PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Pizetti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Sauber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pizetti kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is That's Amore. Frank Pizetti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jon Sauber's chin.

Pizetti
vs
Sauber

186 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Pizetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jon Sauber!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sauber feints and as Pizetti raises his hands in defense, Sauber changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pizetti controls Sauber momentarily but Sauber frees himself.
Pizetti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pizetti has his hands on Sauber's head, controlling the position.
Sauber keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pizetti's head.
Sauber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Pizetti pushes Sauber off and gets back to his feet.
Sauber tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pizetti swivels and escapes.
Sauber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sauber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Frank Pizetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Sauber.

Pizetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sauber takes an elbow to the temple.

Pizetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pizetti shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sauber can do anything to dispel that myth.

Pizetti stands up out of the half guard.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Pizetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pizetti misses with a double jab.
Sauber has his takedown stuffed

and Pizetti counters by clinching up.

Pizetti decides to pull guard.
Pizetti wants to get back to his feet but Sauber is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sauber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pizetti is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pizetti stands up out of the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pizetti closes the distance and clinches up with Sauber, looking for a takedown. Pizetti pushes Sauber against the cage but Sauber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sauber gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pizetti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sauber drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pizetti gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Pizetti pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pizetti wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sauber throws and elbow that misses. Pizetti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sauber's guard. Nice move by Pizetti!
Sauber keeping moving, preventing Pizetti from controlling successfully.
Pizetti is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pizetti prevents Sauber from getting back to his feet.

Pizetti stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Sauber feints and as Pizetti raises his hands in defense, Sauber changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pizetti bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sauber's guard.
Pizetti's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sauber avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sauber wants to stand and escape but Pizetti is having none of it.
Sauber keeping moving, preventing Pizetti from controlling successfully.
Sauber wants to stand but Pizetti is controlling the position.
Sauber looks gassed!
Pizetti is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizetti throwing strikes from guard but Sauber blocks nicely.
Pizetti not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pizetti prevents Sauber from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pizetti throwing strikes from guard but Sauber blocks nicely.
Pizetti content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Pizetti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sauber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Pizetti closes the distance and clinches.
Sauber is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pizetti pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Pizetti breaks from the clinch.

Pizetti clinches.
Pizetti crunches a lovely knee into Sauber's ribcage.

Pizetti pulls guard.
Pizetti is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Well, if Pizetti is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sauber wants to get back to his feet.
Sauber scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Pizetti manages to mount him!
Pizetti won't let Sauber get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sauber is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pizetti sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sauber is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Pizetti controlling the position easily from mount.
Pizetti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sauber is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
You get the feeling that Sauber really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pizetti sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Frank Pizetti just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sauber swings for the body but Pizetti moves out of range.
Sauber tries for a takedown but Pizetti circles away easily

and Pizetti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Frank Pizetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Sauber.
Pizetti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pizetti obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pizetti lands an elbow that stopped Sauber in his tracks for a moment.
Pizetti connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jon Sauber has been cut.
Pizetti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sauber's defenses.

Pizetti gets control of Sauber's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pizetti will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pizetti pulls Sauber in to control the position.

Pizetti is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Pizetti breaks from the clinch.
Sauber fails with the takedown
and Pizetti counters with a left and a right that stings Sauber.

Pizetti darts in and clinches Sauber up against the cage.

Pizetti gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sauber wants to stand up but Pizetti is controlling him.
Pizetti content to stall in guard here.

Pizetti stands up and waves to Sauber to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizetti doesn't manage to clinch there - Sauber circles away.
Sauber misses with a takedown

and Pizetti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pizetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Pizetti rushes Sauber and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Pizetti breaks the clinch.
Sauber throws a jab when Pizetti was well out of range.
A combination from Sauber does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sauber gets caught flat footed, as Pizetti shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sauber wants to get back to his feet but Pizetti is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pizetti controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Pizetti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Sauber's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sauber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sauber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Pizetti gets a clinch.

Pizetti pulls guard.
Pizetti trying to control the position.
Pizetti is adopting a defensive guard.
Pizetti manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sauber manages to get himself to full guard.
Sauber wants to stand up but Pizetti is controlling him.
Sauber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sauber can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pizetti controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pizetti trying to control the position from guard on top but Sauber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Frank Pizetti overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pizetti stays in close to Sauber's body and controls the position.
Sauber is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pizetti is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pizetti accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pizetti controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sauber wants to stand but Pizetti is controlling the position.
Pizetti looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sauber is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pizetti slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Frank Pizetti just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pizetti tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sauber swivels and escapes.
Sauber misses with a hook.
Pizetti wants to clinch.
Pizetti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pizetti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pizetti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sauber on the side of the head.
Sauber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sauber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Sauber drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pizetti seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Frank Pizetti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauber thows a big elbow that misses.
Sauber throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pizetti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sauber throwing strikes from guard but Pizetti blocks nicely.
Pizetti pulls Sauber in to control the position.
Sauber postures up in Pizetti's guard and throws a big left but Pizetti blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sauber trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Pizetti manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Pizetti stops Sauber from standing up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Pizetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pizetti has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Pizetti!