PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Bianchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garson DeBramalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Bianchi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bianchi
vs
DeBramalo

225 cm
22
300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
312 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Bianchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Garson DeBramalo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeBramalo throws a right and a left that Bianchi avoids nicely.
DeBramalo just misses with a punch to the body.

Bianchi clinches.
DeBramalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
DeBramalo stalls.
Bianchi stalls.
Bianchi lands an elbow that stopped DeBramalo in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Garson DeBramalo has been cut.
Bianchi is stalling here.
DeBramalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Bianchi has double underhooks.
DeBramalo has had enough of the clinch but Bianchi keeps him there for the moment.
DeBramalo is trying to break free.
DeBramalo stalling in the clinch but Bianchi improves position.
Bianchi crunches a lovely knee into DeBramalo's ribcage.
DeBramalo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
DeBramalo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DeBramalo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bianchi is looking to control DeBramalo's arms but DeBramalo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bianchi has his back to the cage.
Bianchi stalling in the clinch.
DeBramalo misses with a punch to the body.
Bianchi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
DeBramalo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bianchi is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bianchi trying to land knees to the body.
DeBramalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bianchi avoiding damage.
Bianchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but DeBramalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Bianchi lands a good knee to the midsection. DeBramalo won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from DeBramalo.
Bianchi tries to land knees in the clinch but DeBramalo avoids the damage to the body.
Bianchi blocks a body shot from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bianchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
DeBramalo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bianchi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has DeBramalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
DeBramalo looks gassed!
DeBramalo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bianchi trying to land knees to the body.
Bianchi crunches a lovely knee into DeBramalo's ribcage.
Bianchi pressing his opponent against the cage.
DeBramalo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Bianchi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bianchi lands an elbow that stopped DeBramalo in his tracks for a moment.
DeBramalo trying to control the position but instead, Bianchi has worked for underhooks and has pushed DeBramalo into the cage.
DeBramalo managing to block the knees to the body from Bianchi.
Bianchi looking to throw knees to the head but DeBramalo is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bianchi throws an elbow but misses.
Bianchi blocks a body shot from DeBramalo.
Bianchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DeBramalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bianchi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
DeBramalo slowing the pace effectively.
DeBramalo dodges an elbow strike from Bianchi.
DeBramalo lands a nice uppercut.
DeBramalo gets through Bianchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bianchi is trying to maintain a safe position but DeBramalo gets an underhook and turns Bianchi into the cage.
DeBramalo tries a body shot but Bianchi blocks it.
Bianchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but DeBramalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Bianchi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from DeBramalo - that landed with a thud.
DeBramalo tries a body shot but Bianchi blocks it.
DeBramalo wants to stall.
Bianchi lands a good knee to the midsection. DeBramalo won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bianchi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has DeBramalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
DeBramalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Bianchi.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bianchi.
Bianchi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bianchi tries a knee to the head but DeBramalo blocks it.
DeBramalo managing to block the knees to the body from Bianchi.
DeBramalo lands a right hand.
Bianchi is trying to stall.
Bianchi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
DeBramalo tries to stall but Bianchi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bianchi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on DeBramalo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from DeBramalo.
Bianchi misses with a knee strike.
DeBramalo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bianchi up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bianchi pushes off an throws an elbow but DeBramalo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DeBramalo stalling.
DeBramalo scores with a hook to the body.
DeBramalo taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for DeBramalo.
DeBramalo lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeBramalo works on Bianchi's body with a couple of short punches.
DeBramalo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bianchi or not.
DeBramalo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hook to the body lands for DeBramalo.
DeBramalo trying to stall but Bianchi improves his position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from DeBramalo.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

DeBramalo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bianchi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from DeBramalo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
DeBramalo throws a body punch but Bianchi moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Garson DeBramalo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Garson DeBramalo's cut.
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.

