PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ares Giannopoulos (ranked 4908 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Sitepu (ranked 7008 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian Sitepu acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Giannopoulos
vs
Sitepu

178 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ares Giannopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adrian Sitepu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sitepu gets a clinch.
Giannopoulos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Giannopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Sitepu avoids it by throwing Giannopoulos back against the cage.
Giannopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Giannopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giannopoulos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Giannopoulos lands a left hand.
Giannopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Sitepu controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitepu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Giannopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giannopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sitepu backwards.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sitepu blocks an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sitepu 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.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
Giannopoulos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitepu's elbow.
Sitepu prevents a body shot from Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giannopoulos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giannopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Sitepu avoids it by throwing Giannopoulos back against the cage.
Giannopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitepu blocks a body shot from Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitepu prevents a body shot from Giannopoulos.
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Giannopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Sitepu avoids it by throwing Giannopoulos back against the cage.
Giannopoulos misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Giannopoulos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giannopoulos working aggressively here.
Sitepu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitepu misses with a punch to the body.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Sitepu tries a body shot but Giannopoulos blocks it.
Giannopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitepu controls his hands.
Sitepu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos misses with the head strike.
Giannopoulos blocks a body shot from Sitepu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Sitepu as the two fighters clinch.
Giannopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Sitepu avoids it by throwing Giannopoulos back against the cage.
Giannopoulos tries a body shot but Sitepu blocks it.
Sitepu tries a body shot but Giannopoulos blocks it.
Sitepu struggles to land a body shot inside as Giannopoulos controls his hands.
Giannopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Sitepu avoids it by throwing Giannopoulos back against the cage.
Sitepu can't find room to land a body shot as Giannopoulos controls the action.
Giannopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Giannopoulos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sitepu backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitepu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sitepu struggles to land a body shot inside as Giannopoulos controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Giannopoulos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Giannopoulos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Giannopoulos lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitepu off the cage and back into range.
Sitepu moves forwards but Giannopoulos connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Sitepu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Giannopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Giannopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Giannopoulos prevents a body shot from Sitepu.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giannopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitepu struggles to land a body shot inside as Giannopoulos controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
Sitepu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giannopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Sitepu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
Giannopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitepu.
Sitepu cracks Giannopoulos with a nice body shot.
Giannopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitepu is working Giannopoulos over against the cage.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Giannopoulos working aggressively here.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Giannopoulos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sitepu can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Sitepu misses with a punch to the body.
Giannopoulos tries to work over Sitepu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.
Giannopoulos prevents a body shot from Sitepu.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giannopoulos misses with the head strike.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giannopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitepu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.

Sitepu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giannopoulos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Giannopoulos misses its intended target.
Giannopoulos scores with the left hand. Sitepu knows he should have avoided that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Giannopoulos.

Sitepu pushes Giannopoulos up against the cage in a clinch.
Ares Giannopoulos has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitepu misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Sitepu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Giannopoulos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sitepu to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Giannopoulos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sitepu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sitepu lands a couple of elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giannopoulos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Giannopoulos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sitepu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sitepu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sitepu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sitepu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sitepu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Giannopoulos looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Giannopoulos dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sitepu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giannopoulos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitepu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Giannopoulos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giannopoulos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sitepu paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sitepu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sitepu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitepu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos misses with a body punch.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giannopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitepu blocks a body shot from Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitepu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giannopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitepu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Sitepu prevents a body shot from Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giannopoulos.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giannopoulos.
Sitepu blocks an uppercut.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.

Sitepu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adrian Sitepu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sitepu misses with a two punch combination.
Ares Giannopoulos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giannopoulos swats away the attempt to clinch by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sitepu on the side of the head.
Giannopoulos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Giannopoulos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Giannopoulos tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitepu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sitepu tries to move into range but Giannopoulos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Giannopoulos tries to clinch but Sitepu is having none of it.
Giannopoulos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitepu.

Sitepu moves into range and clinches up with Giannopoulos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giannopoulos tries a body shot but Sitepu blocks it.
Giannopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitepu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitepu struggles to land a body shot inside as Giannopoulos controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitepu blocking some punches.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitepu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giannopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitepu uses good head movement to avoid it.

Sitepu manages to break the clinch.

Sitepu instigates a clinch.
Giannopoulos pushes Sitepu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitepu blocks an uppercut.
Giannopoulos lands a hook that snaps the head of Sitepu backwards.
Giannopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Giannopoulos.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitepu.
Giannopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Sitepu controls the action.
Giannopoulos tries to work over Sitepu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Giannopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Sitepu breaks from the clinch.
Giannopoulos takes a swing at Sitepu's ribcage but misses.
Adrian Sitepu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Giannopoulos slips a jab and a cross from Sitepu.
Giannopoulos lands a nice looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ares Giannopoulos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Giannopoulos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ares Giannopoulos!