PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Orsini (ranked 849 p4p, 117 weight class) and Wolfram Stelzer (ranked 471 p4p, 64 weight class). Stelzer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Business Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Orsini
vs
Stelzer

183 cm
28
178 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

192 cm
41
173 lbs
37 - 27 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alessandro Orsini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 27 - 1, fighting out of London, Wolfram Stelzer!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stelzer scores with a leg kick.

Orsini pushes Stelzer up against the cage in a clinch.
Orsini misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stelzer lands a left hand.
Orsini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orsini's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stelzer misses with the head strike.
Orsini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stelzer trying to control the position but instead, Orsini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stelzer into the cage.
Orsini blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orsini lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orsini.
Stelzer throws a head punch that misses.
Orsini gets through Stelzer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stelzer blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Orsini as Stelzer tries to tie him up.
Stelzer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Stelzer turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Stelzer manages to end up in side control.
Stelzer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orsini misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Stelzer lands a few punches from side control.
Orsini is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Stelzer off and has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orsini is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Orsini misses with a punch to the head.
Orsini has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Orsini is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Stelzer up.
Orsini lands strikes to the head.
Stelzer manages to reverse the position and now he's in Orsini's guard. Nice work there by Stelzer.
Orsini throws a couple of heel strikes.
Orsini trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Stelzer stopping the sweep attempt from Orsini.
Stelzer stands up out of Orsini's guard for a moment - Orsini manages to land a nice upkick.
Orsini throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Orsini lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Orsini landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orsini working some strikes from top position.
Orsini working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stelzer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Orsini throwing strikes from guard but Stelzer blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orsini trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Orsini trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Orsini lands a couple of elbows.
Orsini is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stelzer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Orsini.
Orsini makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stelzer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Orsini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orsini postures up.
Orsini wants to pass the guard but Stelzer is keeping the position.
Stelzer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Orsini throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orsini throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stelzer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orsini is one step ahead there.
Orsini postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsini scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Orsini is working Stelzer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stelzer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orsini is one step ahead there.
Orsini postures up in Stelzer's guard and throws a big left but Stelzer blocks it.
Orsini scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Orsini postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Orsini postures up in Stelzer's guard and throws a big left but Stelzer blocks it.
Orsini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orsini is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Orsini lands a couple of digs.
Orsini scoring with some ground and pound.

Stelzer is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Orsini's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stelzer is still in real trouble! Can Orsini finish him?
Orsini missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Orsini with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stelzer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orsini postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orsini postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Stelzer's head off the mat! Stelzer is out! He's out! Orsini jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alessandro Orsini!
A relieved looking Alessandro Orsini thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.