PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raylan Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni comes to the cage accompanied by Til I Collapse [ Eminem ]. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Giovanni
vs
Givens

186 cm
33
199 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

187 cm
29
195 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raylan Givens!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giovanni misses with a body punch
and Givens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Givens wants to land a leg kick but Giovanni is out of range.
Givens with a nice cross.
Giovanni misses with a hook. Givens ducked under it nicely.
Giovanni ducks right into an uppercut from Givens.
Givens takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Giovanni throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Giovanni.
Giovanni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Giovanni throws a body kick that misses.
Giovanni tries to clinch but Givens is having none of it.
Givens shoots in for a double leg but Giovanni sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Givens tries to keep at a distance but Giovanni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Givens working aggressively here.
Giovanni blocks a body shot from Givens.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Giovanni throws a punch but it's blocked by Givens.
A right hook to the body lands for Givens.
Givens misses with a body punch.
Givens pushes Giovanni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Givens lands a right hand that snaps the head of Giovanni backwards.
Giovanni is trying to break the clinch but Givens is controlling him.
Givens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Giovanni is defending well for now.

Givens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Givens has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Givens there as he acknowledges the shot.
Givens scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice uppercut lands for Givens. That snapped Giovanni's head back.

Givens scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Givens is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Givens thows a huge punch but Giovanni dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Givens thows a huge punch but Giovanni dodges it nicely.
Givens working the head and body with strikes.
Givens lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Givens uses his free foot to push down on Giovanni's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Giovanni.
Givens lands a nice shot to the head.
Givens landing strikes from the mount.
Givens scoring with strikes but Giovanni is staying in there.
Givens lands a big elbow.

Giovanni is rocked!
Givens looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Giovanni covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raylan Givens!
An out of breath Raylan Givens thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.