PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Verbana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Pagliarulo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verbana's entrance music is Pardon Me. A fine choice. John Verbana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Verbana
vs
Pagliarulo

182 cm
26
240 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Verbana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Pagliarulo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Verbana.

It looks like Christian Pagliarulo has been cut.
Verbana throws a hook but Pagliarulo blocks it.
Verbana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Verbana throws a hook but Pagliarulo avoids it easily.
Verbana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pagliarulo. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pagliarulo misses with a low kick as Verbana jumps back.
Verbana thumps Pagliarulo with a low kick.
Pagliarulo looks winded!
Pagliarulo blocks a jab.
Pagliarulo throws a hook to the side of Verbana's head but Verbana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Verbana tries a head kick but it misses.
Verbana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Verbana takes a swing at Pagliarulo's ribcage but misses.
John Verbana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Verbana.
Verbana cracks Pagliarulo with a left hook right on the temple and Pagliarulo goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Verbana lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Pagliarulo is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Verbana!
John Verbana spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.