PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hossam El Masry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Valtellini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

El Masry
vs
Valtellini

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hossam El Masry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Valtellini!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valtellini tries to clinch but El Masry moves out of range.
Valtellini wants to clinch up but El Masry keeps it at a distance.

El Masry has taken the fight to the clinch.
El Masry taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Valtellini lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Hossam El Masry has been cut.
Valtellini fails to pull guard.
El Masry fails to pull guard.
El Masry pressing his opponent against the cage.
El Masry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valtellini has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Valtellini.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Masry is trying to stall.
Valtellini creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through El Masry 's defenses.
Valtellini creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valtellini lands an elbow inside that El Masry shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valtellini pulls guard successfully.
El Masry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
El Masry 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Valtellini is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst El Masry is controlling him.
El Masry postures up in Valtellini's guard and throws a big left but Valtellini blocks it.
Valtellini trying to control the position.
Valtellini tries to strike from the bottom.
Valtellini wants to stand and escape but El Masry is having none of it.
El Masry preventing the sweep.

El Masry stands and steps away. Valtellini gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Valtellini wants to clinch up but El Masry keeps it at a distance.
Valtellini doesn't manage to clinch there - El Masry circles away.

Valtellini gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Masry avoids the elbow strike from Valtellini, against the cage.
Valtellini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

El Masry has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Valtellini is trying to keep an underhook but El Masry manages to get the takedown into half guard.
El Masry passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Valtellini!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Masry landing shots from mount.
El Masry prevents Valtellini from getting the reversal.
Valtellini taking shots to the head.
El Masry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valtellini is trying desperately to improve position.
El Masry landing strikes from the mount and Valtellini is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Masry with a couple of short strikes.
El Masry with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valtellini is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Valtellini looks winded!
Valtellini is desperately trying to improve his position but El Masry has a good base and remains in mount.
You get the feeling that Valtellini really doesn't like being in this position too much.
El Masry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Valtellini hang on?
Valtellini is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

El Masry looking for a guillotine from mount but Valtellini is having none of it.
El Masry cracks Valtellini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
El Masry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
El Masry lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

El Masry wants to finish this one by submission but Valtellini is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from El Masry .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Masry controlling the pace for now.

El Masry working for a guillotine from mount but Valtellini is in no mood to give up.
Valtellini is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
El Masry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Valtellini hang on?
El Masry controlling his opponent.
El Masry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hossam El Masry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hossam El Masry 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Valtellini enables El Masry to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Valtellini manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
El Masry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valtellini can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as El Masry controls the pace.
Valtellini wants to sweep here but El Masry controlling him for the moment.
Valtellini is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst El Masry is controlling him.
El Masry working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valtellini looking to hit a scissor sweep but El Masry is one step ahead there.
Valtellini wants to stand up but El Masry is controlling him.
Valtellini is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as El Masry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
El Masry landing with the ground and pound.
El Masry is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Valtellini wants to stand and escape but El Masry is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Joe Valtellini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Valtellini tries to sprawl but El Masry drives through with a takedown into half guard.
El Masry performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

El Masry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Masry not doing much here.
El Masry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valtellini wants to get back to his feet.
El Masry lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Masry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with El Masry in particular looking to stall.
El Masry works his way into full mount!
El Masry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
El Masry lands a heavy elbow.
El Masry working Valtellini over with strikes here.
El Masry looking to finish Valtellini with some ground and pound. This is bad for Valtellini!
Valtellini is in a horrible position here. El Masry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
El Masry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valtellini can do to turn this around?
El Masry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Masry with a couple of short strikes.
El Masry raining down shots from the mount!
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!
Valtellini flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

El Masry looking to secure an arm triangle but Valtellini defends it well.
El Masry cracks Valtellini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

El Masry is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Valtellini is surviving well by controlling El Masry 's body position as best he can.
El Masry raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hossam El Masry dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hossam El Masry 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

El Masry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than El Masry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Valtellini wants to get back to his feet.
Valtellini seems a little lost for a moment, as El Masry dominates the positioning.
El Masry cracks Valtellini with an elbow. That is naaassty.

El Masry decides to take the fight back to the feet.

El Masry drives through with a takedown into Valtellini's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Masry scoring with some ground and pound.
El Masry cracks Valtellini with a solid left hand.
El Masry preventing the sweep.
Valtellini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
El Masry with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Masry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hossam El Masry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
El Masry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Valtellini swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Valtellini is trying to control the position from the bottom.
El Masry is in close to Valtellini's body, working some short punches and elbows.
El Masry is pushing down on Valtellini's leg trying to pass to half guard. Valtellini is fighting to maintain full guard but El Masry has managed to sneak the leg through.
El Masry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
El Masry controlling the pace.

El Masry stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Valtellini to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

El Masry drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valtellini working a defensive guard here.
El Masry is stalling in the full guard.
El Masry pushes down on Valtellini's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valtellini trying to control but El Masry postures up.

El Masry stands up from half guard.

El Masry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Valtellini manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
El Masry content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
El Masry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
El Masry controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Valtellini has momentary wrist control but El Masry slips an elbow through the middle.
El Masry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
El Masry connects with a couple of short punches.
Valtellini can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as El Masry controls the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valtellini wants to stand but El Masry is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hossam El Masry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for El Masry , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Hossam El Masry !
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Hossam El Masry !
Judge Topper Green scores the fight for Hossam El Masry !

Hossam El Masry wins by unanimous decision!