PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Di Natale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Siblas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Di Natale might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dean Martin - That's Amore. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Di Natale
vs
Siblas

188 cm
26
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Convicted Trap House

MADE IN GERMANY
MADE IN GERMANY

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vincenzo Di Natale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Siblas!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siblas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Di Natale's corner calls for a 1-2. Di Natale obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Di Natale works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Di Natale throws a jab but it's blocked by Siblas.
Di Natale scores with a jab to the jaw.
Siblas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siblas. Di Natale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Natale misses with a hook. Siblas ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Di Natale. Siblas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Siblas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Di Natale.
Di Natale throws the left hand but Siblas avoids the punch easily.
Siblas lands a right hook to the body.
Siblas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Di Natale misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siblas slips under a jab from Di Natale.
Siblas ducks under a wild hook from Di Natale.
Good work by Di Natale as he checks the leg kick.
Siblas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Natale.
Siblas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Di Natale.
Di Natale has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Di Natale there as he acknowledges the shot.
Siblas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Di Natale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Siblas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Di Natale.
Di Natale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Di Natale checks a leg kick.
Di Natale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Siblas misses with a low kick as Di Natale jumps back.
Siblas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice combination there by Siblas.
Di Natale lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Siblas throws an overhand right that lands on Di Natale's shoulder, as Di Natale tries to avoid the shot.
Siblas misses with a looping left.
Di Natale throws the left hand but Siblas avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Di Natale.
Di Natale slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siblas thumps Di Natale with a low kick.
Di Natale misses with a looping left.
Siblas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Di Natale slips under a jab from Siblas.
Di Natale lands with a cross.
No joy there for Siblas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Di Natale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Siblas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Di Natale misses.
Di Natale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siblas.
A head kick misses from Siblas.
Siblas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Di Natale is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siblas moves away from the strike by Di Natale.
Di Natale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Siblas is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Siblas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Di Natale counters with a nice body shot.
Siblas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Di Natale.
Di Natale is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Di Natale throws out a powerful jab.
Di Natale is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Siblas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Siblas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Siblas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Siblas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Siblas lands a nice hook to Di Natale's body. Di Natale takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Di Natale connects with a good right hand that stumbles Siblas. Siblas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Di Natale dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A combination from Di Natale does no damage.
Di Natale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Siblas.
A slapping leg kick lands for Siblas.
Di Natale stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A combination from Di Natale does no damage.
Di Natale lands with a right hand.
Siblas throws a low kick but Di Natale avoids it.
Di Natale lands with a good body shot.
Siblas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Siblas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Di Natale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Di Natale looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Natale misses the jab.
Di Natale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Siblas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Di Natale misses with a straight right.
Di Natale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Siblas momentarily.
Siblas is looking to score with low kicks.
Di Natale listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Di Natale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Siblas doesn't seem phased though.
Siblas lands a nice shot to the body.
Vincenzo Di Natale is winning the standup battle so far.
Siblas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Di Natale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Siblas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siblas wants to land a leg kick but Di Natale is out of range.
The fighters circling - Siblas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Siblas misses with a straight left.
Di Natale checks the leg kick nicely there.
Di Natale missing with a left hand there. Siblas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Di Natale throws a hook but Siblas avoids it easily.
Di Natale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Di Natale scores with a decent looking hook.
Di Natale throws a left and a right that both miss
and Di Natale takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Di Natale moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siblas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siblas tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Natale throws a combination that misses
and Siblas counters with a leg kick.
Di Natale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siblas.
Di Natale jabs Siblas right on the nose. Siblas blinks but takes it well.
Siblas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Di Natale.
Di Natale looks to score with a jab to the body but Siblas is just out of range.
Siblas clinches but Di Natale breaks the clinch
and Siblas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Siblas.
Siblas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Di Natale.
Siblas throws a low kick but Di Natale moves out of range easily.
Siblas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Natale moves out of range of the strikes.
Siblas cracks Di Natale with a right hand to the side of the head.
Di Natale defending well as Siblas loads up on a big left hand.
Di Natale looks to land a combination but Siblas avoids it well.
Di Natale misses with a wild body shot.
Siblas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Natale.
Di Natale checks a leg kick.
Di Natale swats away the attempt to clinch by Siblas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Di Natale throws a series of punches but Siblas moves out of range.
Di Natale misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Di Natale dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A lazy left from Di Natale finds it's target.
Di Natale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Di Natale throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Siblas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Di Natale scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Siblas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Natale.
Siblas walks into a stiff left hand from Di Natale.
Di Natale lands a jab to the nose.
Di Natale throws a hook but Siblas avoids it easily.
Siblas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Siblas there as he acknowledges the shot.
Siblas throws a leg kick but Di Natale moved away.
Siblas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Di Natale throws out the jab.
Di Natale circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siblas throws a hook to the side of Di Natale's head but Di Natale sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Siblas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Di Natale.
Siblas throws a sloppy head kick and Di Natale moves out of range easily.
Anthony Siblas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Siblas misses.
Siblas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Di Natale counters with a straight right hand.
Siblas moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Siblas.
Di Natale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Di Natale moves away from the strike by Siblas.
Siblas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Di Natale counters with a stiff right hand.
Siblas moves out of range as Di Natale strikes.
Anthony Siblas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Siblas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Siblas tries a head kick but it misses.
Siblas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A big right from Siblas misses.
Siblas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Di Natale to score with a decent uppercut.
Siblas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Di Natale misses with a hook.
Siblas moves away from the strike by Di Natale.
Siblas tries to clinch up but Di Natale circles away and keeps his distance.
Siblas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Di Natale misses the shot to the body.
Siblas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Di Natale.
Di Natale throws an overhand right that lands on Siblas's shoulder, as Siblas tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Natale moves out of range of the body kick from Siblas.
Di Natale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Siblas misses with a jab to the body
and Di Natale counters with a stiff right hand.
Siblas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Siblas looks to land a combination but Di Natale avoids it well.
Di Natale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Siblas was well out of range. Poor timing from Di Natale.
Di Natale throws a jab when Siblas was well out of range.
Siblas defending well as Di Natale loads up on a big left hand.
Siblas connects with a solid leg kick.
Di Natale connects with a body shot.
Siblas misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siblas slips a straight right by Di Natale.
Siblas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Siblas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Di Natale lands the left hand.
Di Natale thows a left - swing and a miss!
Di Natale throws a hook to the side of Siblas's head but Siblas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Siblas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for Di Natale.
Di Natale moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Di Natale.
Siblas slips under a jab.
Di Natale lands a lovely overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincenzo Di Natale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Di Natale 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincenzo Di Natale!