PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Guido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Corleone
vs
Guido

188 cm
22
222 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

190 cm
29
213 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner

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 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Corleone !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Guido!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guido clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guido.
Guido lands a right hand.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Guido working aggressively here.
Corleone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Paulo Guido has been cut.
Corleone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guido swings wildly with an uppercut but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guido has a couple of punches blocked by Corleone .
Corleone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guido's defenses.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guido is defending well for now.
Guido misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guido with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Corleone blocking some punches.
Guido misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corleone blocking some punches.
Corleone blocking some punches.
Guido throws a punch but it's blocked by Corleone .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guido blocks the elbow strike.
Guido lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Guido blocks an elbow strike.
Guido working aggressively here.
Corleone lands an elbow just above Guido 's eye.
Guido misses with some punches.
Guido has a couple of punches blocked by Corleone .
Guido swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Guido with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Corleone .
Guido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corleone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Corleone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guido looking to throw knees to the head but Corleone is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guido.
Corleone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guido.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Paulo Guido's cut even more.
Guido can't find room to land a body shot as Corleone controls the action.
Corleone avoiding damage as Guido throws knees to the body.
Guido swings wildly with an uppercut but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guido takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corleone blocking some punches.
Corleone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guido's face.
Guido missing with knees to the body.
Corleone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guido misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guido looking to throw knees to the head but Corleone is blocking nicely.
Guido with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Corleone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guido's defenses.
Corleone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guido takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Paulo Guido's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Guido softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Corleone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Guido fails to land.
Guido using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guido lands a left hand that snaps the head of Corleone backwards.
Corleone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Guido missing with knees to the body.
Guido swings wildly with an uppercut but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guido makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corleone lands an elbow just above Guido 's eye.
Guido working aggressively here.
Corleone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Corleone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guido misses with some punches.
Corleone trying to land knees to the body.
Guido swings wildly with an uppercut but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guido fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guido avoids it.
Guido blocks the elbow strike.
Guido throws a punch but it's blocked by Corleone .
Corleone lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corleone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guido's defenses.
Corleone lands a nice elbow.

Paulo Guido's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Corleone looking to throw knees to the head but Guido is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guido is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corleone is defending well for now.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guido misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corleone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Corleone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guido's brow.
Corleone tries to land knees in the clinch but Guido avoids the damage to the body.
Guido misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Corleone .
Guido on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Guido will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paulo Guido's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

An inside leg kick from Guido misses.
Corleone tries to clinch up.
Corleone lands with a nice body kick.
Guido circles away from the clinch attempt.
Corleone moves out of range as Guido throws a body kick.
Guido lands a leg kick that knocks Corleone off balance momentarily.
Paulo Guido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corleone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Guido waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Corleone .
Guido changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Corleone is looking to land body kicks.
Corleone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Corleone misses with a leg kick.
Corleone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Guido checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Corleone takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Guido blocks the body kick.
Corleone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Guido manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Guido.
Guido throws a low kick but Corleone moves out of range easily.
Corleone throws a body kick that misses.
Corleone throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Guido swats away the attempt to clinch by Corleone .
Corleone misses with a leg kick
and Corleone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corleone misses with a leg kick.
Guido misses with a body shot.
Corleone 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.
Guido just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guido connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Guido has closed the distance and engaged Corleone in a clinch.
Guido misses with the head strike.
A short right from Guido.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone .
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Corleone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guido's brow.
Still in the clinch, Guido scores with a nice short uppercut.
Guido managing to block the knees to the body from Corleone .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guido.
Guido misses with a punch on the inside.
Guido tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guido takes a knee right on the jaw!
Corleone misses with an elbow over the top.
Guido misses with a knee to the head.
Guido swings wildly with an uppercut but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guido lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Corleone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone .
Corleone throws an elbow but it misses.
Guido throws a punch but it's blocked by Corleone .
Guido tries a body shot but Corleone blocks it.
Guido misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guido misses with a knee strike.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Corleone pushes off an throws an elbow but Guido leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Guido misses with a knee to the head.
Corleone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Guido doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guido misses with a punch to the body.
Guido misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Guido fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guido tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corleone lands a nice knee to the body.
Guido misses with a punch on the inside.
Guido blocks an elbow strike from Corleone .
Corleone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guido misses with a punch on the inside.
Corleone misses with an elbow strike.
Guido scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Corleone .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Guido misses with a knee to the head.
Guido tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corleone 's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guido swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guido avoids it.
Guido with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Guido showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paulo Guido's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Guido pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guido scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Guido.
Corleone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Corleone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Corleone .
Corleone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Guido.
Corleone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Guido throws a good cross that connects.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corleone .
Guido moves out of range as Corleone throws a body kick.
Paulo Guido seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corleone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guido fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corleone manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Corleone as he checks the leg kick.
Guido moves out of range of the body kick from Corleone .
Guido throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Guido swats away the attempt to clinch by Corleone .

Guido darts in and clinches Corleone up against the cage.
Corleone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guido throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guido with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guido struggles to land a body shot inside as Corleone controls his hands.
Corleone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guido lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guido has a couple of punches blocked by Corleone .
Guido throws a punch but it's blocked by Corleone .
Corleone lands a nice elbow.
Paulo Guido seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Corleone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Michael Corleone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone misses with a knee strike.
Corleone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Corleone with a knee to the head.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guido is defending well for now.
Guido misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guido tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guido lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corleone backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guido's defenses.
Guido on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guido can't find room to land a body shot as Corleone controls the action.
Guido working aggressively here.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Corleone lands an elbow inside that Guido shrugs off.
Guido misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guido lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corleone backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Guido fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guido.
Corleone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paulo Guido's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Corleone !
In his post fight interview, Michael Corleone started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.