PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arno Dorian (ranked 4213 p4p, 96 weight class) and Monte Casanova (ranked 4531 p4p, 102 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dorian
vs
Casanova

185 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arno Dorian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monte Casanova!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casanova fails with a takedown attempt.
Casanova shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dorian but Dorian pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Casanova fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dorian to the ground. Casanova is now in Dorian's guard.
Dorian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Casanova is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Casanova is in close to Dorian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dorian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dorian has momentary wrist control but Casanova slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorian is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Casanova scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Casanova postures up and lands a big shot to Dorian's brow.
Casanova postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casanova postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Casanova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Casanova should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Casanova is in close to Dorian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Casanova is fighting to break Dorian's control of his arms but Dorian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Casanova throws a strike but Dorian rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Casanova wants to sweep here but Dorian controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Casanova trying to control the position.
Casanova wants to hit a switch here but Dorian passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Casanova there!
Casanova sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Casanova has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Casanova tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Casanova is looking to improve his position.
Casanova slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dorian will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorian preventing the sweep.
Casanova keeps trying to improve his position.
Casanova manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dorian manages to get himself to full guard.

Dorian is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dorian trying to control the position.
Casanova is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Casanova has eaten all the pies!
Casanova showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dorian wants to get back to his feet but Casanova is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casanova throwing strikes but missing.
Casanova postures up.
Dorian controlling Casanova's posture.
Casanova throwing strikes from guard but Dorian blocks nicely.
Casanova preventing the sweep.
Casanova with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Casanova throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dorian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dorian working a defensive guard here.
Casanova lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Casanova's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Casanova is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Casanova working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dorian's head.
Dorian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Casanova on the ground.
Casanova scoring with some ground and pound.
Casanova distracts Dorian with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dorian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Casanova controls from within his opponent's guard.
Casanova missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Casanova is fighting to break Dorian's control of his arms but Dorian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
My spies in Holding Cell inform me that Casanova has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Casanova postures up and lands a big shot to Dorian's brow.
Casanova passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dorian taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monte Casanova dominated that round.
That's time! Dorian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Casanova will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Dorian lands a big head kick that sends Casanova tumbling to the mat! Dorian takes a step backwards and waves Casanova back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Monte Casanova has been cut.

Dorian gets caught napping as Casanova dives in and scores a takedown. Dorian manages to retain guard.
Dorian is wriggling around but Casanova manages to pass to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Casanova is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Monte Casanova has got the better of the ground game so far.
Casanova missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Casanova trying to control from half guard but Dorian is working away.
Casanova drops an elbow to the side of Dorian's head.
Casanova throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Casanova throwing shots but Dorian is blocking nicely.
Dorian has his hands clasped together around Casanova's back. He's all about the action.
Dorian wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Casanova connects with a nice short shot to Dorian's temple.
Casanova has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Casanova lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Casanova not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Casanova is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Casanova lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dorian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Casanova.
Casanova trying to control the action but Dorian is working from the bottom.
Casanova not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dorian trying to control here.
Ground and pound from Casanova.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casanova takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dorian is trying to stand back up but Casanova is controlling him
Casanova with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Casanova lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Casanova winds up and cracks Dorian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Dorian is rocked!
Casanova is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Dorian is hurt! He's hurt bad - Casanova fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Dorian from any more punishment! Congratulations to Casanova! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monte Casanova!
Monte Casanova is the new super heavyweight champion!
Monte Casanova bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.