Nice body kick there by Bianchi.
DeBramalo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bianchi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
DeBramalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
DeBramalo checks a low kick from Bianchi.
Bianchi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bianchi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bianchi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bianchi blocks a jab.
That kick from DeBramalo tenderised Bianchi's leg. Bianchi is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeBramalo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bianchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut lands for DeBramalo. That snapped Bianchi's head back.
DeBramalo swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
DeBramalo misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bianchi looks for the body kick but DeBramalo saw that one coming.
DeBramalo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeBramalo looks to throw the jab but Bianchi is out of range.
Bianchi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anthony Bianchi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bianchi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bianchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DeBramalo.
DeBramalo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bianchi.
DeBramalo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bianchi's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
DeBramalo jabs Bianchi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
DeBramalo takes a swing at Bianchi's ribcage but misses.
DeBramalo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bianchis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bianchi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by DeBramalo. DeBramalo obviously looking to wear him down.
DeBramalo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice shot by DeBramalo.
Garson DeBramalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Oooooh!!! DeBramalo has knocked Bianchi down with a huge combo! DeBramalo steps away and waves a wobbly Bianchi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Anthony Bianchi has been cut.
A nice leg kick lands there from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo swings for the body but Bianchi moves out of range.
DeBramalo tries to bum rush Bianchi with a series of wild strikes but Bianchi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
DeBramalo looks to score with a jab to the body but Bianchi is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo lands an overhand right.
A swing and a miss from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
DeBramalo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
DeBramalo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for DeBramalo. That snapped Bianchi's head back.
DeBramalo throws a series of punches but Bianchi avoids them all with ease.
Bianchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
DeBramalo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bianchi's head.

Bianchi rushes DeBramalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
DeBramalo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
DeBramalo stalling against the cage.
Bianchi looking to throw knees to the head but DeBramalo is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo blocks an elbow strike from Bianchi.
DeBramalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bianchi's elbow.
Bianchi scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bianchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
DeBramalo tries to work over Bianchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
DeBramalo dodges an elbow strike from Bianchi.
Bianchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

DeBramalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
DeBramalo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
DeBramalo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
DeBramalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Bianchi.
DeBramalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bianchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bianchi lands with a nice body punch.
DeBramalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garson DeBramalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. 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.

Bianchi connects with a single shot there.
DeBramalo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bianchi ducks under a wild hook from DeBramalo.

Bianchi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with DeBramalo, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from DeBramalo - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeBramalo scores with a hook to the body.
Bianchi looking to throw knees to the head but DeBramalo is blocking nicely.
DeBramalo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
DeBramalo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bianchi is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for DeBramalo.
A left hand lands to the body for DeBramalo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
DeBramalo stalling in the clinch.
Bianchi trying to land knees to the body.
DeBramalo cracks Bianchi with a nice body shot.
DeBramalo slows down the pace here.
DeBramalo lands a body shot in the clinch.
DeBramalo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bianchi is trying to stall.
DeBramalo just leaning against Bianchi, taking a breather.
DeBramalo receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Garson DeBramalo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bianchi looking to slow down the pace here.
DeBramalo stalls.
Bianchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DeBramalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from DeBramalo.
DeBramalo is looking to control Bianchi's arms but Bianchi gets an underhook and turns him. Now DeBramalo has his back to the cage.
Bianchi stalling in the clinch.
DeBramalo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on DeBramalo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

DeBramalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
DeBramalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
DeBramalo looks to land a left hand but Bianchi moved out of range nicely.
DeBramalo misses the jab.

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.
DeBramalo blocks a leg kick.
DeBramalo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
DeBramalo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
DeBramalo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bianchi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bianchi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice cross by DeBramalo.
DeBramalo digs a good body shot into Bianchi's ribs.
DeBramalo misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - DeBramalo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

DeBramalo drops Bianchi with a beautiful combination! Bianchi stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - DeBramalo is looking for the KO!
DeBramalo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bianchi's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo throws a body punch but Bianchi moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Bianchi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
DeBramalo scores with a leg kick.

Oooooh!!! DeBramalo has knocked Bianchi down with a huge combo! DeBramalo steps away and waves a wobbly Bianchi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
DeBramalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A thudding body kick lands there by DeBramalo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeBramalo lands with a right hand.
DeBramalo connects with a combination that backs up Bianchi into the cage. DeBramalo lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bianchi's guard. Bianchi is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! DeBramalo bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garson DeBramalo!