PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valerio Bartoli (ranked 182 p4p, 161 weight class) and Ephram Urani (ranked 25 p4p, 20 weight class). Bartoli kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Modulate - Bass Alert. 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 Ephram Urani was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bartoli
vs
Urani

180 cm
30
170
22 - 7 - 0

165 cm
35
158
29 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valerio Bartoli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ephram Urani!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartoli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bartoli misses with a looping left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bartoli, as that shot connected.
Bartoli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Urani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bartoli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bartoli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bartoli lands a leg kick that knocks Urani off balance momentarily.
Urani misses with a looping right.
Bartoli wants to slow Urani down by chopping away at his legs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Urani checks a leg kick.
Bartoli lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urani staying out of range there.
Urani has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bartoli defending well as Urani loads up on a big left hand.
Bartoli appears to be looking for a big counter.
Urani with a hook.
Bartoli scoring well with a low kick there.
Bartoli misses the jab.
Urani now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
An inside leg kick from Bartoli misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartoli lands with a cross.
Urani jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bartoli scores with a sloppy right hand. Urani should have avoided that one.
Bartoli throws a right and a left that Urani avoids nicely.
Bartoli throws a one two combo.

Urani closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bartoli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Bartoli.
Urani thuds his right hand into Bartoli's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bartoli smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bartoli.
Urani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Urani.
Urani misses the jab.
Bartoli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Urani.
An inside leg kick lands from Bartoli.
Urani throws a lazy right hand but Bartoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urani moves out of range of the strikes.
Bartoli throws the left hand but Urani avoids the punch easily.
Bartoli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Urani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Urani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bartoli scores with a punch to the head.
Jab, jab by Bartoli - just one landing.
Bartoli slips a jab from Urani.
Bartoli feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Urani blocks a head kick by Bartoli.
Urani connects with a body shot that sends Bartoli's belly button to the back.
Urani misses with a two punch combination.
Bartoli stuns Urani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bartoli throws out a loose jab but Urani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Urani takes a jab right on the kisser.
Urani takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bartoli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bartoli scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Urani walks into a left hand.
Bartoli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Urani.
Bartoli loads up on a big right hand but Urani slips the punch.
Bartoli misses with a hook. Urani ducked under it nicely.

Urani instigates a clinch.

Bartoli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bartoli 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.
Urani takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bartoli swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Urani scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartoli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bartoli is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bartoli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some bone on bone action there as Urani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bartoli connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli throws a jab but it's blocked by Urani.
Bartoli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Urani uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bartoli.
Urani stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bartoli.
Bartoli fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Urani misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from Bartoli misses the target.
Bartoli fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Urani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Urani's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Urani tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bartoli throws a hook to the side of Urani's head but Urani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bartoli throws an off balance right hand
and Urani counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Bartoli misses.
A right-left combo lands from Bartoli.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bartoli throws out the jab.
Urani throws a jab when Bartoli was well out of range.
Urani looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartoli is just out of range.
Bartoli missing with a left hand there. Urani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valerio Bartoli dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bartoli feints a jab promting Urani to slip. Bartoli then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Urani slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Urani lands a leg kick that knocks Bartoli off balance momentarily.
Bartoli lands a jab-cross combination.

Urani lands a big head kick that sends Bartoli tumbling to the mat! Urani takes a step backwards and waves Bartoli back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bartoli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Urani is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bartoli cracks Urani with an open hand slap.
Urani misses with a body kick.
Urani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Urani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bartoli.
Bartoli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Urani closes the distance and pushes Bartoli back into the cage.
A short uppercut from Urani.

