PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Vitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giuseppe Castiglioni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Too Bad. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Vitti
vs
Castiglioni

191 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Vitti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giuseppe Castiglioni!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Castiglioni misses the jab.
Castiglioni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vitti misses with a few strikes there.
Vitti swings for the body but Castiglioni moves out of range.
Vitti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Vitti does it's job there.
Vitti throws a big shot that misses.
Vitti misses with a looping left.
Vitti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vitti scores with a decent looking hook.
Vitti misses with a looping right.
Castiglioni scores with a head kick.
Vitti misses with a series of wild punches.
Castiglioni fakes the leg kick and cracks Vitti in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vitti scores with the left hand. Castiglioni knows he should have avoided that one.
Vitti gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castiglioni lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castiglioni throws a shot to the body.
Vitti is breathing heavily.
Castiglioni lands a nice hook to Vitti's body. Vitti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Castiglioni scores with a spinning back kick!
Castiglioni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vitti takes a swing at Castiglioni's ribcage but misses.
Vitti throws a jab but it's blocked by Castiglioni.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vitti. Castiglioni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vitti misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rodrigo Vitti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castiglioni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Castiglioni thuds a left hand into Vitti's body.
Castiglioni thows a body kick. Vitti tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid body kick from Castiglioni.
Castiglioni dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vitti. That did some damage!
Castiglioni tries a head kick but it misses.
Castiglioni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castiglioni lands a nice hook to Vitti's body. Vitti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Castiglioni scores with a push kick.
Castiglioni lands with a nice body punch.
Castiglioni lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Castiglioni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Castiglioni throws a sloppy head kick and Vitti moves out of range easily.
Castiglioni lands a head kick. Vitti smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Giuseppe Castiglioni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castiglioni lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut there from Castiglioni.
Vitti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Castiglioni moves out of range of the strikes.
Vitti throws a looping overhand right but Castiglioni ducks down to avoid it.
Castiglioni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vitti misses with a looping right.
Vitti throws a combination that misses
and Castiglioni counters with a nice kick to the body.
Castiglioni is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vitti rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castiglioni lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vitti takes a step back to recover.
Castiglioni dodges the punch combination from Vitti.
Castiglioni pushes Vitti away with a front kick.
Castiglioni thuds his shin into the meat of Vitti's side.
Castiglioni throws a leg kick which misses Vitti's front leg but catches the back leg as Vitti tries to avoid it.
Crunch! Castiglioni slams his shin into Vitti's torso.
Castiglioni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vitti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castiglioni throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Castiglioni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Castiglioni misses with a body kick.
Castiglioni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castiglioni lunges at Vitti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vitti's hand.
Vitti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castiglioni.
Vitti will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Castiglioni scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Vitti misses.
Nice defenses there by Vitti.
Vitti scores with a jab to the body.
Horrible takedown by Vitti or perhaps it was just good defense by Castiglioni which made him look bad.
Castiglioni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castiglioni tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice shot by Castiglioni.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castiglioni throws a looping overhand right but Vitti ducks down to avoid it.
Castiglioni misses with a body shot.
Castiglioni throws a leg kick but Vitti sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Vitti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe Castiglioni dominated that round.
That's time! Vitti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vitti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castiglioni.
Castiglioni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Castiglioni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Giuseppe Castiglioni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castiglioni has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Castiglioni there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vitti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castiglioni at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vitti crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Castiglioni - the referee stops the clock and Vitti gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Castiglioni. Vitti manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vitti scores with a decent looking hook.
Castiglioni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vitti.
Castiglioni misses the shot to the body.
Castiglioni keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vitti.
Vitti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Castiglioni counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vitti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vitti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castiglioni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vitti thows a body shot but no joy.
Castiglioni misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vitti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitti misses with a wild combination.
Vitti thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch combination from Vitti misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Castiglioni!
Castiglioni throws a half hearted mid kick.
A punch lands to the side of Castiglioni 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Castiglioni misses with a wild body shot.
Vitti cracks Castiglioni with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vitti lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Castiglioni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vitti.
Castiglioni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vitti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Castiglioni dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vitti. That did some damage!
Vitti throws a hook to the side of Castiglioni's head but Castiglioni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vitti misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti moves out of range of the strikes.
Castiglioni blocks a low kick nicely.
Castiglioni stuffs the takedown.
Vitti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vitti takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice body kick from Castiglioni.
Castiglioni pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castiglioni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vitti has time to react.
Vitti takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Castiglioni.
Castiglioni connects with a crisp jab.
Castiglioni works the jab nicely.
Vitti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castiglioni lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vitti will feel that in the morning.
Castiglioni throws a leg kick which misses Vitti's front leg but catches the back leg as Vitti tries to avoid it.
Castiglioni digs a good body shot into Vitti's ribs.
Castiglioni lands a body shot.
Vitti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Castiglioni.
Castiglioni lands a really nice looking cross but Vitti seems unphased.
Castiglioni connects with a high kick.
Castiglioni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vitti misses with a hook to the body
and Castiglioni counters with a leg kick.
Castiglioni lands with a kick to the temple. Vitti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Castiglioni on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vitti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vitti connects with a looping right hand.
Vitti shoots in for a takedown but Castiglioni shows good takedown defense.
Vitti clobbers Castiglioni with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castiglioni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vitti throws out the jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Castiglioni.
Castiglioni throws a big shot that misses.
Vitti with a hook.
Castiglioni throws a leg kick which misses Vitti's front leg but catches the back leg as Vitti tries to avoid it.
Vitti misses with a straight left.
Vitti connects with a jab.
Vitti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castiglioni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vitti.
Castiglioni takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Castiglioni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the liver by Castiglioni. Beautiful body shot.
Vitti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vitti looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Vitti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castiglioni throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe Castiglioni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Castiglioni, as that shot connected.
Vitti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castiglioni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vitti connects with a single shot there.
Castiglioni lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vitti will feel that in the morning.
Castiglioni throws a jab when Vitti was well out of range.
Castiglioni misses with a kick to the body.
Castiglioni scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice shot lands for Vitti.
Castiglioni scoring well with a low kick there.
Good work by Castiglioni as he checks the leg kick.
Castiglioni tests Vitti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castiglioni throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castiglioni walks into a jab.
Castiglioni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castiglioni avoids the body shot from Vitti.
Vitti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vitti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vitti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castiglioni.
Vitti avoids the head kick by Castiglioni.
Vitti throws a series of punches but Castiglioni avoids them all with ease.
Castiglioni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vitti blocks a head kick by Castiglioni.
Castiglioni takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vitti throws a big shot that misses.
Vitti lands with a straight right. Castiglioni didn't see that one coming.
Vitti lands a nice shot to the body.
Vitti just misses with a punch to the body.
Castiglioni throws a leg kick but Vitti moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vitti cracks Castiglioni with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vitti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castiglioni moves away.
Castiglioni on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Vitti gets a takedown into half guard.
Vitti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vitti is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Vitti is looking to take a break and control but Castiglioni is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vitti with the ground and pound but Castiglioni uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitti connects with a couple of short punches.
Vitti with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vitti works over Castiglioni with some ground and pound from guard.
Castiglioni trying to control the position.
Vitti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vitti throwing strikes but missing.
Rodrigo Vitti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vitti working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vitti wants to stand but Castiglioni is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four 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.
Vitti with a nice head shot there.
Vitti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vitti working some strikes from top position.
Castiglioni working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vitti.
Vitti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Giuseppe Castiglioni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vitti is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Castiglioni 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rodrigo Vitti.
I think Castiglioni has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giuseppe Castiglioni!