PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonying Americano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bickle
vs
Americano

176 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
29
180 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Bickle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tonying Americano!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle connects with a body shot that sends Americano's belly button to the back.

Bickle moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Bickle .
Americano is looking to break free of the clinch but Bickle has double underhooks.
Americano is trying to break free.
Bickle trying to land knees to the body.
Americano is trying to break free.
Americano blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bickle .
Bickle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Americano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bickle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Americano can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle .
Americano can't break the clinch.
Bickle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bickle missing with knees to the body.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bickle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bickle gets through Americano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bickle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Americano takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Americano wants to break free but Bickle has control.
Bickle is leaning against Americano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Americano looks gassed!
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Americano is trying to break the clinch but Bickle is controlling him.
Bickle lands an elbow that stopped Americano in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bickle .
Bickle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Americano takes a shot to the head.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Americano takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
Bickle lands an uppercut.
Americano takes a shot to the head.
Bickle lands an elbow inside that Americano shrugs off.
Americano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Bickle .
Bickle lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Bickle .
Bickle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bickle lands a hook that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
Bickle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Americano is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Bickle .
Bickle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bickle lands an elbow inside that Americano shrugs off.
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bickle lands a knee to the body.
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Bickle .
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bickle rushes Americano and presses him up against the cage.
Bickle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Americano's defenses.
A left hand lands to the body for Bickle .
Bickle tries to land knees in the clinch but Americano avoids the damage to the body.
Americano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bickle .
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Travis Bickle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bickle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Americano is breathing heavily.
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bickle scores with a shot to the side of Americano's head.
Bickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Americano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Bickle - that landed with a thud.
Bickle presses Americano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bickle .
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bickle gets through Americano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bickle .
Bickle pushes Americano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands an uppercut.
A short right from Bickle .
Americano wants to break free but Bickle has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bickle .
Bickle cracks Americano with a nice body shot.
Bickle cracks Americano with a nice body shot.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle .
Bickle lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bickle - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
Americano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Americano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bickle digs a right hand underneath Americano's ribcage. Americano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bickle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Americano's defenses.
A hook to the body from Bickle .
Bickle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Bickle .
Americano takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Bickle .
Bickle pushes Americano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle cracks Americano with a nice body shot.
Bickle lands an elbow that stopped Americano in his tracks for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Bickle .
Americano takes an elbow to the temple.
Americano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bickle .
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bickle .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Bickle dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bickle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bickle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Americano doesn't seem bothered though.
Americano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Americano tries a head kick but it misses.
Americano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Americano swats away the attempt to clinch by Bickle .
Americano tries to move into range but Bickle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Americano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Americano paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bickle drives through and clinches with Americano against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle pushes Americano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Americano wants to get back to striking at distance but Bickle won't allow it.
Bickle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bickle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Americano is trying to push Bickle away but Bickle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Bickle cracks Americano with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Bickle .

It looks like Tonying Americano has been cut.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
Bickle pushes Americano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Bickle .
Bickle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
Bickle lands a left hand.
Bickle lands a left hand.
Bickle digs a right hand underneath Americano's ribcage. Americano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bickle .
Bickle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bickle is leaning against Americano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bickle .
A right handed body shot lands from Bickle .
Bickle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Americano is trying to force a seperation but Bickle has the dominant position.
Bickle lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Bickle .
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle .
A nice left hand lands by Bickle .
Bickle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bickle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Bickle .
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bickle .
Bickle lands a body punch.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Americano backwards.
Bickle lands an uppercut.
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tonying Americano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right from Bickle on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Bickle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bickle 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Bickle !