PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Celentano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KC Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm has chosen Boom-POD as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Celentano
vs
Storm

172 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

215 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Inner Beast Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Celentano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, KC Storm!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Celentano. Those never looked like landing.
Storm lands a head kick. Celentano smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Storm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
KC Storm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Celentano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Storm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Celentano throws a right and a left that both miss.

Storm has closed the distance and engaged Celentano in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Storm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Celentano is looking to break free of the clinch but Storm has double underhooks.
Storm trying to land knees to the body.
Storm crunches a lovely knee into Celentano's ribcage.
Celentano is breathing heavily.
Storm is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Storm lands an elbow that stopped Celentano in his tracks for a moment.
Celentano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Storm is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Storm.
Storm landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Storm scores a nice knee to the body.
Storm is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm unloads a knee to the mid-section. Celentano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Storm is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Celentano can't fight it off and eventually Storm manages to take the fight to the floor. Celentano looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Storm pushes down on Celentano's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Storm is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Storm performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Storm throwing shots but Celentano is blocking nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up. KC Storm was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Celentano throws a right and a left that Storm avoids nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Storm moves into the clinch.
Storm lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Storm trying to land knees to the body.
Storm lands a good knee to the midsection. Celentano won't want to take too many of those.

Storm works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm is looking to work some ground and pound but Celentano has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Storm showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Celentano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Celentano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Storm missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Storm sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Storm with a flurry of punches that miss.
Storm showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celentano can't keep his opponent in guard - Storm advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Storm not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Celentano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Storm is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KC Storm dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Storm slips a jab from Celentano.
Storm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Storm has managed to clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Storm.
Knees to the body from Storm.
Storm comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Storm utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Storm lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Celentano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Storm obliges.
Storm lands an elbow inside that Celentano shrugs off.
Storm creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Celentano's defenses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Storm working Celentano over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celentano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Celentano could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Storm has Celentano pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Storm pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Celentano tumbling to the mat - Storm dives into Celentano's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Storm missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Storm slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Storm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Celentano parries the strikes from Storm easily there. Storm is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Celentano to escape.
Storm throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Storm in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Storm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Storm throws an elbow but Celentano slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Celentano will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Storm has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Storm content just to control the position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Celentano is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Storm looking to finish with strikes here!
Celentano blocking the ground and pound.
Storm controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm punching from mount but Celentano doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Celentano holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Storm tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
KC Storm has got the better of the ground game so far.
Storm controlling from the full mount.
Celentano blocking the ground and pound.
Storm throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Celentano avoids a series of strikes thrown by Storm.
Storm throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Storm unloads with some shots from mount but Celentano bucks and avoids them well.
Storm throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Celentano because Storm loaded up on that one.
Storm controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Celentano wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Storm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KC Storm showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Storm lands a head kick. Celentano smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Celentano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Storm rushes Celentano and presses him up against the cage.
Storm lands a nice knee to the body.
Storm lands an elbow inside.
Celentano prevents a body shot from Storm.
Celentano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Celentano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Storm gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Storm not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Celentano keeping full guard, as Storm tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. KC Storm wasn't active enough on the ground.
Celentano digs a good body shot into Storm's ribs.
Storm tries to close the distance and clinch but Celentano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Celentano takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Storm is looking to clinch but Celentano is avoiding it.

Storm pushes Celentano up against the cage in a clinch.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Celentano avoids the damage to the body.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Celentano avoids the damage to the body.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Celentano avoids the damage to the body.
Storm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Celentano.
Storm lands an elbow inside that Celentano shrugs off.
Silvio Celentano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Storm works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Storm engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Storm trying to control the position from guard on top but Celentano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Celentano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Storm.
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!
Storm advances position into side control!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
An elbow from Storm crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm scores with a couple of short elbows.
Storm is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Celentano will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Celentano prevents Storm from moving into mount.
Celentano is being controlled here.
Storm looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Celentano is avoiding damage well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Storm creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Celentano sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Storm misses with the ground and pound.
Storm tries to score with some ground and pound. Celentano controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Celentano's face as Storm controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ground and pound from Storm seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Storm advances nicely into full mount.
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!
Celentano wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Storm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Celentano blocking the ground and pound.
KC Storm is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Storm thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

And that's the end of the fight!
KC Storm comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Storm has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 25:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KC Storm!
KC Storm seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.