PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Gianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JRun Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Gianni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gianni
vs
Bastard

190 cm
25
217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

202 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Fishy Fighting
KAISER

Dynamite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Gianni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JRun Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gianni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gianni slips a jab and a cross from Bastard.
Gianni takes a jab right on the kisser.

Gianni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bastard, pushing him back against the cage.
Gianni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gianni scores a nice knee to the body.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Bastard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gianni tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastard is trying to break the clinch but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bastard's efforts to push away.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bastard manages to break the clinch.
Bastard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard swats away the attempt to clinch by Gianni.
Bastard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
JRun Bastard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.

Bastard clinches up with Gianni and pushes him back against the cage.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Gianni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bastard is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gianni.

It looks like JRun Bastard has been cut.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gianni moves into the clinch.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Gianni lands a nice knee to the body.
Bastard looks winded!
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bastard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gianni has him pressed against the cage.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gianni lands a knee to the body.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A knee to the head by Gianni.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but Gianni won't allow it.
Gianni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gianni scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a knee strike.
Bastard being controlled against the cage.
Gianni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bastard is trying to break free.

Gianni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastard throws a right and a left that Gianni avoids nicely.
Bastard misses with a combination
and Gianni counters with a body kick that stops Bastard in his tracks momentarily.
Gianni tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bastard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gianni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bastard misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gianni.
Gianni moves in looking to clinch but Bastard pushes him off.
Bastard misses with a double jab

and Gianni counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Gianni looking to finish!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Gianni decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bastard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A cross from Gianni lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bastard clinches up against the cage.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Gianni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JRun Bastard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bastard closes the distance and clinches.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni looking to throw knees to the head but Bastard is blocking nicely.
Bastard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bastard tries to break the clinch but Gianni is controlling the position.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.

Gianni breaks from the clinch.
Bastard fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Bastard misses.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.

Bastard closes the distance and clinches.
Gianni lands a good knee to the midsection. Bastard won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gianni with a knee to the head.
Bastard is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gianni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastard blocks it with crossed arms.

Gianni manages to break the clinch.
JRun Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gianni.
Gianni fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gianni clinches.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Gianni.
Gianni connects with a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gianni lands a knee to the head.
Bastard is looking to break free of the clinch but Gianni has double underhooks.
Bastard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bastard clinches.

Gianni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gianni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gianni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bastard darts in and clinches Gianni up against the cage.
Hector Gianni has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gianni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gianni prevents Bastard from breaking the clinch.
Bastard tries to circle away but Gianni has him pinned against the cage.
Gianni lands a good knee to the midsection. Bastard won't want to take too many of those.
Gianni lands an elbow inside that Bastard shrugs off.
Gianni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gianni landing knees to the body.
Gianni lands an elbow that stopped Bastard in his tracks for a moment.
Bastard takes a knee right on the jaw!

Gianni manages to break the clinch.

Gianni gets a clinch.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Gianni trying to control the position but instead, Bastard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gianni into the cage.
Gianni is pushing Bastard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gianni prevents Bastard from breaking the clinch.
Gianni lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gianni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gianni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bastard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Bastard does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Gianni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JRun Bastard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bastard misses with a two punch combination.
Bastard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gianni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gianni is looking to clinch.
Bastard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gianni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Bastard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bastard swinging wildly here.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Gianni avoids it well.
Gianni fails with a takedown attempt.
Gianni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bastard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gianni avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gianni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bastard, pushing him back against the cage.
Gianni tries a knee to the head but Bastard blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Bastard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bastard is trying to push Gianni away but Gianni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni is looking to control Bastard's arms but Bastard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gianni has his back to the cage.
Gianni lands a damaging elbow.
Gianni unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bastard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gianni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni tries to land a knee to the head but Bastard blocks with his arms.
Bastard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gianni breaks from the clinch.
Bastard misses with a series of wild punches.
Bastard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bastard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
JRun Bastard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gianni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gianni tries to clinch there but Bastard circles away.
A punch combination from Bastard misses.

Gianni moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bastard's face.
Gianni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gianni has Bastard pressed against the cage, preventing Bastard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni tries to stall but Bastard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gianni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.
Gianni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bastard can do to turn this around?
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gianni scores a nice knee to the body.
Gianni working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
Bastard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gianni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gianni obliges.
Gianni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hector Gianni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a knee to the head.
Bastard working hard to break the clinch.
Gianni lands a knee to the head.
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but Gianni won't allow it.
Gianni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastard's defenses.
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gianni landing knees to the head.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gianni.
Gianni keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gianni misses with a knee strike.
Bastard is looking to break free of the clinch but Gianni has double underhooks.
JRun Bastard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gianni lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Gianni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gianni has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Gianni!
Hector Gianni managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fishy Fighting, into his post fight interview.