PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alen Delon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alen Delon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Delon
vs
Pitbull

185 cm
33
204 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

205 cm
32
210 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Delon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alan Pitbull!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitbull goes for a double leg but Delon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Delon continues to drive forward.
Alan Pitbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitbull will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pitbull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Delon attempts a counter takedown but Pitbull avoids it well and moves away.
Alen Delon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Pitbull.
Pitbull misses with a leg kick

and Delon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delon prevents Pitbull from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Delon in particular looking to stall.
Pitbull gets back to full guard.
Delon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Delon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Pitbull is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Delon defends well.
Delon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pitbull works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pitbull working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Delon.
Pitbull looking to control.
Pitbull is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pitbull wants to sweep here but Delon controlling him for the moment.
Delon wants to control from the top but Pitbull keeps moving.
Pitbull will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Delon stays in close to Pitbull's body and controls the position.

Pitbull is looking for a triangle but Delon pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Delon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Delon advances position into side control!
Delon is chipping away with strikes.
Pitbull can't do much from the bottom here.
Delon scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pitbull to see if he's OK.
Delon scoring with punches and elbows.
Pitbull gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Delon trying to pass the guard but Pitbull defending well.
Delon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Delon is keen to just control but Pitbull is a slippery customer.
Pitbull is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Delon is nestled in close to Pitbull, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Delon wants to take a breather but Pitbull is having none of it.
Pitbull is trying to control but Delon manages to pass to mount!
Pitbull bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pitbull missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pitbull trying to control the position from guard on top but Delon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pitbull throwing strikes but missing.
Delon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pitbull throws a big elbow that misses.
Delon wants to sweep but no luck.
Pitbull is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pitbull looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pitbull manages to get himself to full guard.

Pitbull keeping full guard, as Delon tries to pass.
Pitbull throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Pitbull had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Delon defends it easily.
Delon scoring with punches to the head and body.

Pitbull throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Delon postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Delon works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pitbull is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Delon dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pitbull fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Delon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Delon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pitbull can do to turn this around?
Delon looks to land a right hand but Pitbull moved out of range.
As Delon backs off Pitbull throws a huge counter combo but Delon manages to avoid it all.
Delon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pitbull.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitbull tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Delon defends well and Pitbull ends up having to push Delon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Alen Delon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Pitbull.
Pitbull with a lazy takedown attempt

and Delon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delon has hold of one of Pitbull's legs. Pitbull is fighting the takedown attempt but Delon gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pitbull keeping full guard, as Delon tries to pass.

Pitbull looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Delon works over Pitbull with some ground and pound from guard.
Pitbull trying to control the position.
Delon trying to control but Pitbull is working from the bottom.
Pitbull working a defensive guard here.
Delon is stalling in the full guard.
Delon looking to pass the guard.
Pitbull pulls Delon in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delon is stalling in the full guard.
Pitbull looking to control.

Pitbull is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Delon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Delon tries to free his leg and advance position but Pitbull is retaining full guard.
Delon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Pitbull looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pitbull is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Pitbull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pitbull throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Delon's waist but Delon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pitbull off to one side.
Pitbull displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delon throws out the jab.
Pitbull feints the counter takedown.
Delon misses with an uppercut.
Pitbull darts in looking for a takedown but Delon gets double underhooks and turns Pitbull into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pitbull darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Delon scores with a takedown into Pitbull's guard.
Delon wants to control from the top but Pitbull keeps moving.
Delon landing with the ground and pound.
Delon postures up and lands a big shot to Pitbull's brow.
Delon tries to free his leg and advance position but Pitbull is retaining full guard.
Delon is working hard here to advance position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delon trying to control but Pitbull is working from the bottom.
Pitbull looking for a sweep. Not yet Pitbull, not yet.
Delon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Delon dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Pitbull shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Delon sprawls well. Delon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pitbull gets slowly back to his feet.

Pitbull drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pitbull goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Delon has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Pitbull but great work by Delon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull tries to buck Delon off but Delon is having none of it.
Delon wants to control but Pitbull is keeping him busy.
Pitbull sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Delon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Pitbull looking for submissions off his back.
Delon lands strikes from half guard.
Delon working the head and body with strikes.
Delon lands with a punch from half guard.
Delon is thwarting Pitbull's attempts to control the position.
Pitbull wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alen Delon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pitbull trying to hold on to Delon's head to control him but Delon postures up.
Pitbull won't allow Delon to pass to mount.
Pitbull tries to kick Delon off but Delon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Delon trying to control from half guard but Pitbull is working away.
Delon controlling the action here.
Delon moves nicely into side control.
Pitbull is trying to get back to half guard.
Pitbull gets back to half guard.
Pitbull is refusing to be controlled, as Delon sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pitbull!
Pitbull is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Delon controlling the position easily from mount.
Pitbull tries to hold on but Delon pushes him away.
Pitbull is in a horrible position here. Delon smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pitbull is squirming around, avoiding Delon's attempts to control the action.
Pitbull regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull is trying to stand.
Delon wants to pass the guard but Pitbull is defending well.
Pitbull wants to get back to full guard.
Pitbull trying to control here.
Delon prevents Pitbull from improving his position.
Delon works his foot free and advances to mount.
Pitbull sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Alan Pitbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pitbull tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alen Delon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Delon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alen Delon!
Alen Delon seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.