PBP Commentary

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

Civintiani
vs
Vliegen

180 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francisco Civintiani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shadi Vliegen!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Civintiani walks into a jab.

It looks like Francisco Civintiani has been cut.
Civintiani misses with a double jab
and Vliegen counters with a nice body shot.
Vliegen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vliegen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Civintiani drops his hands momentarily and Vliegen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vliegen moves away from the strike by Civintiani.
Civintiani looks to score with a jab to the body but Vliegen is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Vliegen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vliegen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Civintiani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Francisco Civintiani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vliegen takes the fight into the clinch.
Vliegen lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Civintiani is rocked!
Good body shot from Vliegen.
Civintiani landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vliegen blocking some punches.
Vliegen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Civintiani misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Civintiani is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Vliegen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Civintiani misses with some punches.
A short right from Vliegen on the inside.
Civintiani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Civintiani trying to land knees to the body.
Vliegen lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Civintiani is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vliegen unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Civintiani! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Vliegen is unloading with more strikes now! Civintiani drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shadi Vliegen!
After winning the bout, Shadi Vliegen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.