PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Bounty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Mauti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Bounty
vs
Mauti

185 cm
27
194 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

188 cm
27
202 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Crippler's Corner

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Bounty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mauti !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mauti throws a sloppy head kick and Bounty moves out of range easily.
Bounty misses with a straight right.
Bounty blocks a head kick by Mauti .
Mauti moves out of range as Bounty strikes.
Bounty throws a hook to the side of Mauti 's head but Mauti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mauti shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bounty misses with a body shot.
Mauti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Bounty blocks the leg kick.
Bounty cracks Mauti with an open hand slap.
Bounty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mauti was well out of range. Poor timing from Bounty.
Bounty throws a leg kick which misses Mauti 's front leg but catches the back leg as Mauti tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Mauti is predictable there
and Bounty counters with a good low kick that Mauti was not able to check.
Bounty checks the leg kick.
Bounty throws an overhand right that lands on Mauti 's shoulder, as Mauti tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Bounty.
Mauti defending well as Bounty loads up on a big left hand.
Mark Bounty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bounty's sensitive parts.
Bounty lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mauti moves away from the strike by Bounty.
Mauti throws the kick towards the body but Bounty avoids it.
Mauti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mauti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bounty misses with a hook. Mauti ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Bounty blocks the leg kick.
Mauti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bounty moves into the clinch successfully.
Mauti landing knees to the body.
Bounty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bounty missing with knees to the body.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.

Mauti breaks from the clinch.
Bounty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty checks a low kick from Mauti .

Mauti has closed the distance and engaged Bounty in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mauti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mauti lands an elbow that stopped Bounty in his tracks for a moment.
Bounty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mauti .
Bounty blocks the elbow strike.

Mauti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mauti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mauti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bounty!
Bounty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mauti .
Bounty stuns Mauti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bounty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mauti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mauti 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bounty connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mauti scrambles back to his feet.
Bounty lunges at Mauti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mauti 's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mauti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bounty throws an overhand right that lands on Mauti 's shoulder, as Mauti tries to avoid the shot.
Mauti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bounty takes a swing at Mauti 's ribcage but misses.
Mauti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mauti pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bounty is out of range and Mauti settles back down.
Mauti moves out of range as Bounty strikes.
Bounty tries to clinch but Mauti moves out of range.
Bounty connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A head kick misses from Mauti .
Bounty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bounty throws a head kick that misses.
Bounty cracks the inside of Mauti 's front leg.
A low kick from Mauti misses
and Bounty counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bounty fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bounty lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bounty connects with a crisp jab.
Bounty smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bounty throws a hook but Mauti blocks it.
Bounty checks a low kick from Mauti .

Mauti closes the distance and clinches.
Mauti blocking some punches.
A short right from Bounty.
Bounty lands an elbow just above Mauti 's eye.
Mauti blocks the elbow strike.
Bounty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mauti avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mauti pushes off an throws an elbow but Bounty leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bounty takes an elbow to the temple.
Mauti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bounty blocks it with crossed arms.
Bounty comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Bounty dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mauti ducks right into an uppercut from Bounty.
Mark Bounty is winning the standup battle so far.
Mauti is looking to slow Bounty down with leg kicks.

Mauti gets a clinch.
Mauti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mauti dodges an elbow strike from Bounty.
Bounty lands a damaging elbow.
Bounty looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Mauti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mauti in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mauti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mauti thumps Bounty with a low kick.
Mauti wants to clinch
and Bounty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bounty lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Bounty.
Bounty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mauti . That did some damage!
Bounty throws a shot from downtown. Mauti moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauti connects with an inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Bounty misses its intended target.
Mauti throws a low kick, looking for Bounty's leg but Bounty calmly moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Bounty.
Mauti slips under a jab from Bounty.
Mauti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bounty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mauti .
Bounty lands a leg kick that knocks Mauti off balance momentarily.
Mauti misses with a low kick.
Bounty misses with a wild body shot.
Bounty tries to clinch but Mauti moves out of range.
Bounty throws a push kick but Mauti slaps the foot to one side.
Mauti misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Bounty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Bounty misses.
Bounty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bounty closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mauti moves out of range of the strikes.
Bounty checks a low kick from Mauti .
Bounty checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bounty throws a jab but it's blocked by Mauti .
Bounty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mauti scores with a leg kick.
Mauti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bounty.

