PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni comes to the cage accompanied by Til I Collapse [ Eminem ]. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cunningham's choice of entrance music: Disturbed - Conflict . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Giovanni
vs
Cunningham

186 cm
32
199 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

187 cm
28
197 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham looks to throw the jab but Giovanni is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Giovanni.
A head kick misses from Cunningham.
Cunningham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cunningham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Giovanni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Giovanni needs to keep his hands up - Cunningham had a free shot at his head there.

Giovanni has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giovanni is pushing Cunningham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cunningham.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cunningham as Giovanni tries to tie him up.
Cunningham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but Giovanni blocks with his arms.
Giovanni throws a punch but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham taking a breather.
Giovanni lands a left hand.
Giovanni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cunningham blocking some punches.
A short left from Giovanni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giovanni throws a punch but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Giovanni gets through Cunningham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Cunningham is rocked!
Cunningham creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Giovanni's defenses.
Cunningham is still on wobbly legs! Can Giovanni finish him?
Cunningham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Giovanni is defending well for now.
Cunningham seems to have recovered his senses.
Giovanni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cunningham jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Giovanni walks away with a smile on his face. Cunningham gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Cunningham tries to keep at a distance but Giovanni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Giovanni as Cunningham tries to tie him up.
Giovanni works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Giovanni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cunningham looking to throw knees to the head but Giovanni is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Giovanni lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Giovanni.
Cunningham tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cunningham looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Giovanni.
Giovanni leaning against his opponent.
Giovanni lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Giovanni lands a hook to the side of the head.
Giovanni pushes Cunningham against the cage. Giovanni is working some dirty boxing. Giovanni pushes off with a quick right hook! Cunningham goes down! Cunningham tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Giovanni moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Giovanni!