PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vito Scaletta (ranked 4231 p4p, 419 weight class) and Marvin Vettori (ranked 4541 p4p, 438 weight class). Scaletta comes to the cage accompanied by i kill cause im hungry. Vettori has chosen Police On My Back- The Rocketz as his entrance music. Vito Scaletta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Scaletta
vs
Vettori

181 cm
28
184 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vito Scaletta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marvin Vettori!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scaletta misses with a looping left.
Vettori is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vettori.
Scaletta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vettori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Vettori does it's job there.
Vettori thows a body kick. Scaletta tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vettori misses with a lunging right hand
and Scaletta counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scaletta. That's going to slow Vettori down.
Vettori scores with a spinning back kick!
Scaletta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vettori lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vettori keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Vettori checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A swing and a miss from Scaletta.

Vettori moves into range and clinches up with Scaletta.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vettori is working Scaletta over against the cage.
Vettori landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vettori unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scaletta is breathing heavily.
Vettori lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scaletta throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vettori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vettori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vettori with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vettori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scaletta backwards.
Vettori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Vettori fails to land.
Vettori is leaning against Scaletta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Scaletta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vettori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scaletta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vettori's elbow.
Vettori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vettori lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scaletta avoiding damage as Vettori throws knees to the body.
Vettori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vettori missing with knees to the body.
Scaletta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Vettori.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Vettori.
Vettori is trying to pull guard but Scaletta has him pressed against the cage.
Vettori blocks an uppercut.
Vettori throws a punch but it's blocked by Scaletta.
Vettori stalling.
Vettori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vettori has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Vettori controlling the action here for a moment.
Vettori cracks Scaletta with a nice body shot.
Scaletta tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scaletta.

Scaletta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scaletta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scaletta misses with a combination
and Vettori cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vettori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scaletta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Scaletta misses.
A jab from Vettori finds it's way through Scaletta's defenses.
Marvin Vettori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vettori lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Scaletta on the side of the head.
Vettori throws a head kick that misses.
Scaletta misses with a straight left.
Scaletta tests Vettori's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Vettori clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Vettori.
Scaletta misses with a punch on the inside.
Vettori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scaletta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scaletta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vettoris head.
Vettori swings wildly with an uppercut but Scaletta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vettori lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Scaletta wants to get back to striking at distance but Vettori won't allow it.
Scaletta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scaletta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scaletta lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Vettori tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scaletta.
Scaletta misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Scaletta.
Scaletta blocks an uppercut.
Vettori fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vito Scaletta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Vettori.
Vettori misses with the head strike.
Scaletta has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Vettori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scaletta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scaletta.
Vettori swings wildly with an uppercut but Scaletta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scaletta throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Vettori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vettori lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Scaletta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vettori wants to counter the offense by Scaletta and move into the clinch position.
Scaletta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vettori at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Vettori dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Scaletta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scaletta throws a series of punches but Vettori avoids them all with ease.
Vettori has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vettori throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scaletta's waist but Scaletta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vettori off to one side.
Vettori looks to land a right hand but Scaletta moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Scaletta misses the target.
Vettori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scaletta.
Scaletta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vettori.

Vettori scores with a takedown into Scaletta's guard.

Vettori is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Scaletta is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Scaletta has escaped and now he's on top!

Scaletta keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vettori's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scaletta passes Vettori's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Scaletta scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Vettori actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scaletta is just content to waste time from the top position. Vettori takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vettori has his foot on Scaletta's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Scaletta works his way back into a safe position though.
Scaletta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Scaletta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vettori swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vettori wants to stand and escape but Scaletta is having none of it.
Vettori working a defensive guard here.
Scaletta is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Scaletta preventing the sweep.

