PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cairne Bloodhoof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Damozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bloodhoof
vs
Damozzi

178 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160

Elite Canadian Threads

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cairne Bloodhoof!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Damozzi!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodhoof fails in his attempt to clinch.

Damozzi scores with a takedown into Bloodhoof's guard.
Damozzi postures up in Bloodhoof's guard and throws a big left but Bloodhoof blocks it.
Bloodhoof is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Damozzi postures up in Bloodhoof's guard and throws a big left but Bloodhoof blocks it.
Bloodhoof keeping moving, preventing Damozzi from controlling successfully.
Damozzi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Damozzi wants to pass the guard but Bloodhoof is keeping the position.
Damozzi throws a big elbow that misses.
Bloodhoof preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damozzi chips away with some ground and pound.
Damozzi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Damozzi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bloodhoof manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Damozzi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Damozzi has control of Bloodhoof's left arm, preventing Bloodhoof from doing any damage.
Damozzi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bloodhoof. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bloodhoof scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bloodhoof throws a big right hand that misses.
Bloodhoof cracks Damozzi with a solid left hand.
Damozzi wants to sweep here but Bloodhoof controlling him for the moment.
Damozzi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodhoof content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bloodhoof throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Damozzi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Damozzi wants to sweep here but Bloodhoof controlling him for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damozzi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Damozzi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bloodhoof throws a big right hand that misses.
Bloodhoof won't allow Damozzi to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodhoof throws a big right hand that misses.
Damozzi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bloodhoof's guard.
Damozzi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bloodhoof is keeping the position for now.
Damozzi throws a strike but Bloodhoof rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Damozzi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bloodhoof wants to control from the top but Damozzi keeps moving.
Damozzi working a defensive guard here.
Bloodhoof wants to control from the top but Damozzi keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodhoof trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bloodhoof postures up in Damozzi's guard and throws a big left but Damozzi blocks it.
Damozzi working a defensive guard here.
Damozzi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bloodhoof being controlled here momentarily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Damozzi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Damozzi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damozzi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Damozzi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Damozzi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bloodhoof's guard.
Damozzi looking to pass the guard.
Damozzi throws a strike but Bloodhoof rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Damozzi has his hands on Bloodhoof's head, controlling the position.
Bloodhoof keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Damozzi's head.
Damozzi controlling the position.
Damozzi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodhoof throws a big right hand that misses.
Bloodhoof has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Damozzi is proving hard to escape from.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bloodhoof trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Damozzi pulls Bloodhoof in close to prevent any damage.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Frank Damozzi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Damozzi looks for the body kick but Bloodhoof saw that one coming.
Bloodhoof blocks a low kick nicely.

Damozzi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Bloodhoof!
Damozzi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Damozzi looks up at the clock and then as Bloodhoof takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Damozzi smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damozzi scoring with punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damozzi tries to advance to mount but Bloodhoof instead regains half guard.
Frank Damozzi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Damozzi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Damozzi is pressing down on Bloodhoof's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bloodhoof is holding on for now.
Bloodhoof has hold of Damozzi's hands but Damozzi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Damozzi working the head and body with strikes.
Bloodhoof is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Damozzi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damozzi winds up and cracks Bloodhoof with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bloodhoof with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Damozzi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Damozzi trying to pass the guard but Bloodhoof defending well.
Damozzi 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.
Damozzi is keen to just control but Bloodhoof is a slippery customer.
Damozzi slips a nice elbow through Bloodhoof's hands, connecting with Bloodhoof's forehead.
Bloodhoof on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bloodhoof is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Damozzi scores with a couple of nice shots.

Bloodhoof is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damozzi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oh Bloodhoof is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi working the head and body with strikes.
Damozzi lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Bloodhoof! More strikes land and this one is all over! Damozzi jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Damozzi!
Frank Damozzi was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.