PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vito Bartone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Webster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Webster is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Run to the Hills by Iron Madien . Vito Bartone has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bartone
vs
Webster

198 cm
23
280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
236 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vito Bartone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Webster!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Webster shoots and misses
and Bartone counters with a nice uppercut.
Webster takes one on the button.
Bartone jabs at Webster's body.
Webster fails with the takedown

and Bartone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Webster tries to circle away but Bartone has him pinned against the cage.
Webster tries to break the clinch but Bartone is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Bartone - that landed with a thud.
Bartone scores with a shot to the side of Webster's head.
Webster looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hand to the body from Bartone.
Bartone stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Bartone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bartone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bartone stuns Webster with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Bartone looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bartone lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bartone passes Webster's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bartone working Webster over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartone slips a nice elbow through Webster's hands, connecting with Webster's forehead.
Bartone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bartone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bartone lands strikes from half guard.
Bartone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bartone uses his free foot to push down on Webster's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Webster.
Bartone landing punches.
Bartone is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bartone lands a nice shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bartone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bartone unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartone dominating with strikes here.
Bartone controlling from the full mount.
Bartone unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Webster wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Bartone celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vito Bartone!