Bartoli is rocked!
Bartoli tries to break the clinch but Urani is controlling the position.
Oh Bartoli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Bartoli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bartoli seems to have got his legs back now.
Urani throws a leg kick but Bartoli sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bartoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartoli lands a right hook to the body.
Bartoli scores with a jab to the body.
Bartoli looks to throw the jab but Urani is out of range.
The fighters circling - Bartoli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Urani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bartoli's sensitive parts.
Bartoli looks to throw the jab but Urani is out of range.
Bartoli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Urani on the side of the head.
Bartoli throws a body shot but no joy.
Bartoli's corner calls for a 1-2. Bartoli obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bartoli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Urani tries to clinch but Bartoli moves out of range.
Urani digs a good body shot into Bartoli's ribs.
A low kick lands for Bartoli.
Bartoli cracks Urani with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartoli looks to land a right hand but Urani moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urani throws an overhand right that lands on Bartoli's shoulder, as Bartoli tries to avoid the shot.
Bartoli misses with a leg kick
and Urani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bartoli tests Urani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Urani closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bartoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Urani manages to avoid it.
Urani looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bartoli cracks Urani with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Urani misses the jab.
Valerio Bartoli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bartoli connects with a solid leg kick.
Bartoli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Urani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Urani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bartoli throws out the jab.
Urani stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bartoli.
Bartoli tries to score with a low kick but Urani moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bartoli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Urani has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Urani and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bartoli sets himself, and Urani steps forward looking for the clinch! Bartoli avoids it this time.
Bartoli scores with a jab to the body.
Urani connects with a solid leg kick.
Bartoli misses with a hook.
Bartoli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Urani has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bartoli finds it's way round the side to connect with Urani's head.
Urani lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bartoli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Urani bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bartoli's head backwards.
Bartoli misses with an uppercut
and Urani counters with a good low kick that Bartoli was not able to check.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bartoli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Urani.
Bartoli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urani slips under a jab.
Urani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bartoli misses with a leg kick
and Urani counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urani throws a right and a left that Bartoli avoids nicely.
Bartoli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Urani can do to turn this around?
Urani lands a nice looking body kick.
Urani throws a lazy right hand but Bartoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Urani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Urani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Urani keeps Bartoli at a distance using the push kick.
Urani swings for the body but Bartoli moves out of range.
Bartoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urani throws the left hand but Bartoli avoids the punch easily.
Urani has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bartoli scores with a decent looking hook.
Urani lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Urani rushes Bartoli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Urani controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ephram Urani will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Bartoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bartoli misses with an uppercut. Urani saw that one coming.
Urani is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bartoli with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Urani.
Valerio Bartoli is winning the standup battle so far.
Bartoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Urani.
Bartoli takes a swing at Urani's ribcage but misses.
Bartoli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bartoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Urani can pounce on him.
Urani needs to keep his hands up - Bartoli had a free shot at his head there.
Bartoli throws a head kick but Urani moves out of range.
Bartoli sets himself, and Urani steps forward looking for the clinch! Bartoli avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urani misses with a looping right.
Bartoli throws a sloppy head kick and Urani moves out of range easily.
A nice side step and Urani releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bartoli misses with a leg kick
and Urani counters with a nice body kick.
Urani lands a jab.
Urani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urani tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bartoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Bartoli.
Bartoli 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.
Urani moves out of range as Bartoli strikes.
Bartoli scores with a nice right hand.
Good exchange - Bartoli coming out on top.
Bartoli misses with a wild combination.
Urani moves out of range of the strikes.
Urani gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bartoli.
Urani misses with a double jab
and Bartoli counters with a straight right hand.
Urani throws a leg kick which misses Bartoli's front leg but catches the back leg as Bartoli tries to avoid it.
Bartoli works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli misses with a double jab
and Urani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urani scoring well with a low kick there.
Urani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bartoli throws a sloppy head kick and Urani moves out of range easily.
Bartoli takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Urani closes the distance and pushes Bartoli back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short left from Urani.
Urani working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Urani.
Urani lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Urani working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Urani - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Urani trying to stall but Bartoli improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urani swings wildly with an uppercut but Bartoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bartoli is looking to break free of the clinch but Urani has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Urani.
Urani lands with a light punch inside.

Bartoli breaks the clinch.
Bartoli moves out of range as Urani strikes.
Bartoli misses with a double jab
enabling Urani to counter with a crisp jab.
Urani stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bartoli.
Urani on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Urani blocks a head kick by Bartoli.
Valerio Bartoli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartoli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urani moves away.
Bartoli misses with a lunging right hand
and Urani counters with a slapping leg kick.
Urani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bartoli misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bartoli looks to land a combination but Urani avoids it well.
Urani lands with a nice body punch.
Bartoli slips a jab from Urani.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bartoli keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bartoli loads up on a big right hand but Urani slips the punch.
Bartoli lunges at Urani with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Urani's hand.
Bartoli throws a jab when Urani was well out of range.
Bartoli missing with a left hand there. Urani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Urani swings for the body but Bartoli moves out of range.
Urani walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bartoli checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bartoli throws a jab when Urani was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Urani on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Urani ducks under a wild hook from Bartoli.
Bartoli lands a jab to the nose.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ephram Urani.
I think Urani 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!