PBP Commentary

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

DeVanzo
vs
Ali

182 cm
16
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artie DeVanzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mohammad Ali!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ali.
DeVanzo throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
DeVanzo leaves Ali with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ali fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches DeVanzo on the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from DeVanzo. No joy for Ali on that attempt.
Artie DeVanzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohammad Ali.
DeVanzo misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ali is defended easily by DeVanzo.
Artie DeVanzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali throws a body punch but DeVanzo moves out of range.
DeVanzo lands with an uppercut that bounces Ali off the cage and back into range.
DeVanzo connects with a single shot there.
A slow jab from DeVanzo misses its intended target.
DeVanzo looks to land a combination but Ali avoids it well.
DeVanzo throws a leg kick which misses Ali's front leg but catches the back leg as Ali tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeVanzo walks into a left hand.
Donk. DeVanzo catches Ali right on the button with a cross.
Horrible takedown by Ali or perhaps it was just good defense by DeVanzo which made him look bad.

DeVanzo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
DeVanzo could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ali regains half guard.
Ali looks winded!
DeVanzo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali won't allow DeVanzo to pass to mount.
DeVanzo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
DeVanzo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ali is trying to defend against the ground and pound but DeVanzo scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeVanzo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
DeVanzo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
DeVanzo slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
DeVanzo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ali is trying to defend against the ground and pound but DeVanzo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ali pushes DeVanzo off looking to stand but DeVanzo dives back in and keeps control.
DeVanzo is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
DeVanzo is controlling the pace.
DeVanzo lands strikes from half guard.
DeVanzo tries to pass to full mount but Ali defends it.
DeVanzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
DeVanzo throwing shots but Ali is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with DeVanzo in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. DeVanzo lands a nice short elbow.
DeVanzo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
DeVanzo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ali taking some punishment here, with DeVanzo in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artie DeVanzo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

DeVanzo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
DeVanzo throws a low kick, looking for Ali's leg but Ali calmly moves out of range.
Ali closes this distance looking for a takedown but DeVanzo circles away.
DeVanzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeVanzo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeVanzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
DeVanzo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ali at a distance.
DeVanzo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Ali is rocked!
Ali closes the distance but DeVanzo moves to the side
and DeVanzo counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Artie DeVanzo!