PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davide Michieletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Djoser Rei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Michieletto
vs
Rei

215 cm
29
275 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

191 cm
30
238 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

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Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davide Michieletto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djoser Rei!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rei misses with a low kick as Michieletto jumps back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rei. That's going to slow Michieletto down.
Rei lands a jab to the head.
Rei fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Michieletto checks it well.
Rei keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Michieletto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rei misses with a head kick.
Rei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rei tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rei works Michieletto's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michieletto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rei lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rei jabs at Michieletto's body.
Michieletto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rei.
A slapping leg kick lands for Michieletto.
Rei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rei misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Michieletto scores with a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rei.
Rei misses with a right hand
and Michieletto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rei thuds a left hand into Michieletto's body.
Michieletto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Rei rushes Michieletto and presses him up against the cage.
Rei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rei wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Michieletto has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rei misses with a punch on the inside.
Rei misses with a punch on the inside.
Rei tries a body shot but Michieletto blocks it.
Michieletto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rei's defenses.

It looks like Djoser Rei has been cut.
Michieletto lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Michieletto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Michieletto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Michieletto tries to land knees in the clinch but Rei avoids the damage to the body.
Michieletto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rei can't find room to land a body shot as Michieletto controls the action.
Rei misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Michieletto - that landed with a thud.
Rei looks winded!
Michieletto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Michieletto.
Michieletto swings wildly with an uppercut but Rei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michieletto backwards.
Michieletto misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rei.
Rei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rei avoids the elbow strike from Michieletto, against the cage.
Rei prevents a body shot from Michieletto.
Michieletto lands a damaging elbow.
Rei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rei cracks Michieletto with a nice body shot.
Rei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michieletto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Michieletto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michieletto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Michieletto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Michieletto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rei backwards.
Michieletto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei takes a shot to the head.
Michieletto lands a nice knee to the body.
Michieletto misses with a punch to the body.
Michieletto misses with a knee to the head.
Rei lands a shoulder strike.
Rei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michieletto backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Michieletto.
Michieletto prevents Rei from breaking the clinch.
Rei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Michieletto.
Michieletto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michieletto keeps control of Rei as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rei wants to get back to striking at distance but Michieletto won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Djoser Rei will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Djoser Rei's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rei looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Michieletto scores with a leg kick.
Djoser Rei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rei throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rei throws a low kick but it's checked well by Michieletto.
Michieletto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michieletto connects with an inside leg kick.
Rei lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michieletto circles away quickly and effectively.
Rei turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michieletto tries to land a front kick but Rei steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Michieletto closes the distance and pushes Rei back into the cage.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rei. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Rei has a couple of punches blocked by Michieletto.
Rei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Michieletto blocking some punches.
Rei trying to stall but Michieletto improves his position.
Michieletto misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rei - that landed with a thud.
Rei misses with a body punch.
Michieletto tries to throw a body punch but Rei avoids it by throwing Michieletto back against the cage.
A short right from Rei on the inside.
Rei taking a breather.
Michieletto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michieletto keeps control of Rei as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Michieletto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michieletto blocks an uppercut.

Rei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michieletto connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rei feints and then cracks Michieletto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michieletto down.
A head kick misses from Michieletto.
Rei misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei connects with the punch.
Michieletto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Michieletto scores with the left hand. Rei knows he should have avoided that one.
Rei scores with a jab to the jaw.
Michieletto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Michieletto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Michieletto throws a chopping leg kick but Rei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michieletto. Rei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michieletto's sensitive parts.
Michieletto closes the distance and clinches up with Rei, looking for a takedown. Michieletto pushes Rei against the cage but Rei circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Michieletto tries to land a leg kick but Rei saw it coming and moves away.
Rei throws a leg kick but Michieletto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rei checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michieletto moves away.
A low kick from Michieletto misses
and Rei counters with an outside leg kick.
Rei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Rei blocks the leg kick.
Rei swats away the attempt to clinch by Michieletto.
Michieletto misses the shot to the body.
Michieletto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rei avoids the body shot from Michieletto.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rei.
Michieletto throws a big shot that misses.
Rei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michieletto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Michieletto. Michieletto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big right from Michieletto misses.
Michieletto throws a hook to the side of Rei's head but Rei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Michieletto feints and then cracks Rei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rei down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Michieletto. That's going to slow Rei down.
A jab from Michieletto misses.
Rei with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Michieletto is defended easily by Rei.
Michieletto drops his hands momentarily and Rei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Djoser Rei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Djoser Rei's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Michieletto.
Rei bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rei scores with a hook to the body. Michieletto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters circling a little - Rei finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rei scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rei lands with a hook. Michieletto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rei thumps Michieletto with a low kick.
Rei fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michieletto.
Rei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Michieletto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michieletto throws a leg kick but Rei moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rei. Michieletto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rei thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Michieletto if he has to take too many more of those.
Rei lands with a nice body kick.
Rei lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rei lands a front kick.
Michieletto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Michieletto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rei lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rei connects with a solid leg kick.
Michieletto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Michieletto tried to score with a low kick but Rei checks it.
Rei misses with a body kick.
Rei scores with a punch to the head.
Rei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rei is looking to slow Michieletto down with leg kicks.
Rei digs a good body shot into Michieletto's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rei lands a body shot.
A shot to the body from Michieletto misses
and Rei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rei lands with an uppercut that bounces Michieletto off the cage and back into range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rei - that will leave a mark!
Davide Michieletto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Rei.
Rei throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rei jabs at Michieletto's body.
A solid body kick from Rei.
Michieletto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rei throws a shot to the body.
Rei throws a head kick that Michieletto semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rei delivers a nice body kick.
Rei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Michieletto misses with a straight left.
Michieletto tries to move into range but Rei moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Rei there.
Rei is looking to slow Michieletto down with leg kicks.
A shot to the liver by Rei. Beautiful body shot.
Michieletto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rei counters with an outside leg kick.
Rei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rei lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Michieletto momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Rei slams his shin into Michieletto's torso.
Rei is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Michieletto rather than just go for the knockout.
Rei thumps Michieletto with a low kick.
Rei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michieletto misses with a body shot.
Rei feints and then cracks Michieletto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michieletto down.
Michieletto throws a leg kick but Rei moved away.
Michieletto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Michieletto will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Michieletto shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rei throws a wild body kick that Michieletto sees coming a mile off.
Michieletto throws a low kick but Rei moves out of range easily.
Djoser Rei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michieletto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That kick from Rei tenderised Michieletto's leg. Michieletto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Michieletto misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Djoser Rei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rei winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Djoser Rei!
A very excited looking Djoser Rei made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.