PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniele Vendemmiati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Umair Kayani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Vendemmiati
vs
Kayani

188 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniele Vendemmiati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Umair Kayani!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendemmiati is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kayani.
Vendemmiati uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kayani.
Vendemmiati throws a lazy right hand but Kayani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Daniele Vendemmiati seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vendemmiati misses with a looping right.
Vendemmiati pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vendemmiati moves out of range as Kayani strikes.
Vendemmiati dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vendemmiati misses with a hook.
Vendemmiati jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kayani throws a series of punches but Vendemmiati avoids them all with ease.
Vendemmiati scores with a nice head shot.
Kayani swinging wildly here.
Vendemmiati throws a right hand that Kayani ducks under and follows up with a left that Kayani also avoids with ease.
Kayani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kayani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vendemmiati.
Kayani thows a body shot but no joy.
Kayani scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kayani takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kayani lands a two punch combo.
Vendemmiati cracks Kayani with a good jab.

It looks like Umair Kayani has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vendemmiati misses with a combination
and Kayani counters with a straight right hand.
Kayani misses with the combination.
Vendemmiati tests Kayani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Vendemmiati.
Vendemmiati slips under a jab.
Vendemmiati throws a shot from downtown. Kayani moves away and avoids it.
Vendemmiati scores with a punch to the head.
Vendemmiati waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kayani.
Vendemmiati on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kayani!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kayani looks to land a combination but Vendemmiati avoids it well.
Kayani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vendemmiati.
Vendemmiati throws a poor cross that misses
letting Kayani counter with a right hand.
Kayani uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vendemmiati has time to react.
Kayani misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vendemmiati throws a lazy right hand but Kayani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vendemmiati misses with a wild body shot.
Vendemmiati rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kayani counters with a two punch combo.
Vendemmiati uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kayani.
Kayani uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vendemmiati.
Kayani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vendemmiati.
Kayani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vendemmiati scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kayani throws out a loose jab but Vendemmiati uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kayani slips under a jab.
Kayani misses with a wild combination.
Kayani ducks under a wild hook from Vendemmiati.
Vendemmiati feints a jab promting Kayani to slip. Vendemmiati then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kayani slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kayani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vendemmiati moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vendemmiati looks to throw the jab but Kayani is out of range.
Kayani jabs at Vendemmiati's body.
Kayani moves out of range as Vendemmiati strikes.
Vendemmiati throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kayani.
Kayani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vendemmiati misses with a looping right.
Vendemmiati gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kayani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kayani slips a straight right by Vendemmiati.
Vendemmiati rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kayani moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Vendemmiati. Those never looked like landing.
Kayani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vendemmiati listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vendemmiati misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Vendemmiati.
Vendemmiati swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kayani fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vendemmiati throws a right and a left that Kayani avoids nicely.
Vendemmiati throws a series of punches but Kayani moves out of range.
Vendemmiati lands a glancing blow to the side of Kayani's head.
No joy there for Kayani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vendemmiati is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vendemmiati swings widly with a right hand
and Kayani counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kayani has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vendemmiati uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kayani.
Kayani misses with the combination.
Kayani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vendemmiati.
Kayani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vendemmiati.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kayani drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kayani throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Vendemmiati counter with a right hand.
Kayani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kayani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniele Vendemmiati dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Umair Kayani's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kayani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vendemmiati.
Kayani moves forwards but Vendemmiati connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big right from Vendemmiati misses.
Vendemmiati takes one on the button.
A combination from Kayani does no damage.
Kayani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vendemmiati.
Kayani lands a jab-cross combination.
Vendemmiati thows a body shot but no joy.
Kayani fails to land with a series of punches.
Kayani thuds a left hand into Vendemmiati's body.
Vendemmiati throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vendemmiati misses with an uppercut
and Kayani counters with a three punch combo that has Vendemmiati backing up. Vendemmiati nods at Kayani to acknowledge the strikes.
Kayani defending well as Vendemmiati loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Kayani misses.
Kayani misses with the combination.
Kayani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kayani throws a right and a left that Vendemmiati avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayani takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big left from Vendemmiati misses.
Vendemmiati showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kayani.
Vendemmiati cracks Kayani with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kayani throws the left hand but Vendemmiati avoids the punch easily.
Kayani throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Vendemmiati counter with a right hand.

Kayani is rocked!
Kayani gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Vendemmiati gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniele Vendemmiati!