PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny DeVito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fuzzy Wuzzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny DeVito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

DeVito
vs
Wuzzy

176 cm
25
143 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

185 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny DeVito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fuzzy Wuzzy!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeVito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wuzzy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wuzzy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between DeVito's hands.
Wuzzy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

DeVito looking to score a takedown here. Wuzzy is defending well but DeVito drives through and ends up in Wuzzy's guard.
DeVito wants to control from the top but Wuzzy keeps moving.
DeVito is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wuzzy keeping moving, preventing DeVito from controlling successfully.

Danny DeVito has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
DeVito swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeVito throws a lazy uppercut
and Wuzzy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
DeVito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
DeVito showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wuzzy.
DeVito throws a hook but Wuzzy avoids it easily.
DeVito avoids a punch combination nicely.
DeVito misses with a right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a two punch combo.
DeVito misses with a body punch
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
DeVito takes a swing at Wuzzy's ribcage but misses.
DeVito jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Wuzzy scores with a four punch combination!
Wuzzy misses with the combination.
DeVito misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Wuzzy to counter with a crisp jab.
Wuzzy throws a right and a left that both miss.
DeVito misses with a lunging right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeVito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
DeVito misses with a lunging right hand
and DeVito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DeVito is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wuzzy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
DeVito has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from DeVito there as he acknowledges the shot.
Danny DeVito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeVito throws a right hand that misses
letting Wuzzy counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeVito shoots for a double leg takedown but Wuzzy sprawls well. He's pushed DeVito's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wuzzy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeVito circles away quickly and effectively.
DeVito closes the distance and clinches up with Wuzzy, looking for a takedown. DeVito pushes Wuzzy against the cage but Wuzzy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny DeVito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeVito thows a body shot but no joy.
DeVito misses with a jab to the body
and Wuzzy counters with a nice uppercut.
DeVito misses with a right hand
and Wuzzy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wuzzy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
DeVito throws a lazy uppercut
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combo that has DeVito backing up. DeVito nods at Wuzzy to acknowledge the strikes.
A punch combination from DeVito misses.
DeVito misses with a lunging right hand
and Wuzzy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
DeVito misses with a right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combo that has DeVito backing up. DeVito nods at Wuzzy to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeVito scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wuzzy in his tracks.
Wuzzy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
DeVito looks to land a left hand but Wuzzy moved out of range nicely.
DeVito throws a hook but Wuzzy avoids it easily.
DeVito scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wuzzy doesn't seem bothered though.

DeVito decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
DeVito wants to take a breather but Wuzzy is having none of it.

DeVito seems to be working for a kimura but Wuzzy defends the submission attempt.
Wuzzy wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuzzy Wuzzy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

DeVito misses with a right hand
and Wuzzy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wuzzy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeVito circles away quickly and effectively.
DeVito misses with an uppercut
and Wuzzy counters with a series of strikes. DeVito will be more careful next time no doubt.
DeVito misses with a left hand
and DeVito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from DeVito is defended easily by Wuzzy.
Wuzzy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DeVito is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wuzzy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wuzzy connects with a good right hand that stumbles DeVito. DeVito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
DeVito misses with a lunging right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a left and a right that stings DeVito.
DeVito swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Wuzzy counters with a left and a right that stings DeVito.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeVito misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wuzzy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wuzzy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by DeVito.
DeVito misses with a left hand
and Wuzzy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeVito misses with a shot to the body
and Wuzzy counters with a stiff right hand.
DeVito connects with a body shot that sends Wuzzy's belly button to the back.
Fuzzy Wuzzy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
DeVito misses with a body shot
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combo that has DeVito backing up. DeVito nods at Wuzzy to acknowledge the strikes.
Wuzzy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wuzzy throws a combination that misses
and Wuzzy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wuzzy misses with an uppercut. DeVito saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Wuzzy.
Wuzzy throws a series of punches but DeVito moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeVito misses with a right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DeVito throws a right hand that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combo that has DeVito backing up. DeVito nods at Wuzzy to acknowledge the strikes.
DeVito throws a series of punches but Wuzzy avoids them all with ease.
DeVito shoots in for a takedown but Wuzzy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
DeVito looks to throw the jab but Wuzzy is out of range.
Wuzzy misses with a combination
and DeVito counters with a left to the body.
DeVito misses the shot to the body.
Fuzzy Wuzzy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
DeVito misses with a body punch
and Wuzzy counters with a two punch combo.
DeVito throws an off balance right hand
and Wuzzy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeVito has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny DeVito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeVito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wuzzy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - DeVito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DeVito misses with a body shot

and Wuzzy counters by clinching up.

Wuzzy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DeVito misses with a body shot
and Wuzzy counters with a one-two to the body.
DeVito looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
DeVito throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Wuzzy counter with a right hand.
DeVito scores with a jab.
DeVito rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
DeVito swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a three punch combo that has DeVito backing up. DeVito nods at Wuzzy to acknowledge the strikes.
DeVito throws a right hand that misses
and Wuzzy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
DeVito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a left to the body.
DeVito throws a poor cross that misses
and Wuzzy counters with a straight right hand.
Wuzzy might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
DeVito smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wuzzy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
DeVito connects with a looping right hand.
Wuzzy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wuzzy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuzzy Wuzzy 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.

DeVito misses with a body shot.
Wuzzy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
DeVito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wuzzy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
DeVito lands with a hook. Wuzzy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
DeVito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
DeVito scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
DeVito connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
DeVito cracks Wuzzy with a right hand to the side of the head.
A left and a right from Wuzzy both land. Nice combination.
Wuzzy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by DeVito.
Wuzzy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeVito circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by DeVito as he connects with a hook.
DeVito misses with a body punch
and Wuzzy counters with a straight right hand.
DeVito misses the shot to the body.

DeVito gets a takedown into half guard.
DeVito lands strikes from half guard.
DeVito sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wuzzy defending well though.
DeVito scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
DeVito is keen to just control but Wuzzy is a slippery customer.
Fuzzy Wuzzy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

DeVito is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wuzzy wants to get back to his feet.
DeVito has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wuzzy blocking the ground and pound attempt from DeVito.

DeVito seems to be working for a kimura but Wuzzy defends the submission attempt.

DeVito is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuzzy is staying active underneath DeVito, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
DeVito is stalling here. Wuzzy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! DeVito seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Wuzzy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
DeVito is not content to let Wuzzy control the position.

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.
DeVito sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
DeVito is controlling Wuzzy's trapped leg to prevent Wuzzy from advancing to side control.

Wuzzy decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny DeVito showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wuzzy 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fuzzy Wuzzy!