PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giacomo Bandolero (ranked 6098 p4p, 4009 weight class) and Albert Coletti (ranked 272 p4p, 214 weight class). Bandolero comes to the cage accompanied by Bandolero. The key to victory for Giacomo Bandolero has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bandolero
vs
Coletti

166 cm
19
138
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
143
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Giacomo Bandolero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert Coletti!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandolero 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.

Bandolero looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Coletti!

Bandolero working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Bandolero tries for a kimura but Coletti is defending well.

Bandolero tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bandolero has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Bandolero working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coletti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bandolero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Coletti's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Bandolero is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Coletti has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bandolero wants to lay and pray for a moment but Coletti keeps working.

Bandolero thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Bandolero goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Coletti rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bandolero's guard! Nice work there by Coletti!
Coletti wants to control from the top but Bandolero keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero wants to control the position but Coletti says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bandolero gets full guard.
Bandolero trying to keep a closed guard but Coletti is proving a slippery customer.
Bandolero scores with a short punch from the bottom.

Bandolero is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Bandolero looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bandolero can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Coletti controls the pace.

Coletti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Coletti trying to control but Bandolero is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coletti is stalling in the full guard.

Coletti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bandolero thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Bandolero looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Coletti passes into half guard.

Coletti wants to work for an arm triangle but Bandolero is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Coletti is working for a kimura but Bandolero is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bandolero gets full guard.
Bandolero seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Bandolero has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Coletti can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Coletti wants to pass the guard but Bandolero is keeping the position.
Coletti trying to control the position from guard on top but Bandolero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coletti slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coletti trying to control but Bandolero is working from the bottom.

Bandolero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Coletti defends it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giacomo Bandolero dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Coletti gets caught napping as Bandolero dives in and scores a takedown. Coletti manages to retain guard.
Bandolero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Bandolero thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Coletti manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bandolero manages to get himself to full guard.

Coletti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bandolero escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Coletti gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coletti seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coletti looking to pass the guard.
Coletti advances position into side control!
Coletti trying to control the action but Bandolero is working from the bottom.

Bandolero bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Bandolero scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Coletti trying to control but Bandolero postures up.
Bandolero scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coletti wants to improve his position but Bandolero is controlling well.
Bandolero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coletti can do to turn this around?
Bandolero is keen to just control but Coletti is a slippery customer.

Bandolero is looking for a kimura here.
Giacomo Bandolero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bandolero trying to control the action but Coletti is working from the bottom.
Coletti trying to hold on to Bandolero's head to control him but Bandolero postures up.

Bandolero is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Coletti is just riding it out for now. Bandolero eventually gives up the hold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero prevents Coletti from improving his position.

Bandolero is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Coletti wants to improve his position but Bandolero is controlling well.

Bandolero wants to work for an arm triangle but Coletti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Bandolero is working for a submission of some sort.
Bandolero is keen to just control but Coletti is a slippery customer.

Bandolero seems to be working for a kimura but Coletti defends the submission attempt.

Bandolero wants to work for an arm triangle but Coletti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Bandolero seems to be looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giacomo Bandolero dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Coletti misses with a wild combination.
Coletti has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bandolero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bandolero darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Coletti regains full guard. Nicely done.
Coletti is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bandolero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coletti prevents Bandolero from improving his position.
Coletti looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandolero slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Coletti drops back looking for a leg! Bandolero is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bandolero manages to kick Coletti off! Coletti jumps back into Bandolero's guard.
Bandolero working a defensive guard but Coletti manages to pass into side control anyway.

Coletti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Coletti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bandolero is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Coletti passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Bandolero!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero is squirming around, avoiding Coletti's attempts to control the action.
Bandolero regains half guard.

Coletti looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Coletti seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bandolero does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Bandolero actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coletti is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bandolero has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bandolero wants to get back to full guard.
Bandolero is working hard here to advance position.

Bandolero is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Coletti pulls his head out easily.
Bandolero wants to control but Coletti is keeping busy.

Bandolero looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bandolero is refusing to be controlled, as Coletti sits in half guard.

Bandolero looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bandolero wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bandolero looking for submissions off his back.
Coletti with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bandolero is trying to control but Coletti passes into side control!
Giacomo Bandolero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Coletti wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bandolero, who protects the arm well.
Albert Coletti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bandolero struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Albert Coletti.
Well Bandolero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giacomo Bandolero!
A victorious Giacomo Bandolero thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.