PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gian Matteo Ranzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tong Po could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gian Matteo Ranzi's chin.

Po
vs
Matteo Ranzi

185 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tong Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gian Matteo Ranzi!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Po or perhaps it was just good defense by Ranzi which made him look bad.
Po tries to bum rush Ranzi with a series of wild strikes but Ranzi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Po fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ranzi, pushing him back against the cage.

Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Po throws an overhand right that lands on Ranzi's shoulder, as Ranzi tries to avoid the shot.

Po clinches with his opponent.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.

Po escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Po throws a leg kick but Ranzi sees it coming and moves out of range.

Ranzi tries to keep at a distance but Po has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Ranzi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po is trying to break free.
Po wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Po is breathing heavily.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po has had enough of the clinch but Ranzi keeps him there for the moment.
Po wants to break free but Ranzi has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Po has had enough of the clinch but Ranzi keeps him there for the moment.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.

Po breaks from the clinch.
Po is looking to clinch.
Ranzi tries to clinch up
letting Po counter with a right hand.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Ranzi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ranzi wants to clinch but Po slips to the side

and Po holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Tong Po has been cut.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Po wants to get back to striking at distance but Ranzi won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ranzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Ranzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.

Po breaks the clinch.
Po throws a sloppy head kick and Ranzi moves out of range easily.
Ranzi wants to clinch
and Po counters with an inside leg kick.
Ranzi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Po looks to land a left hand but Ranzi moved out of range nicely.
Ranzi moves in looking to clinch but Po pushes him off.
Po throws a chopping leg kick but Ranzi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranzi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Po tries a head kick but it misses.
Ranzi avoids the body shot from Po.
Po circles away from the clinch attempt

and Po counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Po.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ranzi has him pressed against the cage.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po has had enough of the clinch but Ranzi keeps him there for the moment.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Po.
Nice elbow from Po.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Po pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ranzi wants to clinch.
Ranzi tries to clinch up but Po circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tong Po's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Po throws a right and a left that both miss.

Po drives through and clinches with Ranzi against the cage.
Ranzi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Po has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Po is trying to stall.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Ranzi lands a knee to the head.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Po gets control of Ranzi's arms and successfully pulls guard. Po will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Po is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ranzi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ranzi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ranzi drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Po dives on top into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ranzi is looking for a triangle but Po pushes his legs off easily.

Po stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tong Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ranzi tries to clinch

and Po holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Po wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Ranzi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po is trying to break free.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ranzi lands a knee to the head.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Po tries to break the clinch but Ranzi is controlling the position.
Po wants to break free but Ranzi has control.
Po is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ranzi is keeping busy.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.

Po breaks from the clinch.
Po scores with a head kick.
Gian Matteo Ranzi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Po throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ranzi wants to clinch but Po slips to the side

and Po counters by clinching up.
Po creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Po takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ranzi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Po.

Po clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranzi misses with a knee to the head.
Ranzi prevents Po from breaking the clinch.
Ranzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
Po landing knees to the body.
Po can't break the clinch.
Po wants to break free but Ranzi has control.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Po lands an elbow just above Ranzi 's eye.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.

Po breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ranzi doesn't manage to clinch there - Po circles away.
Po tries a head kick but it misses.
Po tries to clinch there but Ranzi circles away.
Ranzi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Po avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Po throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Po throws a low kick but Ranzi avoids it.
Po tries to clinch but Ranzi moves out of range.
Ranzi wants to clinch up but Po keeps it at a distance.
Ranzi tries to clinch up but Po circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Po throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Po throws a leg kick but Ranzi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Po keeps the fight on the outside.
Ranzi fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tong Po's cut.
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!

Po avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Po misses with a double jab.
Po scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Po clinches.
Po is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ranzi is keeping busy.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi misses with a knee to the head.
Ranzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Ranzi looking to throw knees to the head but Po is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but Po blocks it.
Po is trying to break free.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ranzi prevents Po from breaking the clinch.
Ranzi misses with a knee to the head.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ranzi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Po paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Po is trying to break free.
Po is looking to break free of the clinch but Ranzi has double underhooks.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ranzi tries to clinch

and Po holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Po breaks from the clinch.
Po tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Po tries to clinch there but Ranzi circles away.
Ranzi blocks a head kick by Po.
Ranzi looks to clinch
and Po counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ranzi tries to clinch but Po is having none of it.
Po fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ranzi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ranzi tries to clinch but Po is having none of it.
Po avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ranzi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Po fails in his attempt to clinch.
Po keeps the fight on the outside.
Ranzi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranzi tries to clinch up but Po circles away and keeps his distance.
Po swats away the attempt to clinch by Ranzi.
Ranzi avoids a kick to the body.
Ranzi clinches but Po breaks the clinch
and Po counters with a good low kick that Ranzi was not able to check.
Po misses with a low kick as Ranzi jumps back.
Po thows a body kick. Ranzi tries to catch it but that hurt him.

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.
Ranzi looks to clinch

and Po counters by clinching up.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Po blocks it with crossed arms.
Ranzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Po wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ranzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ranzi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ranzi misses with a knee strike.
Ranzi tries to land a knee to the head but Po blocks with his arms.
Ranzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ranzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po wants to break the clinch but can't.

Po breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Po or perhaps it was just good defense by Ranzi which made him look bad.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ranzi darts in trying to clinch

and Po moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tong Po showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Po 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tong Po!