PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gianmarco Lobosco (ranked 5492 p4p, 470 weight class) and Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino (ranked 3477 p4p, 375 weight class). Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lobosco
vs
Sanzio Da Urbino

178 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

175 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gianmarco Lobosco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lobosco with a poor takedown
and Da Urbino counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lobosco looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A thudding body kick lands there by Da Urbino!
A solid leg kick lands there for Da Urbino.
Da Urbino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lobosco tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Urbino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Urbino cracks the inside of Lobosco's front leg.
Da Urbino scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Da Urbino scores with a push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Urbino thows a body kick. Lobosco tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Da Urbino there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Da Urbino fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick that knocks Lobosco off balance momentarily.
Da Urbino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Urbino scores with a nice body kick.
Lobosco has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Da Urbino.

Da Urbino rushes Lobosco and presses him up against the cage.
Da Urbino lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Urbino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino lands a nice knee to the body.
Lobosco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Urbino crunches a lovely knee into Lobosco's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Da Urbino breaks the clinch.
Da Urbino throws a jab but it's blocked by Lobosco.
Da Urbino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino lands a body shot.
Lobosco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lobosco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino cracks the inside of Lobosco's front leg.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lobosco crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Da Urbino - the referee stops the clock and Lobosco gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Da Urbino. Lobosco manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Da Urbino.
Lobosco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Da Urbino turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lobosco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Da Urbino can pounce on him.
Da Urbino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Da Urbino.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Urbino pushes Lobosco up against the cage in a clinch.
Da Urbino looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Da Urbino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Urbino throws a leg kick which misses Lobosco's front leg but catches the back leg as Lobosco tries to avoid it.
Da Urbino fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lobosco has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Da Urbino connects with a solid leg kick.
Da Urbino feints and then cracks Lobosco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lobosco down.
Da Urbino tries a head kick but it misses.
Da Urbino throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Da Urbino.
Lobosco will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lobosco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Da Urbino throws a leg kick which misses Lobosco's front leg but catches the back leg as Lobosco tries to avoid it.

Da Urbino rushes Lobosco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Urbino.

Da Urbino has picked Lobosco up - he's going for a ride! Da Urbino dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Da Urbino not doing much here.

Da Urbino is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lobosco defends it well.
Da Urbino wants to control but Lobosco is keeping him busy.
Da Urbino is taking a breather. Lobosco says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A head kick misses from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino is looking to slow Lobosco down with leg kicks.
Da Urbino plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Da Urbino finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Da Urbino keeps Lobosco at a distance using the push kick.
Da Urbino throws a leg kick which misses Lobosco's front leg but catches the back leg as Lobosco tries to avoid it.
Da Urbino has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lobosco has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Da Urbino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Urbino scoring well with a low kick there.
Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Urbino moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Da Urbino.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Da Urbino.
Da Urbino scores with a kick to the body.
Da Urbino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Da Urbino connects with a solid leg kick.
Da Urbino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Da Urbino fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lobosco takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Da Urbino, right into the meat.
Crunch! Da Urbino slams his shin into Lobosco's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Da Urbino scores with a knee to the head.
Da Urbino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lobosco is defending well for now.

Da Urbino manages to break the clinch.
Da Urbino connects with a solid leg kick.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Da Urbino there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That kick from Da Urbino tenderised Lobosco's leg. Lobosco is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lobosco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino throws a leg kick which misses Lobosco's front leg but catches the back leg as Lobosco tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobosco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Da Urbino can pounce on him.
Da Urbino dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lobosco. That did some damage!
Da Urbino connects with an inside leg kick.
Lobosco takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Da Urbino rushes Lobosco and presses him up against the cage.
Lobosco tries for a takedown but Da Urbino manages to get underhooks.
Da Urbino landing knees to the body.
Lobosco wants to take the fight to the mat but Da Urbino manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Da Urbino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lobosco crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Da Urbino - the referee stops the clock and Lobosco gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Da Urbino. Lobosco manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice body kick there by Da Urbino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Da Urbino finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Da Urbino throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Urbino throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Da Urbino. That's going to slow Lobosco down.
Da Urbino throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Da Urbino.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Da Urbino, right into the meat.
Da Urbino fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Da Urbino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Da Urbino throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Lobosco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lobosco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A nice inside leg kick there by Da Urbino. That's going to slow Lobosco down.
Da Urbino lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lobosco takes a step back to recover.
Lobosco takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lobosco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Da Urbino moves into the clinch successfully.
Da Urbino scores a nice knee to the body.

Da Urbino breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobosco has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lobosco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Da Urbino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Da Urbino connects with a leg kick. Lobosco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Da Urbino fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lobosco.
Da Urbino throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crunch! Da Urbino slams his shin into Lobosco's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from Da Urbino tenderised Lobosco's leg. Lobosco is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lobosco takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Urbino delivers a nice body kick.
Da Urbino throws a head kick that half lands.
Da Urbino pushes Lobosco away with a front kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Da Urbino connects with an inside leg kick.
Lobosco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Da Urbino.
Gianmarco Lobosco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Da Urbino.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino feints and then cracks Lobosco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lobosco down.
Lobosco wants to clinch up but Da Urbino keeps it at a distance.
Da Urbino moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Da Urbino thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lobosco if he has to take too many more of those.
Lobosco has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Da Urbino.
Da Urbino scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Da Urbino scoring well with a low kick there.

Da Urbino gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Da Urbino tries to land a knee to the head but Lobosco blocks with his arms.
Lobosco takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lobosco takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Urbino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Da Urbino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lobosco has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Da Urbino.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick that knocks Lobosco off balance momentarily.
Da Urbino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Da Urbino scores with a push kick.
Lobosco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Da Urbino can pounce on him.
Da Urbino is looking to slow Lobosco down with leg kicks.
Da Urbino lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lobosco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Da Urbino.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Da Urbino has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 24:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 24:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino!
An out of breath Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.