PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaetano Villacci (ranked 2667 p4p, 3340 weight class) and Jasur Ordilovokov (ranked 322 p4p, 387 weight class). Gaetano Villacci is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Villacci
vs
Ordilovokov

178 cm
25
170
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
170
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gaetano Villacci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jasur Ordilovokov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ordilovokov loads up on a big right hand but Villacci slips the punch.
Ordilovokov misses with a wild body shot.
Villacci misses the shot to the body.
Ordilovokov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Villacci.
Ordilovokov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Villacci avoids the head kick by Ordilovokov.
Ordilovokov slips a jab and a cross from Villacci.
Ordilovokov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Villacci looks to land a right hand but Ordilovokov moved out of range.
Ordilovokov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Villacci slips a straight right by Ordilovokov.
Villacci connects with a single shot there.
Villacci swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ordilovokov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ordilovokov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Villacci shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ordilovokov pinned against the cage. Ordilovokov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ordilovokov lands with a cross.
Decent striking displayed by Villacci there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villacci looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ordilovokov is fending him off so far but Villacci persists. Nope, Ordilovokov circles away and we're back to standing.

Ordilovokov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Villacci misses with a punch on the inside.

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

Ordilovokov closes the distance and clinches.
Villacci has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ordilovokov blocking some punches.

Ordilovokov manages to break the clinch.
Ordilovokov takes a swing at Villacci's ribcage but misses.
Ordilovokov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Villacci.
Villacci throws a shot to the body.
Villacci misses with a hook.
Villacci fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Villacci ducks under a wild hook from Ordilovokov.
Villacci throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Villacci drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Villacci.
Jasur Ordilovokov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villacci fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ordilovokov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Ordilovokov closes the distance and pushes Villacci back into the cage.
Villacci is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Ordilovokov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villacci stalks Ordilovokov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ordilovokov's face. Ordilovokov staggers backwards, shaken.
Villacci throws a hook to the side of Ordilovokov's head but Ordilovokov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Villacci does no damage.
Ordilovokov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Ordilovokov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Villacci misses with the head strike.

Ordilovokov manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Villacci misses.
Villacci moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ordilovokov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Villacci is breathing heavily.
Jab from Villacci.
Ordilovokov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Villacci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ordilovokov.
Villacci definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ordilovokov with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Ordilovokov.
Villacci tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ordilovokov was well out of range. Poor timing from Villacci.
Villacci looks to land a right hand but Ordilovokov moved out of range.
Ordilovokov scores with a punch to the head.
Villacci throws a body shot but no joy.
Ordilovokov misses with a looping right.
Ordilovokov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Villaccis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Villacci drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Villacci ducks under a wild hook from Ordilovokov.
Jasur Ordilovokov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ordilovokov connects with a nice looking jab.
Ordilovokov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Villacci had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ordilovokov cracks Villacci with a good jab.

Villacci is rocked!
Ordilovokov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oh Villacci is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Villacci scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Villacci seems to have got his legs back now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villacci lands a really nice looking cross but Ordilovokov seems unphased.
Ordilovokov looks to land a right hand but Villacci moved out of range.
Villacci misses with a body shot.
Ordilovokov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ordilovokov throws a sloppy head kick and Villacci moves out of range easily.
Ordilovokov misses with a head kick.
Villacci lands with a straight right. Ordilovokov didn't see that one coming.
Villacci uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ordilovokov.
A little feinted left hand from Villacci on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Villacci avoids the body shot from Ordilovokov.
Villacci scores with a three punch combo!
Nice shot lands for Villacci.
Villacci loads up on a big right hand but Ordilovokov slips the punch.
Ordilovokov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villacci lands with a shot to the body.
Villacci throws a one two combo.
Villacci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Villacci with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ordilovokov catches Villacci with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ordilovokov throws a poor cross that misses
and Villacci counters with a nice uppercut.

Ordilovokov is rocked!
Ordilovokov looks to land a right hand but Villacci moved out of range.
Ordilovokov is still on wobbly legs! Can Villacci finish him?
A head kick by Ordilovokov misses
enabling Villacci to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gaetano Villacci will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gaetano Villacci's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Villacci, as that shot connected.
Ordilovokov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ordilovokov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Villacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ordilovokov throws out the jab.
Ordilovokov seems to have recovered his senses.
Ordilovokov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Villacci lands a nice shot that snaps Ordilovokov's head back.
Ordilovokov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Villacci moves away.
Villacci misses with the combination.
Gaetano Villacci is winning the standup battle so far.
Villacci throws a hook to the side of Ordilovokov's head but Ordilovokov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ordilovokov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Villacci sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ordilovokov misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Villacci finds it's target.
Ordilovokov avoids the body shot from Villacci.
Ordilovokov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Villacci moves away.
Villacci cracks Ordilovokov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ordilovokov is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villacci throws a big shot that misses.
Ordilovokov scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villacci keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ordilovokov.
Villacci is looking to counter punch.
Ordilovokov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villacci.
Villacci misses the shot to the body.
Villacci scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Villacci throws a body punch but Ordilovokov moves out of range.
Ordilovokov misses with a body punch
and Villacci counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Villacci misses with a looping left.
Villacci lands with a right hand.
Ordilovokov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ordilovokov ducks under a wild hook from Villacci.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ordilovokov sizes up Villacci with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Villacci swings for the body but Ordilovokov moves out of range.
Ordilovokov throws a lazy uppercut
and Villacci counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ordilovokov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ordilovokov moves out of range of the strikes.