Vettori isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Scaletta stacks Vettori on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Scaletta!
Vettori regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scaletta is trying to control. Vettori wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Vettori wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scaletta is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vettori trying to hold on to Scaletta's head to control him but Scaletta postures up.
Scaletta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vettori is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Scaletta.
Vettori tries to roll over but Scaletta keeps him under control.
Scaletta drops an elbow to the side of Vettori's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori is trying to get back to full guard.
Scaletta landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vettori gets full guard.
Scaletta wants to control from the top but Vettori keeps moving.
Scaletta won't allow Vettori to sweep him here.
Scaletta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vettori is keeping the position for now.
Scaletta chips away with some ground and pound.
Scaletta preventing the sweep.
Vito Scaletta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vettori is trying to control the position but Scaletta postures up.

Vettori throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Scaletta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori is trying to control the position but Scaletta postures up.
Scaletta trying to control but Vettori is working from the bottom.
Scaletta won't allow Vettori to sweep him here.

Vettori is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Scaletta chips away with some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vettori is on top in guard.

Scaletta throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Vettori won't allow Scaletta to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scaletta controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Scaletta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Vettori tries to clinch but Scaletta moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Scaletta.
Scaletta has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Scaletta lands a jab to the nose.
Scaletta throws a body punch but Vettori moves out of range.
Vettori slips a straight right by Scaletta.
Scaletta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vettori throws a head kick but Scaletta moves out of range.
Marvin Vettori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scaletta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vettori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vettori connects with a leg kick. Scaletta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Scaletta throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vettori stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Scaletta misses with a straight right.
We've been told by Scaletta's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Scaletta throws a nice looking combination but Vettori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scaletta throws a jab but it's blocked by Vettori.
Scaletta blocks a head kick by Vettori.
Vettori throws a sloppy head kick and Scaletta moves out of range easily.
Scaletta swings for the body but Vettori moves out of range.
Scaletta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scaletta throws a hook but Vettori avoids it easily.
Vettori connects with a high kick.
Vettori goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Scaletta connects with a jab.
A big right from Scaletta misses.
Scaletta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vettori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vettori tries to counter with a clinch but Scaletta shakes him off and moves away.
Scaletta on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Vettori clinches up with Scaletta and pushes him back against the cage.
Vettori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vettori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vettori tries to land knees in the clinch but Scaletta avoids the damage to the body.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scaletta struggles to land a body shot inside as Vettori controls his hands.
Vettori working aggressively here.
Scaletta lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scaletta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marvin Vettori seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scaletta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori misses with a knee to the head.
Vettori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vettori throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scaletta blocks it with crossed arms.
Scaletta avoiding damage as Vettori throws knees to the body.
Scaletta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vettori has a couple of punches blocked by Scaletta.
A shot in the inside from Scaletta.
Vettori lands a left hand.
Vettori tries to land knees in the clinch but Scaletta avoids the damage to the body.
Scaletta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vettori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scaletta backwards.
Vettori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Scaletta tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
Vettori blocks a body shot from Scaletta.
Scaletta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scaletta misses with a punch to the body.
Vettori is leaning against Scaletta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vettori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scaletta is defending well for now.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scaletta can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
Vettori throws a punch but it's blocked by Scaletta.
Scaletta has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Scaletta takes a shot to the head.
Vettori lands a hook that snaps the head of Scaletta backwards.
Scaletta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vettori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vettori throws a punch but it's blocked by Scaletta.

Scaletta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scaletta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vettori cracks the inside of Scaletta's front leg.
Vettori throws a leg kick but Scaletta moved away.
As Vettori backs away, Scaletta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Scaletta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Scaletta misses with a looping right.
Scaletta misses with an uppercut. Vettori saw that one coming.
Scaletta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vettori throws out the jab.
Vettori swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori throws a leg kick but Scaletta moved away.
Scaletta throws a jab when Vettori was well out of range.
Vettori lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Scaletta connects with a body shot.
Vettori misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scaletta connects with a body shot that sends Vettori's belly button to the back.
Vettori walks into a left hand.

Vettori pushes Scaletta up against the cage in a clinch.
Scaletta swings wildly with an uppercut but Vettori uses good head movement to avoid it.

Scaletta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Vettori there.
Scaletta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Scaletta works the jab nicely.
Scaletta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vettori misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scaletta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vettori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marvin Vettori.
I think Vettori has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!