PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Wall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Lollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wall
vs
Lollo

193 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
276 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sean Wall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Giorgio Lollo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wall closes the distance and pushes Lollo back into the cage.
Wall can't break the clinch.
Lollo tries to break the clinch but Wall is controlling the position.

Wall is trying to trip Lollo. He has hold of a leg but Lollo is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wall persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Wall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wall accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wall has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wall looking to sit in guard and control but Lollo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lollo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wall is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lollo trying to control but Wall is working from the bottom.
Lollo postures up in Wall's guard and throws a big left but Wall blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wall wants to get back to his feet but Lollo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lollo postures up in Wall's guard and throws a big left but Wall blocks it.
Wall utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lollo chips away with some ground and pound.
Wall wants to stand and escape but Lollo is having none of it.
Lollo stands and throws Wall's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wall managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lollo.
Wall is breathing heavily.
Lollo tries to score with some ground and pound. Wall controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lollo misses with the ground and pound.
Lollo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lollo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wall some visible discomfort.
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!
Lollo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lollo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lollo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lollo scores with punches from side control.
Lollo postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lollo in side control, throwing shots but Wall defends.
Lollo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lollo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lollo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wall takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lollo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wall avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lollo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lollo prevents Wall from escaping the position.
Wall is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lollo connects with a decent elbow.
Wall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lollo on the ground.
Wall is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Wall parries the strikes from Lollo easily there. Lollo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wall to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lollo cracks Wall with a big right hand but Wall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lollo working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Lollo dominated that round.
That's time! Wall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Lollo does it's job there.
Lollo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Wall looking to score a takedown here. Lollo is defending well but Wall drives through and ends up in Lollo's guard.
Wall connects with a couple of short punches.
Wall is in close to Lollo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wall throws a big elbow that misses.
Lollo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wall trying to control but Lollo is working from the bottom.
Giorgio Lollo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wall throws an elbow that misses. Lollo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wall's guard. Nice move by Lollo!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lollo postures up in Wall's guard and throws a big left but Wall blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lollo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wall tries to get out of the position.

Wall manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Wall blocking some punches.
We've been informed that Lollo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lollo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lollo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wall could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Wall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Wall feints and as Lollo raises his hands in defense, Wall changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wall throwing strikes from guard but Lollo blocks nicely.
Lollo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wall throws a strike but Lollo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lollo works over Wall with some ground and pound from guard.
Lollo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wall wants to stand up but Lollo is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lollo throwing strikes from guard but Wall blocks nicely.
Lollo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lollo stands up over Wall, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lollo wants to pass the guard but Wall is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lollo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lollo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wall is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lollo is controlling him.
Lollo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wall's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lollo.
Lollo throwing shots but Wall is blocking nicely.
Lollo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lollo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wall keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lollo wants to stand but Wall has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Giorgio Lollo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wall lands a body punch.

Wall is trying to trip Lollo. He has hold of a leg but Lollo is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wall persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Wall lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wall preventing the sweep.
Wall wanted to stand there but Lollo had control of the position.
Wall throws a big right hand that misses.
Wall throws an elbow that misses. Lollo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wall's guard. Nice move by Lollo!
Lollo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wall has a closed guard, preventing Lollo from standing up.

Wall has his feet on Lollo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lollo throws a jab when Wall was well out of range.
Wall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lollo throws a series of punches but Wall moves out of range.
Lollo shoots in but Wall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wall tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Lollo misses its intended target.

Wall looking to score a takedown here. Lollo is defending well but Wall drives through and ends up in Lollo's guard.
Wall trying to control the position from guard on top but Lollo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wall wants to stand and escape but instead Lollo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Lollo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lollo lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lollo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wall is looking to stand up but Lollo isn't so interested in that idea.
Lollo trying to control but Wall is working from the bottom.
Lollo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lollo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Wall's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lollo content to stall in guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Giorgio Lollo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lollo looks to land a right hand but Wall moved out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lollo enables Wall to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lollo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lollo is keeping the position for now.
Lollo is looking to stand up but Wall isn't so interested in that idea.
Sean Wall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wall working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Wall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lollo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Giorgio Lollo!