PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elidio Sana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Ottoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sana
vs
Ottoni

200 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Elidio Sana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexandre Ottoni!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ottoni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sana misses with the combination.
Ottoni loads up on a big right hand but Sana slips the punch.
Sana throws a body punch but Ottoni moves out of range.
Ottoni scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sana in his tracks.
Sana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ottoni moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sana. Ottoni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ottoni scores with a shot to the body.
Ottoni misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Ottoni.
Sana slips a jab and a cross from Ottoni.
Sana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ottoni paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sana cracks Ottoni with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sana misses with a hook. Ottoni ducked under it nicely.
Ottoni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sana throws a lazy right hand but Ottoni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sana ducks under a wild hook from Ottoni.
Ottoni throws a head kick but Sana moves out of range.
Ottoni should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sana throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ottoni counters with a stiff right hand.
Sana slips a straight right by Ottoni.
Ottoni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ottoni scores with a hook.
Sana thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ottoni moves away.
Sana moves away from the strike by Ottoni.
Sana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ottoni manages to avoid it.
Ottoni throws a lazy right hand but Sana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sana slips a straight right by Ottoni.
Sana moves away from the strike by Ottoni.
Sana throws a body punch but Ottoni moves out of range.
Ottoni throws a head kick that misses.
Sana misses the jab.
Sana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ottoni throws a right hand that Sana ducks under and follows up with a left that Sana also avoids with ease.
Sana connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottoni takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sana works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sana is breathing heavily.
Sana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ottoni throws out a loose jab but Sana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ottoni looks to land a left hand but Sana moved out of range nicely.
Sana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ottoni was well out of range. Poor timing from Sana.
Nice defenses there by Sana.
Sana works Ottoni's body with a nice hook.
Ottoni with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ottoni moves away.
Ottoni might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ottoni works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ottoni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ottoni listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Sana lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A lazy left from Ottoni finds it's target.
Sana scores with a nice strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sana just misses with a punch to the body.
Sana swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ottoni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sana looks to score with a jab to the body but Ottoni is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Elidio Sana will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sana misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ottoni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sana misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Ottoni counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sana. Ottoni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ottoni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ottoni is looking to land body kicks.
Sana looks to land a right hand but Ottoni moved out of range.
Ottoni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sana loads up on a big right hand but Ottoni slips the punch.
Ottoni throws a looping overhand right but Sana ducks down to avoid it.
Sana throws a sloppy body shot
and Ottoni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ottoni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sana tries to move into range but Ottoni moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ottoni. Sana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sana misses the shot to the body.
Ottoni throws a sloppy head kick and Sana moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Sana misses the target.
Sana is looking to wear down Ottoni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice cross by Ottoni.
Ottoni lands a nice looking body shot.
Sana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sana slips under a jab from Ottoni.
Ottoni scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ottoni.
Sana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ottoni fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sana on the side of the head.
Ottoni looks to land a right hand but Sana moved out of range.
Sana lands with a nice body punch.
Ottoni misses with a left hand
and Sana counters with a stiff right hand.
Sana throws a body punch but Ottoni moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ottoni misses with an uppercut. Sana saw that one coming.
Ottoni avoids the body shot from Sana.
Sana misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottoni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sana manages to avoid it.
Ottoni listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sana lands with a cross.
Ottoni walks into a stiff left hand from Sana.
Ottoni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ottoni slips a straight right by Sana.
Sana misses with a body shot.
Ottoni scores with a jab.
Sana lands with an uppercut that bounces Ottoni off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sana swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Ottoni to counter with a crisp jab.
Sana throws a body punch but Ottoni moves out of range.
Sana lands the left hand.
Sana misses the shot to the body.
Sana swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ottoni counters with a stiff right hand.
Ottoni takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sana lands with a nice combination. Ottoni backs away looking to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ottoni.
Ottoni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sana slips a jab from Ottoni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexandre Ottoni will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sana slips under a jab from Ottoni.
Sana takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sana misses the jab.
Sana swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ottoni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sana looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ottoni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Sana does it's job there.
Ottoni throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ottoni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ottoni fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ottoni misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ottoni forces Sana back against the cage and clinches.
Ottoni is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ottoni - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Ottoni.
Sana is trying to maintain a safe position but Ottoni gets an underhook and turns Sana into the cage.
Ottoni has Sana pressed against the cage.
Ottoni lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sana looking to slow down the pace here.
Ottoni controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ottoni continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Sana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ottoni lands a right hand.
Sana throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ottoni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ottoni on the inside.
Ottoni is stalling here.
Sana is trying to stall.
Ottoni controlling the action here for a moment.
Sana is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sana is trying to stall.
Ottoni blocking some punches.
Ottoni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ottoni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sana up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sana tries to stall but Ottoni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice body punch from Ottoni - that landed with a thud.
Ottoni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Sana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sana trying to stall but Ottoni improves his position.
Ottoni lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ottoni lands a left hand.
Ottoni lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandre Ottoni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ottoni has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Ottoni!
Alexandre Ottoni decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.