PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Haize (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphonse Gangitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo Haize could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alphonse Gangitano's chin.

Haize
vs
Gangitano

200 cm
22
206 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

187 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Haize!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphonse Gangitano!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gangitano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haize moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gangitano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Haize, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haize misses with a head kick.
A jab from Haize finds it's way through Gangitano's defenses.
Haize is looking to clinch but Gangitano is avoiding it.
Bo Haize seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gangitano shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Haize defends it nicely.
Haize moves away from the strike by Gangitano.
Gangitano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Haize checks a leg kick.
Gangitano misses with a leg kick
and Haize counters with a head kick.
Haize throws a head kick but Gangitano moves out of range.
Haize tries to clinch but Gangitano is having none of it.
Haize throws a sloppy head kick and Gangitano moves out of range easily.
Haize throws a head kick but Gangitano moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Haize trying to control the position but instead, Gangitano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haize into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haize keeps control of Gangitano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gangitano holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gangitano lands with a short shot to the head.
Haize prevents a body shot from Gangitano.
Haize lands a shoulder strike.
Gangitano leaning against his opponent.
Haize can't find room to land a body shot as Gangitano controls the action.
Haize misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gangitano.
Gangitano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haize backwards.
Haize lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haize has him pressed against the cage.
Haize lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gangitano or not.
Haize's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gangitano working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Gangitano.
Gangitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Haize uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haize has Gangitano pressed against the cage.
Haize lands with a short shot to the head.
Haize looking to slow down the pace here.
Haize doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano misses with a punch to the body.
Haize lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gangitano or not.
Gangitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Haize uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gangitano can't find room to land a body shot as Haize controls the action.

Gangitano lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Haize is trying to maintain the position but Gangitano is very close to passing his half guard.
Gangitano looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Haize avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gangitano.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gangitano is thwarting Haize's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haize wants to control the action here but instead Gangitano manages to pass to full mount!
Haize is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haize wants to control but Gangitano is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
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 Bo Haize will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Haize looks to score with a jab to the body but Gangitano is just out of range.
Haize's corner calls for a 1-2. Haize obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gangitano throws a chopping leg kick but Haize manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Haize doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haize tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gangitano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gangitano misses with a low kick.
Haize fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gangitano.
Gangitano throws a leg kick but Haize moved away.
Gangitano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Haize is able to avoid easily.
Gangitano is looking to clinch but Haize is avoiding it.
Haize lands a head kick. Gangitano smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Haize tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gangitano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gangitano moves out of range of the strikes.
Haize wants to clinch up but Gangitano keeps it at a distance.
Haize keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gangitano throws a shot from downtown. Haize moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haize blocks a leg kick.
Gangitano scoring well with a low kick there.
Gangitano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gangitano misses with a kick to the body
and Haize counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gangitano's knee momentarily.
Haize tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gangitano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gangitano takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Haize throws a hook to the side of Gangitano's head but Gangitano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haize scores with a jab to the body.
Haize takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Haize darts in trying to clinch
and Gangitano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Haize.
Bo Haize is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gangitano throws a leg kick but Haize sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gangitano digs a good hook to Haize's body.
Gangitano swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Haize moves in looking to clinch but Gangitano pushes him off.
Haize throws a right hand that Gangitano ducks under and follows up with a left that Gangitano also avoids with ease.
Gangitano misses the jab.
Gangitano tries to land a leg kick but Haize saw it coming and moves away.
Haize misses with a two punch combination.
Haize tries to clinch
and Gangitano makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big right from Haize misses.
Gangitano misses with a straight right.
Haize tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Haize as he checks the leg kick.
Gangitano misses with a low kick as Haize jumps back.
Haize misses with a low kick.
Haize tries to clinch but Gangitano is having none of it.
Gangitano lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haize uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gangitano.
A head kick misses from Gangitano.
Haize throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gangitano counters with an outside leg kick.
Haize paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gangitano with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gangitano blocks a head kick by Haize.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haize throws a head kick but Gangitano moves out of range.
Haize throws a lazy head kick
and Gangitano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gangitano thows a body shot but no joy.
Gangitano lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haize takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Haize is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Haize keeps the fight on the outside.
Bo Haize is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gangitano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gangitano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haize.

Gangitano has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haize is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gangitano is keeping busy.
Haize is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gangitano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gangitano takes an elbow to the forehead.

Gangitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gangitano blocks a head kick by Haize.
Haize on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gangitano throws a front kick aimed at Haize's knee but Haize avoids it well.
Haize misses with a few strikes there.
Gangitano scores with a jab to the body.
Gangitano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Gangitano.
Gangitano avoids the body shot from Haize.
Haize just misses with a punch to the body.
Gangitano swats away the attempt to clinch by Haize.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonse Gangitano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gangitano misses with a low kick as Haize jumps back.
Haize doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haize throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gangitano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haize tries to close the distance and clinch but Gangitano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Haize.
Gangitano thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Haize if he has to take too many more of those.
A head kick misses from Gangitano.
Gangitano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gangitano slips a straight right by Haize.
Haize scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gangitano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Haize rather than just go for the knockout.

Gangitano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right from Gangitano on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gangitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haize tries to clinch there but Gangitano circles away.
Haize doesn't manage to clinch there - Gangitano circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gangitano throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A punch combination from Gangitano misses.
Haize dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gangitano. That did some damage!
Gangitano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Haize clinches up with Gangitano and pushes him back against the cage.
Gangitano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gangitano throws a punch but it's blocked by Haize.
Haize is looking to control Gangitano's arms but Gangitano gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haize has his back to the cage.
Gangitano stalling the fight.
Haize prevents a body shot from Gangitano.
Gangitano swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gangitano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haize backwards.
Haize doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haize lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gangitano will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haize up against the cage.
Haize tries to stall but Gangitano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Haize throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gangitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haize swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haize blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Gangitano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano working aggressively here.
Haize blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gangitano.
Gangitano is trying to break the clinch but Haize is controlling him.
Gangitano lands a shoulder strike.
Gangitano just leaning against Haize, taking a breather.
Gangitano scores with a shot to the side of Haize's head.
Haize misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gangitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Haize uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gangitano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haize or not.
Haize letting Gangitano take a breather here.
Gangitano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano blocks the elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Gangitano.
A left hand lands to the body for Gangitano.
Haize is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gangitano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gangitano.
Gangitano presses Haize against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gangitano working aggressively here.
Gangitano lands a left hand.
A short right from Gangitano.

Haize is rocked!
Gangitano unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Haize! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Gangitano is unloading with more strikes now! Haize drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alphonse Gangitano!
Alphonse Gangitano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.