PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vito Corleone (ranked 997 p4p, 1356 weight class) and Elijah Heartless (ranked 148 p4p, 189 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Corleone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sussudio- Phil Collins. Heartless has chosen BAD COMPANY as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vito Corleone is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Corleone
vs
Heartless

189 cm
23
215
9 - 5 - 0

194 cm
23
209
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Savage Fightwear

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vito Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Elijah Heartless!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone misses with a straight right.
Corleone throws a shot from downtown. Heartless moves away and avoids it.

Corleone closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Heartless to the mat! Heartless manages to get full guard.
Corleone is in close to Heartless's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Heartless can do anything to dispel that myth.
Corleone preventing the sweep.
Corleone lands a couple of digs.
Heartless throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corleone throws a big elbow that misses.
Heartless tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Corleone is in close to Heartless's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Corleone with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Corleone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heartless works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Corleone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Corleone works over Heartless with some ground and pound from guard.
Heartless tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Heartless doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Corleone is looking to work some ground and pound but Heartless has wrist control.
Heartless tries to strike from the bottom.

Corleone stands and steps away. Heartless gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corleone. Heartless does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heartless tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Corleone forces Heartless back against the cage and clinches.
Heartless lands a shoulder strike.

Corleone works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Heartless is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Heartless throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heartless thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Corleone's head.
Corleone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Heartless not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Heartless prevents Corleone from standing back up.
Heartless with the ground and pound but Corleone uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Heartless throws a strike but Corleone rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Heartless avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heartless throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heartless throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Corleone scoring with punches to the head and body.
Heartless will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Corleone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corleone with a nice head shot there.
Corleone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Corleone is looking to work some ground and pound but Heartless has wrist control.
Corleone distracts Heartless with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Heartless throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Corleone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Corleone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Heartless throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Corleone forces his way into half guard.
Heartless flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Heartless tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Corleone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Heartless tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Corleone working over Heartless with some ground and pound. Heartless looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Heartless is rocked!
Corleone lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Heartless! More strikes land and this one is all over! Corleone jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vito Corleone!
After the fight, Vito Corleone was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.