PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Vercotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neptune Loveladdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercotti comes to the cage accompanied by Poverty - Ennio Morricone. Loveladdy has chosen Simian Mobile Disco - Sacrifice as his entrance music. Luigi Vercotti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vercotti
vs
Loveladdy

176 cm
22
162 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

176 cm
23
160 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luigi Vercotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neptune Loveladdy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loveladdy throws a wild body kick that Vercotti sees coming a mile off.
Loveladdy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Loveladdy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vercotti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Loveladdy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vercotti.
Vercotti shoots for a takedown but Loveladdy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Loveladdy scores with a jab to the body.
Loveladdy lands with a slapping head kick.
Vercotti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loveladdy.

Loveladdy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loveladdy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loveladdy seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti managing to control the position.
Vercotti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vercotti seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Vercotti 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vercotti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loveladdy avoids the body shot from Vercotti.
Loveladdy slaps away a takedown attempt from Vercotti, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Loveladdy tries to clinch but Vercotti is having none of it.
Loveladdy swings for the body but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti misses with a right hand
and Loveladdy counters with a body kick.
Loveladdy looks to land a body kick but Vercotti moved away.
Vercotti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vercotti takes a swing at Loveladdy's ribcage but misses.
Neptune Loveladdy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Loveladdy misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy is looking to clinch but Vercotti is avoiding it.
Loveladdy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vercotti throws an off balance right hand
and Vercotti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Loveladdy ducks under a wild hook from Vercotti.
Loveladdy stuffs the takedown attempt from Vercotti. Vercotti gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luigi Vercotti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vercotti misses with a hook. Loveladdy ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Vercotti.
Vercotti lands a right hook to the body.
Vercotti takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Loveladdy is looking to land body kicks.
Vercotti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy misses with a low kick.
Loveladdy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vercotti.

Loveladdy drives through and clinches with Vercotti against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vercotti is trying to stall.
Loveladdy swings wildly with an uppercut but Vercotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loveladdy presses Vercotti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Loveladdy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Loveladdy tries to work over Vercotti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vercotti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vercotti tries to score a body lock takedown but Loveladdy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vercotti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loveladdy misses with a body punch.
Loveladdy blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neptune Loveladdy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Loveladdy tries to work over Vercotti's front leg with a kick but Vercotti checks it.
Loveladdy tried to score with a low kick but Vercotti checks it.
Loveladdy throws a leg kick but Vercotti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Loveladdy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vercotti.
Loveladdy leaves Vercotti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Loveladdy lands a leg kick that knocks Vercotti off balance momentarily.
Loveladdy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vercotti to score with a decent uppercut.
Vercotti misses the shot to the body.
Loveladdy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Loveladdy throws a push kick but Vercotti slaps the foot to one side.
Neptune Loveladdy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loveladdy thumps Vercotti with a low kick.
Luigi Vercotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loveladdy stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luigi Vercotti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vercotti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loveladdy moves away.
Vercotti misses with a left hand
and Loveladdy counters with a good low kick that Vercotti was not able to check.
Vercotti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loveladdy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vercotti.
Vercotti digs a good body shot into Loveladdy's ribs.
Loveladdy slips a straight right by Vercotti.
Vercotti throws a jab when Loveladdy was well out of range.
Vercotti takes one on the button.
Loveladdy leaves Vercotti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vercotti takes a swing at Loveladdy's ribcage but misses.
Vercotti lands a glancing blow to the side of Loveladdy's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Loveladdy does it's job there.
Loveladdy fakes the leg kick and cracks Vercotti in the body.
Vercotti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loveladdy to score with a decent uppercut.
Vercotti digs a good body shot into Loveladdy's ribs.
Vercotti avoids the body shot from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

Vercotti closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Loveladdy quickly recovers to half guard.
Loveladdy trying to control but Vercotti postures up.
Loveladdy wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy wants to improve his position but Vercotti is controlling well.
Loveladdy is trying to control but can't.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Neptune Loveladdy.
Vercotti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vercotti walks forward, straight into a front kick from Loveladdy.
Crunch! Loveladdy slams his shin into Vercotti's torso.
Vercotti tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Loveladdy defends well and Vercotti ends up having to push Loveladdy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Good body shot from Loveladdy.
Vercotti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Loveladdy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vercotti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vercotti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vercotti swings for the body but Loveladdy moves out of range.
Vercotti checks a leg kick nicely.
Loveladdy throws a hook but Vercotti avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loveladdy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vercotti missing with a left hand there. Loveladdy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Loveladdy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vercotti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Loveladdy scrambles back to his feet.
Vercotti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loveladdy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loveladdy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vercotti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neptune Loveladdy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vercotti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vercotti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy scores with a jab to the head.
Vercotti scores with a nice right hand.
Vercotti misses with a straight left.
Vercotti blocks the body kick.
Loveladdy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Loveladdy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vercotti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vercotti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vercotti misses with a lunging right hand
and Loveladdy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vercotti thinking.
Vercotti sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A big right from Loveladdy misses.
Loveladdy loads up on a big right hand but Vercotti slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loveladdy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vercotti lands with an overhand left.
Vercotti thows a body shot but no joy.
Loveladdy misses the shot to the body.
Loveladdy connects with an inside leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Loveladdy - that will leave a mark!
Vercotti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loveladdy moves away.
Vercotti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Loveladdy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vercotti scrambles back to his feet.
Vercotti throws a shot from downtown. Loveladdy moves away and avoids it.
Vercotti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luigi Vercotti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vercotti looks to land a left hand but Loveladdy moved out of range nicely.
Vercotti will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vercotti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loveladdy was well out of range. Poor timing from Vercotti.
Loveladdy misses with a wild body shot.

Loveladdy has closed the distance and engaged Vercotti in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercotti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Loveladdy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vercotti misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Loveladdy.
Loveladdy throws a head punch that misses.
Vercotti blocks an uppercut.
Vercotti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loveladdy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy presses Vercotti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Loveladdy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy prevents a body shot from Vercotti.
Loveladdy lands with a short shot to the head.
Loveladdy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loveladdy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Loveladdy misses with a body punch.
Loveladdy pushes Vercotti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
I was talking to Vercotti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Loveladdy - that landed with a thud.
Loveladdy lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loveladdy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy works on Vercotti's body with a couple of short punches.
Loveladdy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loveladdy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vercotti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loveladdy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Loveladdy.
Loveladdy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loveladdy throws a punch but it's blocked by Vercotti.
Loveladdy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loveladdy.
Loveladdy misses with a punch on the inside.
Loveladdy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Loveladdy struggles to land a body shot inside as Vercotti controls his hands.
Vercotti blocks a body shot from Loveladdy.
Vercotti takes a shot to the head.
Vercotti blocking some punches.
Loveladdy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vercotti or not.
Loveladdy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vercotti backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loveladdy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vercotti has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Loveladdy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Neptune Loveladdy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Loveladdy misses with a punch on the inside.
Neptune Loveladdy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Loveladdy lands a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Neptune Loveladdy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Loveladdy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neptune Loveladdy!
Neptune Loveladdy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.