fratello wants to sweep here but The African controlling him for the moment.
The African throwing strikes from guard but Fratello blocks nicely.
The African distracts Fratello with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The African trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The African slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fratello seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The African preventing the sweep.
The African throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The African landing with the ground and pound.
Fratello trying to keep a closed guard but The African is proving a slippery customer.
The African thows a big elbow that misses.
The African stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fratello swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The African has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fratello is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fratello avoids the body shot from The African.
A shot to de liver by The African. Beautiful body shot.
The African moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Vinchenzo Fratello has been cut.
Fratello has his takedown stuffed

and The African counters with a left and a right that hurts Fratello! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! The African jumps into full mount!

Fratello is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The African is landing with some decent strikes but Fratello is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fratello is still in real trouble! Can The African finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, The African cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The African unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Fratello wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! The African celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baako The African!