PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Honorius Trajan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gionni Vitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitti has chosen Forever Young as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Trajan
vs
Vitti

175 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
146 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Honorius Trajan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gionni Vitti!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trajan is looking to clinch but Vitti is avoiding it.
Vitti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trajan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vitti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Vitti does no damage.
Vitti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Trajan moves into the clinch successfully.
Trajan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Vitti pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Vitti letting Trajan take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vitti.
Trajan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trajan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trajan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vitti's brow.
Vitti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trajan misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trajan throws an elbow but misses.
Trajan looking to throw knees to the head but Vitti is blocking nicely.
Trajan lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti is trying to break free.
Trajan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vitti backwards.
Trajan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Come on Trajan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vitti can't break the clinch.
Trajan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trajan misses with an elbow strike.
Trajan lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trajan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Trajan lands a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Vitti keeping full guard, as Trajan tries to pass.
Trajan trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trajan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trajan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Vitti for as long as he can get away with.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Honorius Trajan.

Trajan moves into the clinch.
Vitti blocking some punches.
Trajan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trajan effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Honorius Trajan 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.

Trajan is looking to clinch.
Trajan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vitti swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Trajan moves into the clinch successfully.
Vitti wants to get back to striking at distance but Trajan won't allow it.
Trajan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vitti tries to break the clinch but Trajan is controlling the position.
Trajan keeps control of Vitti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trajan stalls.
Trajan missing with knees to the body.
Trajan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vitti is trying to force a seperation but Trajan has the dominant position.
Trajan prevents Vitti from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti is trying to push Trajan away but Trajan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Trajan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vitti blocks it with crossed arms.
Trajan misses with a hook from the clinch.

Trajan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Vitti regains guard.

Trajan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Trajan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Vitti can't keep his opponent in guard - Trajan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Vitti is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trajan slows the pace down in half guard.
Trajan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trajan slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Gionni Vitti hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Trajan tries to clinch up but Vitti circles away and keeps his distance.

Trajan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Trajan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trajan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vitti is defending well.
Vitti wants to break free but Trajan has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Honorius Trajan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Vitti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trajan doesn't seem bothered though.
Trajan tries to clinch up.
Vitti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trajan moves out of range as Vitti strikes.
A punch combination from Vitti misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vitti. Trajan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trajan tries to clinch but Vitti is having none of it.
Vitti thuds a left hand into Trajan's body.
Trajan fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trajan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vitti circles away.

Trajan clinches up against the cage.
Vitti blocks an elbow strike from Trajan.
Trajan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Trajan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vitti wants to get back to striking at distance but Trajan won't allow it.
Trajan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vitti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitti takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vitti is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Trajan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trajan stalling against the cage.
Trajan tries to land knees in the clinch but Vitti avoids the damage to the body.
Trajan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vitti.
Vitti blocking some punches.
Gionni Vitti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trajan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Trajan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vitti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vitti tries to break free but Trajan pushes him back against the cage.
Trajan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vitti.
Vitti wants to break free but Trajan has control.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trajan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vitti blocks it with crossed arms.
Trajan effectively controlling the action here.
Trajan tries to land a knee to the head but Vitti blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Trajan fails to land.
Vitti blocks a body shot from Trajan.
Trajan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Honorius Trajan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trajan 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Honorius Trajan!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Honorius Trajan!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Honorius Trajan!

Honorius Trajan wins by unanimous decision!