Mauti closes the distance and pushes Bounty back into the cage.
Bounty pushes off an throws an elbow but Mauti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mauti misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bounty throws an elbow but misses.
Bounty trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mauti lands an elbow that stopped Bounty in his tracks for a moment.
Bounty pushes off an throws an elbow but Mauti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mauti scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mark Bounty has been cut.
Mauti misses with a knee strike.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mauti throws an elbow but misses.
Mauti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mauti trying to land knees to the body.
Mauti trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bounty throws an elbow but misses.
Michael Mauti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bounty blocks the elbow strike.
Bounty looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mauti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bounty is defending well for now.
Bounty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauti lands an elbow inside that Bounty shrugs off.
Mauti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bounty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mauti avoids it.
Mauti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mauti throws an elbow but misses.

Mauti manages to break the clinch.
Bounty throws a series of strikes that have Mauti backpedaling.
Bounty on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mauti . Mauti obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Bounty blocks the leg kick.
Bounty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mauti takes one to the side of the head.
Bounty scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bounty motions for Mauti to come forward. Bounty throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mauti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bounty blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Bounty will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mark Bounty'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!

Mauti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bounty.

Mauti clinches with his opponent.
Bounty pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mauti managing to block the knees to the body from Bounty.
Mauti misses with a knee to the head.
Bounty blocks the elbow strike.
Bounty connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bounty just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mauti 's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bounty.
Bounty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bounty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mauti tries to circle away but Bounty has him pinned against the cage.
Mauti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bounty just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mauti 's brow.
Mauti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mauti managing to block the knees to the body from Bounty.
Mauti working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bounty misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Bounty scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mauti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bounty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bounty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mauti blocks it with crossed arms.
Mauti working Bounty over with knees to the body.
Mauti lands an elbow that stopped Bounty in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Bounty.
Bounty looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bounty misses with an elbow over the top.
Mauti blocking some punches.
Mauti dodges an elbow strike from Bounty.
Mauti misses with an elbow over the top.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Bounty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mauti avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bounty.
Bounty trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mauti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mauti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bounty checks it well.
Bounty throws a right hand that Mauti ducks under and follows up with a left that Mauti also avoids with ease.
Mauti misses with a low kick.
Mauti slips a straight right by Bounty.
Bounty throws a body punch but Mauti moves out of range.
Mauti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bounty throws a looping overhand right but Mauti ducks down to avoid it.
Jab from Bounty.
Mauti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michael Mauti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mauti throws a low kick but Bounty moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Mauti is predictable there

and Bounty moves into the clinch.
Bounty is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bounty landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bounty tries a knee to the head but Mauti blocks it.
Bounty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mauti dodges an elbow strike from Bounty.
Bounty trying to land knees to the body.
Bounty throws an elbow that misses.
Bounty tries to land knees in the clinch but Mauti avoids the damage to the body.
Mauti managing to block the knees to the body from Bounty.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Bounty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mauti scores with a knee to the head.
Bounty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Mauti .
Bounty missing with knees to the body.
Mauti blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Mauti 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
Mauti looking to throw knees to the head but Bounty is blocking nicely.
Mauti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bounty avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mauti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bounty's brow.
Mauti landing knees to the head.
Bounty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mauti is defending well for now.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Mauti lands an elbow inside that Bounty shrugs off.
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!
Mauti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bounty avoids it.
Mauti lands an elbow just above Bounty 's eye.
Bounty throws an elbow but it misses.
Bounty misses with a knee to the head.
Mauti connects with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bounty.
Mauti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mauti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bounty takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bounty takes an elbow to the temple.
Bounty avoids the elbow strike from Mauti , against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mauti obliges.
Bounty blocks an elbow strike.
Mauti looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mark Bounty.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bounty, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Bounty!
Mark Bounty thanked the fans post fight for their support.