PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Snail Tail (ranked 2234 p4p, 2584 weight class) and Giuseppe De Rossi (ranked 262 p4p, 301 weight class). Tail comes to the ring accompanied by Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline. De Rossi has chosen Thousand Foot Krutch: War of Change as his entrance music. Snail Tail looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tail
vs
De Rossi

173 cm
26
160
10 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
165
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Snail Tail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Rossi moves into range and clinches up with Tail.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Rossi lands a hook that snaps the head of Tail backwards.
De Rossi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tail blocks it with crossed arms.
Tail blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Rossi obliges.
Tail is breathing heavily.
Tail has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Rossi lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
De Rossi lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Rossi.
Tail working hard to break the clinch.
De Rossi prevents Tail from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
De Rossi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tail's face.

It looks like Snail Tail has been cut.
De Rossi working aggressively here.
De Rossi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Rossi throws an elbow that misses.
De Rossi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
De Rossi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tail tries to circle away but De Rossi has him pinned against the ropes.
Tail blocks an elbow strike.
De Rossi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tail's efforts to push away.
De Rossi throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi lands a left hand.
Tail wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
Tail is trying to break free.
De Rossi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
De Rossi throws an elbow that misses.
De Rossi throws a head punch that misses.
Tail blocks an uppercut.
De Rossi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tail's efforts to push away.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi pushes off an throws an elbow but Tail leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Rossi.
De Rossi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tail has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Rossi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tail blocks it with crossed arms.
De Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Tail.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Rossi misses with a punch on the inside.
Tail is trying to force a seperation but De Rossi has the dominant position.
De Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Tail.
De Rossi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tail is keeping busy.
De Rossi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Rossi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tail has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tail wants to break free but De Rossi has control.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Rossi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've been informed that De Rossi has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
De Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Rossi is pushing Tail up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tail wants to get back to striking at distance but De Rossi won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tail dodges an elbow strike from De Rossi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe De Rossi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Snail Tail's cut.
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.

De Rossi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tail, pushing him back against the ropes.
De Rossi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Still in the clinch, De Rossi scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Rossi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Rossi looking to stall.
Tail is looking to break free of the clinch but De Rossi has double underhooks.
De Rossi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.

Tail's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

De Rossi has managed to clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, De Rossi throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tail blocks the elbow strike.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
De Rossi prevents Tail from breaking the clinch.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tail wants to break free but De Rossi has control.
De Rossi scores with a knee to the head.
Tail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Rossi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Rossi throws an elbow but it misses.
Tail's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tail blocks an elbow strike from De Rossi.

Tail's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

De Rossi closes the distance and clinches.
De Rossi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tail has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
De Rossi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.

Tail breaks from the clinch.

De Rossi has closed the distance and engaged Tail in a clinch.
Tail blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
De Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Tail blocks the elbow strike.
Giuseppe De Rossi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tail tries to circle away but De Rossi has him pinned against the ropes.
Tail blocks the elbow strike.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but Tail blocks with his arms.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
De Rossi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tail has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tail is trying to force a seperation but De Rossi has the dominant position.
De Rossi with a knee to the head.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Rossi is breathing heavily.

Tail breaks the clinch.

De Rossi moves into range and clinches up with Tail.
De Rossi looking to throw knees to the head but Tail is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi working aggressively here.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
De Rossi throws a knee to the head but misses.

Tail escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De Rossi clinches with his opponent.
De Rossi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the ropes, De Rossi throws an elbow but misses.
De Rossi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Rossi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tail is keeping busy.
De Rossi has a couple of punches blocked by Tail.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe De Rossi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Snail Tail's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Rossi gets a clinch.
De Rossi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Rossi misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tail.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Rossi.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
De Rossi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tail has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi has a couple of punches blocked by Tail.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but Tail blocks it.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but Tail blocks with his arms.
De Rossi connects with a knee to the head.
De Rossi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rossi tries to land knees in the clinch but Tail avoids the damage to the body.
De Rossi has Tail pressed against the ropes, preventing Tail from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tail can't break the clinch.
Tail tries to break free but De Rossi pushes him back against the ropes.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Rossi misses with an elbow strike.
De Rossi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tail blocking some punches.
De Rossi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi taking a breather.
De Rossi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Rossi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tail is trying to break free.
De Rossi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tail blocks it with crossed arms.
Tail blocks an elbow strike from De Rossi.

Tail escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De Rossi has closed the distance and engaged Tail in a clinch.
Nice elbow from De Rossi.
De Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Tail.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, De Rossi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from De Rossi fails to land.
De Rossi misses with a knee to the head.
De Rossi throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Rossi throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Rossi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tail is looking to break free of the clinch but De Rossi has double underhooks.

Tail escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De Rossi pushes Tail up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tail working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi misses with the head strike.
De Rossi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Rossi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tail blocks it with crossed arms.
De Rossi lands an elbow that stopped Tail in his tracks for a moment.

Tail manages to break the clinch.

De Rossi moves into range and clinches up with Tail.
De Rossi looking to slow down the pace here.
De Rossi misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tail breaks the clinch.
Snail Tail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

De Rossi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tail, pushing him back against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giuseppe De Rossi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Rossi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giuseppe De Rossi!
Giuseppe De Rossi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.