PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Giacomucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giacomucci's entrance music is Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive. A fine choice. Sasha Grey will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Giacomucci
vs
Grey

165 cm
25
181 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
290 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giuseppe Giacomucci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sasha Grey!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey connects with a body shot.
Grey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Giacomucci drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Giacomucci is breathing heavily.
Grey cracks a nice hook into Giacomucci's ribs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grey!

Grey sends Giacomucci crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Grey is motioning to the referee to let Giacomucci up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Grey lets loose with a powerful body kick. Giacomucci will feel that in the morning.
Giacomucci takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Giacomucci avoids the head kick by Grey.
Grey lets loose with a powerful body kick. Giacomucci will feel that in the morning.
Grey keeps Giacomucci at a distance using the push kick.
Grey throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grey. That's going to slow Giacomucci down.
Grey scores with a push kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grey.
Giacomucci will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grey thows a body kick. Giacomucci tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grey thumps Giacomucci with a low kick.
Giacomucci walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grey.
Giuseppe Giacomucci seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey thows a body kick. Giacomucci tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grey lands a nice looking body kick.
Grey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grey throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Grey throws a head kick that Giacomucci semi-blocks.
Grey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grey scores with a nice body kick.
Grey scores with a hook.
Grey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Giacomucci is rocked!
A head kick misses from Grey.
Grey jabs at Giacomucci's body.
Grey scores with a head kick.
Oh Giacomucci is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grey is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Giacomucci rather than just go for the knockout.
Giacomucci swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Giacomucci avoids the head kick by Grey.
Giacomucci fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Grey.
Grey is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Giacomucci shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Giacomucci seems to have got his legs back now.
Giacomucci loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Giacomucci trying to control but Grey is working from the bottom.
Giacomucci controlling from the top position.
Giacomucci in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Giacomucci trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giacomucci is looking to work some ground and pound but Grey has wrist control.
Giacomucci postures up in Grey's guard and throws a big left but Grey blocks it.
Grey wants to sweep here but Giacomucci controlling him for the moment.
Giacomucci wants to control from the top but Grey keeps moving.
Giacomucci with a nice head shot there.
Giacomucci is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Giacomucci trying to control the position from guard on top but Grey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giacomucci controlling from the top position.
Grey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Giacomucci. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Giacomucci trying to control but Grey is working from the bottom.
Giacomucci loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Giacomucci pushing down on Grey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Giacomucci not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Giacomucci thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Giacomucci throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Giacomucci slips a nice elbow through Grey's hands, connecting with Grey's forehead.
Giacomucci stops Grey from getting back to his feet.
Giacomucci thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grey's head.
Grey is trying to control but can't.
Grey is looking for a sweep. Giacomucci is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Giacomucci throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Giacomucci looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Giacomucci seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grey can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giacomucci drops an elbow to the side of Grey's head.
Giacomucci lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grey has hold of Giacomucci's hands but Giacomucci slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Giacomucci.
Ground and pound from Giacomucci.
Giacomucci working over Grey with some ground and pound. Grey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Grey is staying active underneath Giacomucci, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giacomucci uses his free foot to push down on Grey's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Grey.
Giacomucci postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grey looks a forlorn figure.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Giacomucci lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Grey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Giacomucci working Grey over with strikes here.

Grey is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big strike lands for Giacomucci! That's really hurt Grey and he's turned his back - Giacomucci keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Giacomucci jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giuseppe Giacomucci!
Giuseppe Giacomucci spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.