PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Poletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandro Poletto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Poletto
vs
Angel

188 cm
28
260 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

199 cm
25
286 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Poletto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Angel!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Angel closes the distance and clinches.
Angel with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sandro Poletto has been cut.
Angel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Angel lands a nice elbow.
Poletto being controlled against the cage.
Poletto taking a breather.
Poletto pushes off an throws an elbow but Angel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Angel trying to land knees to the body.
Angel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poletto is defending well for now.
Poletto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Angel is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Poletto to work.
Angel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but Angel blocks with his arms.
Angel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poletto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Angel trying to land knees to the body.
Poletto trying to stall but Angel improves his position.
Angel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poletto is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Angel lands a knee to the body.
Angel lands an elbow inside that Poletto shrugs off.
Poletto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poletto takes an elbow to the temple.
Angel working Poletto over with knees to the body.
Poletto blocks an elbow strike.
Angel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poletto avoids it.
Angel lands an elbow that stopped Poletto in his tracks for a moment.
Angel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Poletto's defenses.
Angel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Poletto up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Angel.
Angel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Angel landing knees to the head.
Angel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Poletto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angel tries to land a knee to the head but Poletto blocks with his arms.
Angel lands a knee to the body.
Angel lands a knee to the body.
Angel lands a nice elbow.
Angel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poletto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Angel.
Angel tries a knee to the head but Poletto blocks it.
Angel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poletto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Angel lands a knee to the body.
Angel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Angel lands a nice elbow.
Poletto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Poletto takes an elbow to the temple.

Sandro Poletto's cut is getting worse.
Angel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Poletto's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Angel lands an elbow inside that Poletto shrugs off.
Angel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Angel missing with knees to the body.
Poletto trying to stall but Angel improves his position.
Angel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poletto avoids it.
Angel lands a damaging elbow.
Angel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poletto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angel lands an elbow inside.
Angel lands an elbow that stopped Poletto in his tracks for a moment.
Poletto takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sandro Poletto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Angel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Angel lands a nice knee to the body.
Angel lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Angel.
Angel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Poletto avoids the elbow strike from Angel, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto misses with a knee strike.
Angel lands an elbow just above Poletto 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Angel throws an elbow but misses.
Poletto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Angel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sandro Poletto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Angel clinches with his opponent.
Poletto avoiding damage as Angel throws knees to the body.
Angel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poletto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Angel lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poletto avoiding damage as Angel throws knees to the body.
Angel working Poletto over with knees to the body.
Angel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Angel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poletto blocks it with crossed arms.
Poletto is looking to control Angel's arms but Angel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poletto has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Angel lands a nice elbow.
Angel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Poletto takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Angel scores a nice knee to the body.
Poletto being controlled against the cage.
Angel trying to land knees to the body.
Angel working Poletto over with knees to the body.
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!
Angel connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angel lands a nice elbow.
Angel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Poletto's face.
Angel lands an elbow just above Poletto 's eye.

Jeez, Sandro Poletto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Angel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Poletto takes an elbow to the temple.
Angel crunches a lovely knee into Poletto's ribcage.
Angel with a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sandro Poletto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Angel!