PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Itzhak Weinstein (ranked 1312 p4p, 150 weight class) and Flavio Guidi (ranked 2136 p4p, 239 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Flavio Guidi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Weinstein
vs
Guidi

205 cm
22
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

205 cm
22
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Itzhak Weinstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flavio Guidi!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guidi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Guidi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guidi fails to land with a series of punches.
Weinstein shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Guidi eats them both and turns towards Weinstein to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Itzhak Weinstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weinstein throws a body shot but no joy.
Weinstein checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As Guidi backs away, Weinstein returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Weinstein throws a body shot but no joy.
Guidi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Weinstein fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Guidi.
Weinstein scores with a nice body kick.
Guidi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Weinstein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Weinstein throws a head kick that Guidi semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weinstein throws a wild body kick that Guidi sees coming a mile off.
Guidi wants to counter with a clinch but Weinstein pushes him away.
An inside leg kick from Guidi misses.
Weinstein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guidi's sensitive parts.
Guidi lands a glancing blow to the side of Weinstein's head.
Weinstein lands a leg kick that knocks Guidi off balance momentarily.
Guidi checks a leg kick nicely.
Weinstein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weinstein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guidi throws out the jab.
Weinstein misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Guidi misses.
Guidi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weinstein.
Guidi is looking to clinch.
Guidi slips a jab from Weinstein.
Weinstein misses with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Guidi.
Weinstein misses with a leg kick.
Guidi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Weinstein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guidi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Weinstein throws a right and a left that Guidi avoids nicely.

Guidi takes the fight into the clinch.
Guidi misses with a punch on the inside.
Guidi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Weinstein doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Guidi.
Guidi taking a breather.
Weinstein stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Weinstein lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guidi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guidi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Weinstein tries a body shot but Guidi blocks it.
Weinstein lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guidi tries to work over Weinstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Weinstein working aggressively here.
A short left from Weinstein.
Weinstein misses with a punch to the body.
Guidi prevents a body shot from Weinstein.
Guidi working aggressively here.
Weinstein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Weinstein lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Weinstein.
Guidi lands a hook that snaps the head of Weinstein backwards.
Weinstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guidi's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guidi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Weinsteins head.
Weinstein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weinstein tries to throw a body punch but Guidi avoids it by throwing Weinstein back against the cage.
Guidi lands with a light punch inside.
Guidi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Weinstein lands a right hand.
Guidi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Weinstein doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guidi working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Guidi.
A short body shot lands from Guidi as the two fighters clinch.
Weinstein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Weinstein has a couple of punches blocked by Guidi.
Guidi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Weinstein's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Guidi blocks a body shot from Weinstein.
Guidi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Guidi.
Weinstein lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weinstein blocking some punches.
Weinstein has a couple of punches blocked by Guidi.
Guidi trying to control the position but instead, Weinstein has worked for underhooks and has pushed Guidi into the cage.
Guidi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Guidi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Weinstein working aggressively here.
Weinstein throws a head punch that misses.
Guidi blocks an uppercut.
Guidi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guidi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Weinstein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Weinstein.
Guidi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Guidi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Weinstein.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weinstein swings wildly with an uppercut but Guidi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Itzhak Weinstein will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Guidi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guidi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Guidi punishes Weinstein's body with a nice straight punch.
Weinstein scores with a jab. Guidi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Guidi misses with a body kick.
Weinstein is looking to counter with a body kick.
Guidi jabs at Weinstein's body.
Weinstein throws a leg kick but Guidi checks it.
Guidi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Weinstein's head backwards.
Weinstein connects with a solid leg kick.
Guidi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weinstein lands a jab to the nose.
Guidi wants to slow Weinstein down by chopping away at his legs.
Guidi throws a leg kick but Weinstein sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Weinstein fails to land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weinstein throws a jab when Guidi was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Guidi misses the target.
Weinstein tried to counter with a leg kick but Guidi avoided it.
Weinstein takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Weinstein thows a body kick. Guidi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Guidi is breathing heavily.
Guidi is looking to clinch.
Guidi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for Weinstein.
That kick from Weinstein tenderised Guidi's leg. Guidi is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from Weinstein.
Guidi ducks under a wild hook from Weinstein.
Weinstein tries a head kick but it misses.
Weinstein lands with a thumping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Weinstein misses the target.
Guidi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Guidi slips under a jab.
Guidi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Weinstein. Those never looked like landing.
Weinstein throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Guidi flicks out a counter leg kick but Weinstein steps away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guidi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Weinstein 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weinstein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Weinstein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Guidi.
A slow jab from Guidi misses its intended target.
Guidi scores with a nice right hand.
Guidi is looking to clinch.
Weinstein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guidi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Guidi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Weinstein goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Weinstein walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Guidi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Weinstein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Weinstein. Beautiful body shot.
Itzhak Weinstein is winning the standup battle so far.
Guidi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Weinstein.
Guidi throws a hook but Weinstein avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guidi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Weinstein looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Guidi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Guidi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Weinstein takes a swing at Guidi's ribcage but misses.
Weinstein misses the jab.
Weinstein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Guidi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Guidi tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Guidi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Guidi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Guidi blocks a head kick by Weinstein.
A lazy left from Guidi finds it's target.
Weinstein throws a head kick but Guidi moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Weinstein.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guidi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guidi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Weinstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Weinstein swings away with a body shot that misses
and Guidi counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Weinstein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Weinstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Weinstein.
Left hook, right uppercut from Weinstein.

Guidi is rocked!
Guidi is looking to clinch.
Weinstein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guidi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Guidi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Weinstein. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weinstein uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guidi has time to react.
Guidi is still on wobbly legs! Can Weinstein finish him?
Weinstein uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guidi has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itzhak Weinstein dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A jab from Weinstein misses.
Guidi seems to have recovered his senses.
Guidi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Weinstein throws a body punch but Guidi moves out of range.
Weinstein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guidi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Weinstein feints and then cracks Guidi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Guidi down.
Weinstein misses with a head kick.

Guidi has Weinstein up against the cage in a clinch.
Weinstein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guidi backwards.
Still in the clinch, Guidi scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Weinstein creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Weinstein tries to stall but Guidi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weinstein.
Guidi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Weinstein misses with a body punch.
A short left from Guidi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weinstein lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guidi backwards.
Weinstein lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Guidi.
Flavio Guidi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weinstein lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Weinstein breaks from the clinch.
Guidi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Weinstein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Guidi scrambles back to his feet.
Weinstein swats away the attempt to clinch by Guidi.
Jab by Weinstein.
Guidi throws a low kick, looking for Weinstein's leg but Weinstein calmly moves out of range.
A big right from Weinstein misses.
Weinstein sets himself, and Guidi steps forward looking for the clinch! Weinstein avoids it this time.
Weinstein misses with an attempted mid kick.
Guidi wants to counter with a clinch but Weinstein pushes him away.
Guidi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Weinstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guidi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weinstein manages to avoid it.
Guidi lunges at Weinstein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Weinstein's hand.
Weinstein slips a jab and a cross from Guidi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weinstein blocks a leg kick.
Weinstein throws out a powerful jab.
Weinstein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Weinstein tries to score with a low kick but Guidi moves his leg out of the way.
Guidi moves in looking to clinch but Weinstein pushes him off.
Weinstein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guidi's sensitive parts.
Guidi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Weinstein lands with a big left! Guidi is wobbled badly! Weinstein comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Guidi to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Itzhak Weinstein!
An out of breath Itzhak Weinstein thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.