PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Albini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ness comes to the cage accompanied by Shoots and Ladders by Korn. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ness
vs
Albini

165 cm
21
147 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

173 cm
30
142 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Stonewall

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregory Ness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Renzo Albini!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ness gets a clinch.
Ness tries a knee to the head but Albini blocks it.
Ness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Albini.
Ness missing with knees to the body.
Ness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Albini avoids it.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Albini shrugs off.
Ness lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ness crunches a lovely knee into Albini's ribcage.
Ness trying to land knees to the body.
Albini is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ness to keep the fight standing.
Ness putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Albini in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albini goes for a takedown attempt but Ness pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ness explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gregory Ness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ness clinches.
Albini is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ness pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gregory Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Albini.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ness.
Ness putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Albini in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Albini looks gassed!
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ness lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Albini managing to block the knees to the body from Ness.
Ness lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Albini takes an elbow to the temple.
Albini tries to score a body lock takedown but Ness shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Albini tries to pull guard but Ness forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ness working Albini over with knees to the body.
Albini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Albini wants a takedown but no success here.
Ness lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ness misses with a knee to the head.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Albini blocks with his arms.
Albini can't get the takedown.
Albini avoids the elbow strike from Ness, against the cage.
Albini takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ness landing knees to the body.
Albini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Albini jumps guard but Ness stands there with Albini around his waist. Albini gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ness is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Albini shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness stops a takedown attempt from Albini.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ness lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albini's defenses.
Ness scores with a knee to the head.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Ness is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ness throws an elbow but it misses.
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Ness dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Albini looks for the body kick but Ness saw that one coming.
Ness tries to clinch but Albini is having none of it.
Ness tries to clinch up.
Ness is looking to clinch but Albini is avoiding it.
Albini avoids the head kick by Ness.
Ness is looking to clinch but Albini is avoiding it.
Albini fails with the takedown.
Nice defenses there by Albini.
Ness tries a head kick but it misses.
Ness throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ness is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Albini can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Ness misses.
A leg kick checked by Albini.
Ness throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ness throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ness.
Ness doesn't manage to clinch there - Albini circles away.
Albini takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ness misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Ness.
Ness is looking to slow Albini down with leg kicks.
Albini dives in and grabs Ness's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ness pushes down on Albini's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness throws a low kick but Albini avoids it.
A solid body kick from Ness.
Ness slips a jab and a cross from Albini.
Ness buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Albini keeps the fight on the outside.
Albini swings away with a body shot that misses

and Ness counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Albini has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gregory Ness has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ness with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Albini goes for a takedown attempt but Ness pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gregory Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Albini.
Ness is looking to chop away at Albini's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Albini blocks the leg kick.
Albini misses with an uppercut.
Ness tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ness moves into the clinch.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Albini has Ness pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ness manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ness missing with knees to the body.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Albini has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Ness.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Albini has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Albini drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Albini avoids a wild elbow strike from Ness.
Ness is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Albini blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ness lands a knee to the body.
Ness lands a good knee to the midsection. Albini won't want to take too many of those.
Albini is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ness connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Ness dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ness fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Albini has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ness tries to clinch up.
Ness throws a low kick, looking for Albini's leg but Albini calmly moves out of range.
Albini misses with a low kick.
Ness wants to clinch up but Albini keeps it at a distance.
Ness throws a leg kick but Albini sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ness throws a leg kick but Albini moved away.
Ness tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Albini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ness. That's going to slow Albini down.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Albini paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albini tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Ness there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Albini avoids the head kick by Ness.
Ness throws a leg kick that misses.
Albini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Albini moves out of range of the body kick from Ness.
Ness throws a head kick but Albini moves out of range.
Ness looks to land a body kick but Albini moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ness gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Albini avoids it.
Ness landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ness.
Albini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Albini takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Ness.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ness creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ness looking to throw knees to the head but Albini is blocking nicely.
Albini is trying to pull guard but Ness turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Albini blocks with his arms.
Ness lands a nice knee to the body.
Ness landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Albini is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ness with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Albini's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ness lands a good knee to the midsection. Albini won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ness.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albini blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Albini shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands a left hand.
Ness swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ness lands a knee to the head.
Ness leaning against his opponent.
Albini takes an elbow to the forehead.
Renzo Albini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Albini takes an elbow to the forehead.
Albini takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gregory Ness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albini jumps guard but Ness turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gregory Ness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Albini.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees to the body from Ness.
Albini tries for a takedown. No joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Ness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ness 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

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