PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Bazinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Saraiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luigi Bazinga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bazinga
vs
Saraiva

176 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Fast

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luigi Bazinga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Saraiva!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bazinga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saraiva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Luigi Bazinga has been cut.
Saraiva tries to land a front kick but Bazinga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Saraiva throws a nice inside leg kick.

Bazinga gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saraiva throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bazinga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bazinga misses with an elbow strike.
Saraiva prevents Bazinga from breaking the clinch.
Saraiva lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bazinga avoids the elbow strike from Saraiva, against the cage.
Saraiva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saraiva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bazinga's brow.
Bazinga lands a right hand.
Bazinga throws an elbow but it misses.
Bazinga blocks an elbow strike.
Bazinga scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bazinga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bazinga avoids a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Saraiva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saraiva scores with a shot to the body.

Bazinga forces Saraiva back against the cage and clinches.
Bazinga dodges an elbow strike from Saraiva.
Bazinga dodges an elbow strike from Saraiva.

Saraiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saraiva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Saraiva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bazinga moves away from the strike by Saraiva.
Bazinga throws the left hand but Saraiva avoids the punch easily.
Saraiva tries to land a front kick but Bazinga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Saraiva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bazinga clinches up against the cage.
Bazinga tries to land knees in the clinch but Saraiva avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Bazinga.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bazinga just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saraiva's brow.
A frustrated look appears on Bazinga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bazinga working aggressively here.
Bazinga is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saraiva.
Bazinga throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saraiva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bazinga is defending well for now.
Saraiva throws an elbow that misses.
Bazinga takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saraiva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bazinga's efforts to push away.
Saraiva tries to break the clinch but Bazinga is controlling the position.

Saraiva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga lands a jab.
Bazinga throws an overhand right that lands on Saraiva's shoulder, as Saraiva tries to avoid the shot.
Saraiva scores with a head kick.
A slow jab from Saraiva misses its intended target.
Saraiva throws a head kick that half lands.

Bazinga darts in and clinches Saraiva up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Bazinga - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saraiva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bazinga's brow.
Bazinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Saraiva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saraiva pushes off an throws an elbow but Bazinga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bazinga blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva pushes off an throws an elbow but Bazinga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bazinga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bazinga blocks the elbow strike.
Bazinga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bazinga lands a body shot.

Bazinga breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bazinga. Saraiva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saraiva misses with a body kick.
Bazinga misses with a right hand
and Saraiva counters with a good, hard body kick but Bazinga shrugs it off.
A right-left combo lands from Bazinga.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saraiva throws a wild body kick that Bazinga sees coming a mile off.
Bazinga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saraiva.
Bazinga keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luigi Bazinga will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luigi Bazinga'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.

Saraiva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Saraiva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bazinga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saraiva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Saraiva misses with a straight left.
Saraiva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Bazinga drives through and clinches with Saraiva against the cage.
Bazinga has had enough of the clinch but Saraiva keeps him there for the moment.
Bazinga blocks the elbow strike.
Bazinga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bazinga tries to throw a body punch but Saraiva avoids it by throwing Bazinga back against the cage.
Bazinga misses with the head strike.
Saraiva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bazinga wants to get back to striking at distance but Saraiva won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bazinga is trying to break the clinch but Saraiva is controlling him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saraiva.
Saraiva trying to land knees to the body.

Bazinga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Saraiva catches Bazinga right on the button with a cross.
Saraiva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bazinga swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bazinga blocks a head kick by Saraiva.
Saraiva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saraiva thows a body shot but no joy.
Saraiva blocks a jab.
Gabriel Saraiva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saraiva lands with a kick to the temple. Bazinga shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Bazinga throws the left hand but Saraiva avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga throws a series of punches but Saraiva avoids them all with ease.
Saraiva lands a leg kick that knocks Bazinga off balance momentarily.
Bazinga throws a shot from downtown. Saraiva moves away and avoids it.
Luigi Bazinga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by Saraiva.
Bazinga lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Saraiva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saraiva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Saraiva cracks the inside of Bazinga's front leg.
Saraiva lands with a nice body kick.
Saraiva thows a body kick. Bazinga tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saraiva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Saraiva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bazinga's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva thows a body shot but no joy.
Saraiva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Saraiva.
Bazinga misses with an uppercut
and Saraiva counters with an outside leg kick.
Saraiva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Saraiva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bazinga.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bazinga crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Saraiva - the referee stops the clock and Bazinga gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Saraiva. Bazinga manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bazinga sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saraiva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Saraiva lands a head kick!
Saraiva digs a good hook to Bazinga's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saraiva can pounce on him.
Saraiva tries a head kick but it misses.
Saraiva throws a nice head kick!
Saraiva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bazinga looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saraiva.
Bazinga will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saraiva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saraiva feints and then cracks Bazinga's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bazinga down.
Bazinga is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saraiva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Saraiva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Saraiva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bazinga's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Saraiva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luigi Bazinga's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Saraiva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Bazinga.
Luigi Bazinga has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saraiva takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Saraiva.
Saraiva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bazinga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saraiva backwards.
Bazinga tries to break free but Saraiva pushes him back against the cage.
Saraiva managing to block the knees to the body from Bazinga.
Bazinga presses Saraiva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Saraiva breaks from the clinch.
Saraiva tries to land a body kick
and Bazinga counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bazinga takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bazinga misses its intended target.
Saraiva thumps Bazinga with a low kick.
Saraiva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saraiva misses with a low kick.
Bazinga on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Saraiva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Saraiva throws a wild body kick that Bazinga sees coming a mile off.
Saraiva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bazinga.
Bazinga throws a hook but Saraiva blocks it.
A jab from Saraiva does it's job there.
Saraiva throws a sloppy head kick and Bazinga moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga misses with a few strikes there.
Bazinga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saraiva staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bazinga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saraiva.
Both fighters circling a little - Saraiva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Saraiva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bazinga manages to avoid it.
Bazinga blocks a low kick nicely.

Bazinga gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saraiva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bazinga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saraiva backwards.
Bazinga tries to break free but Saraiva pushes him back against the cage.
Bazinga lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazinga can't break the clinch.

Bazinga breaks from the clinch.
Saraiva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saraiva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Saraiva thumps Bazinga with a low kick.
Saraiva pushes Bazinga away with a front kick.
Saraiva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saraiva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gabriel Saraiva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bazinga avoids a kick to the body.

Bazinga has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bazinga wants to get back to striking at distance but Saraiva won't allow it.
Saraiva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bazinga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saraiva breaks the clinch.
Saraiva is looking to land body kicks.
Saraiva throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Saraiva.
Bazinga takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saraiva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bazinga with a nice cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saraiva lands a high kick!
Saraiva takes one on the button.
Saraiva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gabriel Saraiva.
I think Saraiva 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Saraiva!
A victorious Gabriel Saraiva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.