Ordilovokov clinches with his opponent.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villacci throws a series of punches but Ordilovokov avoids them all with ease.
Ordilovokov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Villacci.
Villacci lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ordilovokov at a distance.
Ordilovokov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ordilovokov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Villacci.
Villacci connects with a body shot.
Villacci drops his hands momentarily and Ordilovokov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Villacci slips a straight right by Ordilovokov.
Villacci fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from Ordilovokov.
Ordilovokov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ordilovokov lands a high kick!
Villacci connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Villacci bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Villacci misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ordilovokov! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ordilovokov throws a body punch but Villacci moves out of range.
Villacci throws a hook but Ordilovokov avoids it easily.
Ordilovokov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fighters circling - Ordilovokov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ordilovokov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Villacci wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A nice combination there by Villacci.
Villacci avoids the head kick by Ordilovokov.
Villacci shoots in looking for a takedown but Ordilovokov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Villacci's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ordilovokov staying out of range there.
Villacci ducks under a wild hook from Ordilovokov.
Ordilovokov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ordilovokov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Villacci.
Villacci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ordilovokov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ordilovokov tries a head kick but it misses.
Villacci 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.
Villacci looks for a takedown but Ordilovokov sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ordilovokov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Villaccis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Villacci takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Villacci has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Villacci there as he acknowledges the shot.
Villacci jabs Ordilovokov right on the nose. Ordilovokov blinks but takes it well.
Ordilovokov scores with a head kick. Villacci tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Villacci lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Villacci.
Villacci darts in looking for a takedown but Ordilovokov gets double underhooks and turns Villacci into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaetano Villacci. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ordilovokov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ordilovokov just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ordilovokov moves out of range of the strikes.
Ordilovokov throws a hook to the side of Villacci's head but Villacci sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ordilovokov moves forwards but Villacci connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Villacci lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gaetano Villacci dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gaetano Villacci's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Villacci swings for the body but Ordilovokov moves out of range.
Jasur Ordilovokov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Villacci tries to bum rush Ordilovokov with a series of wild strikes but Ordilovokov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ordilovokov misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Ordilovokov.
Ordilovokov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Villacci comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Villacci fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ordilovokov throws the left hand but Villacci avoids the punch easily.
Villacci lands a lovely overhand right.
Ordilovokov slips under a jab.
Villacci throws a body punch but Ordilovokov moves out of range.
Ordilovokov drops his hands momentarily and Villacci takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villacci just misses with a punch to the body.
Villacci misses with an uppercut.
Ordilovokov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villacci throws a series of punches but Ordilovokov avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ordilovokov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villacci.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ordilovokov throws a sloppy head kick and Villacci moves out of range easily.
Ordilovokov misses with a hook. Villacci ducked under it nicely.
Ordilovokov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Villacci shoots in looking for a takedown. Ordilovokov tries to sprawl out of it but Villacci keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ordilovokov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Villacci misses the shot to the body.
Villacci throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ordilovokov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ordilovokov throws a shot from downtown. Villacci moves away and avoids it.
Ordilovokov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Villacci.
A big right from Ordilovokov misses.
Villacci lands a right hook to the body.
Villacci avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Villacci lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ordilovokov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Villacci takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villacci avoids the head kick by Ordilovokov.
Villacci scores with a hook to the body. Ordilovokov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ordilovokov looks to throw the jab but Villacci is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Ordilovokov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ordilovokov avoids the body shot from Villacci.
Villacci waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ordilovokov.
Ordilovokov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Villacci on the side of the head.
Ordilovokov tries a head kick but it misses.
Villacci throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Villacci misses with a hook.
Villacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ordilovokov throws out the jab.
Villacci loads up on a big right hand but Ordilovokov slips the punch.
Ordilovokov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Villacci digs a good body shot into Ordilovokov's ribs.
Villacci's corner calls for a 1-2. Villacci obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Villacci swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ordilovokov lands with a right hand.
Ordilovokov scores with a body shot.
Villacci scores with a jab to the body.
Villacci's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ordilovokov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Villacci scrambles back to his feet.
Ordilovokov throws a head kick but Villacci moves out of range.
A punch combination from Villacci misses.
Ordilovokov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Villacci.
Ordilovokov throws a head kick but Villacci moves out of range.
Ordilovokov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Villacci throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ordilovokov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ordilovokov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Villacci.
Villacci misses with an uppercut. Ordilovokov saw that one coming.
Ordilovokov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Villacci on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villacci throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villacci keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villacci throws a lazy right hand but Ordilovokov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Villacci misses with an uppercut.
Villacci changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Villacci. Ordilovokov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Villacci missing with a left hand there. Ordilovokov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good exchange - Ordilovokov coming out on top.
Ordilovokov throws a body shot but no joy.
Villacci on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Villacci misses.
Villacci jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ordilovokov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Villacci's head.
Villacci lands a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ordilovokov clinches with his opponent.
Villacci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ordilovokov lands a shoulder strike.
Villacci blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gaetano Villacci.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Villacci, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaetano Villacci!
After winning the bout, Gaetano Villacci thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.