PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gianmarco Zaniboni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn enters the cage!

Zaniboni
vs
Chor Thanasukarn

175 cm
19
149 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gianmarco Zaniboni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaniboni swings for the body but Chor Thanasukarn moves out of range.
Chor Thanasukarn throws a hook but Zaniboni avoids it easily.
Zaniboni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chor Thanasukarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Zaniboni.
Chor Thanasukarn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni swats away the attempt to clinch by Chor Thanasukarn.
Chor Thanasukarn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zaniboni lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice cross by Zaniboni.
Chor Thanasukarn missing with a left hand there. Zaniboni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zaniboni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chor Thanasukarn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zaniboni scores with a shot to the body.
Chor Thanasukarn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaniboni.
Chor Thanasukarn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chor Thanasukarn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaniboni scores with a nice strike.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zaniboni misses with a body shot.
Zaniboni is looking to wear down Chor Thanasukarn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zaniboni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaniboni blocks a jab.
Zaniboni wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chor Thanasukarn looks gassed!
Chor Thanasukarn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn has been cut.
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!
Chor Thanasukarn fails with an attempt to clinch.

Zaniboni drops Chor Thanasukarn with a big left hand and mounts him. Chor Thanasukarn is in big trouble!

Chor Thanasukarn is rocked!
Zaniboni throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Chor Thanasukarn because Zaniboni loaded up on that one.
Chor Thanasukarn is still in real trouble! Can Zaniboni finish him?
Zaniboni thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Chor Thanasukarn seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chor Thanasukarn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zaniboni.
Zaniboni landing shots from mount.
Zaniboni unloads with some shots from mount but Chor Thanasukarn bucks and avoids them well.
Zaniboni thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Zaniboni misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Chor Thanasukarn wants to get back to his feet.
Zaniboni misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Zaniboni punching from mount but Chor Thanasukarn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chor Thanasukarn is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zaniboni looking to control but Chor Thanasukarn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zaniboni thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Zaniboni thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Zaniboni punching from mount but Chor Thanasukarn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chor Thanasukarn avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zaniboni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zaniboni throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Zaniboni jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chor Thanasukarn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Zaniboni has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zaniboni looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Chor Thanasukarn is avoiding damage well.
Zaniboni wants to control but Chor Thanasukarn is keeping him busy.
Chor Thanasukarn avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Zaniboni.

Zaniboni is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Chor Thanasukarn has escaped the position, nice work there.
Chor Thanasukarn dodges the ground and pound from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni working the ground and pound but Chor Thanasukarn is defending the strikes.
Zaniboni creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Chor Thanasukarn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaniboni throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni throws an elbow but Chor Thanasukarn slips to the side and avoids it well.
Zaniboni wants to control but Chor Thanasukarn is keeping him busy.

Zaniboni tries for a kimura but Chor Thanasukarn is defending well.
Chor Thanasukarn pushes Zaniboni away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zaniboni gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Zaniboni shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chor Thanasukarn's guard.
Chor Thanasukarn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zaniboni throwing strikes from guard but Chor Thanasukarn blocks nicely.
Zaniboni throws a big right hand that misses.
Chor Thanasukarn keeping moving, preventing Zaniboni from controlling successfully.
Chor Thanasukarn wants to stand but Zaniboni is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chor Thanasukarn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni thows a big elbow that misses.
Zaniboni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chor Thanasukarn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zaniboni displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Zaniboni lands with a nice body punch.
Zaniboni clobbers Chor Thanasukarn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Zaniboni there.
Chor Thanasukarn misses with a hook to the body

and Zaniboni counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chor Thanasukarn won't be happy with that.
Zaniboni creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Chor Thanasukarn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Zaniboni in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Chor Thanasukarn avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Zaniboni.

Zaniboni working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaniboni wants to control but Chor Thanasukarn is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gianmarco Zaniboni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zaniboni scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chor Thanasukarn in his tracks.
Zaniboni connects with the punch.
Gianmarco Zaniboni is winning the standup battle so far.

Chor Thanasukarn drives through and clinches with Zaniboni against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Zaniboni as the two fighters clinch.
Zaniboni tries for a takedown but Chor Thanasukarn manages to get underhooks.
Zaniboni tries to break free but Chor Thanasukarn pushes him back against the cage.
Zaniboni tries for a takedown but Chor Thanasukarn manages to get underhooks.
Zaniboni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Zaniboni has hold of one of Chor Thanasukarn's legs. Chor Thanasukarn is fighting the takedown attempt but Zaniboni gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zaniboni accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chor Thanasukarn keeping moving, preventing Zaniboni from controlling successfully.
Zaniboni postures up in Chor Thanasukarn's guard and throws a big left but Chor Thanasukarn blocks it.
Zaniboni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chor Thanasukarn can do to turn this around?
Zaniboni pushes down on Chor Thanasukarn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Zaniboni is trying to control the action in half guard but Chor Thanasukarn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zaniboni not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zaniboni stops Chor Thanasukarn from getting back to his feet.
Chor Thanasukarn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaniboni.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Zaniboni closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Zaniboni postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Zaniboni is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Chor Thanasukarn knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Zaniboni throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Zaniboni is looking to take a break and control but Chor Thanasukarn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zaniboni postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Zaniboni working the ground and pound but Chor Thanasukarn is defending the strikes.
Zaniboni throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Zaniboni cracks Chor Thanasukarn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zaniboni fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Zaniboni tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zaniboni has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Chor Thanasukarn tries to escape but Zaniboni is in control.
Zaniboni in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
An elbow from Zaniboni crashes against the mat.
Chor Thanasukarn is trying to buck Zaniboni off.
Zaniboni throws an elbow but Chor Thanasukarn slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chor Thanasukarn is not content to let Zaniboni control the position.
Zaniboni in side control, throwing shots but Chor Thanasukarn defends.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zaniboni cracks a nice hook into Chor Thanasukarn's ribs.
Zaniboni connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chor Thanasukarn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Zaniboni changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chor Thanasukarn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zaniboni sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chor Thanasukarn is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zaniboni creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Zaniboni tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Zaniboni is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chor Thanasukarn is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Chor Thanasukarn is trying to get back to his feet.
Gianmarco Zaniboni overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Zaniboni throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Chor Thanasukarn because Zaniboni loaded up on that one.
Zaniboni punching from mount but Chor Thanasukarn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Zaniboni thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Zaniboni punching from mount but Chor Thanasukarn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Zaniboni punching from mount but Chor Thanasukarn doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Zaniboni trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaniboni won't let Chor Thanasukarn get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Zaniboni looking to secure an arm triangle but Chor Thanasukarn defends it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chor Thanasukarn's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gianmarco Zaniboni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters circle momentarily. Zaniboni darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zaniboni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zaniboni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chor Thanasukarn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zaniboni throws a one two combo.
Zaniboni closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chor Thanasukarn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zaniboni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chor Thanasukarn manages to avoid it.
Zaniboni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chor Thanasukarn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zaniboni scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Zaniboni looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaniboni sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Chor Thanasukarn pushes Zaniboni off looking to stand but Zaniboni dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chor Thanasukarn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaniboni.

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

Zaniboni is trying for a kimura here. Chor Thanasukarn looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Zaniboni wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gianmarco Zaniboni!