PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Blyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Blyer's choice of entrance music: Eye Of The Tiger. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fuschini
vs
Blyer

187 cm
28
215 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alessio Fuschini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Blyer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuschini is looking to chop away at Blyer's legs.
A leg kick checked by Blyer.
Blyer connects with a right hand. Fuschini shakes it off.
Fuschini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fuschini slips a jab and a cross from Blyer.
Fuschini tries to clinch there but Blyer circles away.
Fuschini tries a low kick but Blyer avoids it.
Blyer swinging wildly here.
Blyer stuns Fuschini with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Fuschini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Blyer drops Fuschini with a beautiful combination! Fuschini stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Blyer is looking for the KO!

It looks like Alessio Fuschini has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuschini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blyer.
Sloppy strikes from Blyer. Those never looked like landing.
Blyer takes a kick to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fuschini.
Blyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuschini walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blyer lands a right hook to the body.
Blyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuschini dodges the punch combination from Blyer.
Fuschini takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blyer avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Blyer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fuschini counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blyer's knee momentarily.
Fuschini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fuschini takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Rocky Blyer has been cut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Blyer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fuschini takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuschini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blyer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fuschinis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fuschini lets loose with a powerful body kick. Blyer will feel that in the morning.
Blyer looks gassed!
Blyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fuschini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini moves out of range as Blyer strikes.
Rocky Blyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuschini dips to his left and cracks Blyer with an uppercut!
Fuschini ducks under a wild hook from Blyer.
Blyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Blyer lands a left and a right that send Fuschini crashing to the mat, dazed. Blyer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fuschini throws out a leg kick but Blyer moves out of range and Fuschini only half commits.
Fuschini lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blyer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fuschini looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. Blyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini tries to clinch but Blyer moves out of range.
Fuschini feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fuschini connects with a good right hand that stumbles Blyer. Blyer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Blyer back to the ropes. Fuschini follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Blyer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fuschini slips under a jab.
Fuschini lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Fuschini.
Fuschini with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Fuschini.
Fuschini fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fuschini with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fuschini explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuschini is looking to slow Blyer down with leg kicks.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blyer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Blyer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini connects with an inside leg kick.
Fuschini buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fuschini.

Fuschini clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blyer as Fuschini tries to tie him up.
Blyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Fuschini.
Blyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fuschini has him pressed against the ropes.
Fuschini is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fuschini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blyer is defending well for now.
Blyer has had enough of the clinch but Fuschini keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fuschini tries to throw a body punch but Blyer avoids it by throwing Fuschini back against the cage.
Fuschini wants to stall.
Fuschini can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Blyer wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Fuschini dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fuschini's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sloppy strikes from Blyer. Those never looked like landing.

Fuschini closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Blyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fuschini looking to slow down the pace here.
Fuschini tries a knee to the head but Blyer blocks it.
Blyer blocks a body shot from Fuschini.
Fuschini missing with knees to the body.
Blyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blyer.
Fuschini lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fuschini keeps control of Blyer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blyer is trying to push Fuschini away but Fuschini has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fuschini gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blyer.
Blyer is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fuschini tries to stall but Blyer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fuschini tries to stall but Blyer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fuschini lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blyer backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blyer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fuschini taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Blyer breaks the clinch.
Blyer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fuschini on the side of the head.
Blyer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fuschini lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blyer circles away quickly and effectively.
Blyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fuschini to score with a decent uppercut.
Blyer checks a leg kick.
Blyer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fighters circling - Blyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Blyer misses its intended target.
Blyer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fuschini. That one must have hurt.
Blyer is breathing heavily.

Fuschini instigates a clinch.
Blyer is trying to break the clinch but Fuschini has him pressed against the ropes.
Fuschini tries to land knees in the clinch but Blyer avoids the damage to the body.
Blyer can't get the takedown.
Alessio Fuschini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Blyer.
A left hand lands to the body for Fuschini.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Blyer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fuschini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blyer or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuschini stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blyer blocks an elbow strike.
Fuschini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blyer's efforts to push away.
Blyer tries to break free but Fuschini pushes him back against the ropes.
Good body shot from Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a knee to the head.
Fuschini landing knees to the head.
Fuschini pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Blyer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fuschini stalling the fight.
Blyer can't break the clinch.
Fuschini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blyer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fuschini stalling in the clinch but Blyer improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blyer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fuschini landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fuschini has Blyer pressed against the ropes.
Blyer goes for a takedown attempt but Fuschini pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fuschini connects with a high kick.
Fuschini moves in looking to clinch but Blyer pushes him off.
Blyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fuschini slips a jab from Blyer.
A jab from Blyer finds it's way through Fuschini's defenses.
Blyer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuschini tries to clinch there but Blyer circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fuschini.
Fuschini cracks the inside of Blyer's front leg.
Fuschini stuns Blyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fuschini is looking to slow Blyer down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fuschini lands a jab.
Rocky Blyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fuschini throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fuschini.
Fuschini tries to close the distance and clinch but Blyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blyer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuschini fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blyer is out of range.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blyer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fuschini.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fuschini.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Fuschini dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fuschini.
Blyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fuschini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fuschini keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blyer.
Blyer tries to bum rush Fuschini with a series of wild strikes but Fuschini uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blyer throws the left hand but Fuschini avoids the punch easily.
Fuschini feints and then cracks Blyer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blyer down.
Nice straight punches there by Fuschini. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fuschini.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alessio Fuschini is winning the standup battle so far.
Fuschini rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Fuschini has closed the distance and engaged Blyer in a clinch.
Fuschini crunches a lovely knee into Blyer's ribcage.
Fuschini is trying to maintain a safe position but Blyer gets an underhook and turns Fuschini into the ropes.
Blyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Fuschini controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fuschini has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Blyer's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini wants to stall.
Blyer wants to break free but Fuschini has control.
Fuschini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Fuschini.
Fuschini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fuschini is trying to stall.
Fuschini works on Blyer's body with a couple of short punches.
Fuschini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fuschini is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alessio Fuschini.
Blyer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fuschini throws a nice head kick!
Fuschini walks into a straight right hand from Blyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blyer moves out of range of the strikes.
Blyer misses with a straight right.
Blyer's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Blyer duly obliges.
Blyer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fuschini is looking to slow Blyer down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuschini slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Fuschini lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fuschini walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Blyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuschini.
Fuschini works the jab nicely.
Blyer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuschini manages to avoid it.
Blyer cracks Fuschini with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blyer blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blyer.
Fuschini misses with a low kick.
Fuschini throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fuschini scores with a head kick.
Fuschini scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rocky Blyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fuschini lunges at Blyer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blyer's hand.
Blyer throws a combination that misses
and Fuschini counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Blyer is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Blyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fuschini.
Blyer misses with a few strikes there.
Blyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Blyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fuschini.
Fuschini lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fuschini.
Fuschini scores with a leg kick.
Blyer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini slips a jab from Blyer.
Blyer misses with an uppercut.
Blyer misses the body punch

and Fuschini counters by clinching up.
Alessio Fuschini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blyer has Fuschini pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Fuschini manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuschini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Fuschini - that landed with a thud.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Blyer.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blyer wants a takedown but no success here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blyer can't break the clinch.
Blyer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuschini's elbow.
Fuschini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blyer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alessio Fuschini showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fuschini 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alessio Fuschini!