PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Wilson (ranked 4472 p4p, 4707 weight class) and Rodrigo Carioni (ranked 101 p4p, 114 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wilson
vs
Carioni

183 cm
18
195
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Carioni!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carioni lands a right hook to the body.
Wilson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Wilson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carioni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Carioni lands with a nice body punch.
Wilson looks to land a left hand but Carioni moved out of range nicely.
Carioni lands a right hook to the body.
Carioni lands with a cross.
Carioni moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carioni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wilson. Wilson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carioni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carioni cracks Wilson with a good jab.
A jab from Carioni does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Carioni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carioni digs a good hook to Wilson's body.
Carioni scores with a jab.
Carioni scores with a jab to the head.
Carioni cracks Wilson with a good jab.
Wilson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carioni is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wilson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Wilson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carioni to score with a decent uppercut.
Carioni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioni keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilson.
Wilson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wilson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Carioni jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wilson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Carioni.
Carioni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wilson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carioni finds it's way round the side to connect with Wilson's head.
Rodrigo Carioni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson misses with a hook
and Carioni counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Wilson misses.
Wilson just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Carioni catches Wilson right on the button with a cross.
Wilson throws a jab when Carioni was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carioni scores with a jab.
Wilson walks into a stiff left hand from Carioni.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carioni was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Carioni lands a nice looking body shot.
Carioni lands a nice looking body shot.
Wilson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wilson throws a body shot but no joy.
Good shot there by Carioni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson walks into a stiff left hand from Carioni.
A jab from Carioni does it's job there.
Wilson swings for the body but Carioni moves out of range.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carioni moves away.
Carioni cracks Wilson with a good jab.
Wilson misses with a hook. Carioni ducked under it nicely.
Carioni lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Carioni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carioni scores with the left hand. Wilson knows he should have avoided that one.
Wilson is looking to wear down Carioni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wilson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Carioni lands a nice shot to the body.
Wilson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wilson walks into a stiff left hand from Carioni.
Wilson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carioni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wilson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carioni cracks a nice hook into Wilson's ribs.
Carioni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Carioni finds it's target.
Wilson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wilson looks to throw the jab but Carioni is out of range.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Carioni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carioni 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 9:10
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 9:10
Judge George Francis scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Carioni!
During a confident post fight interview, Rodrigo Carioni thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.