PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Gambino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chechnya Chechnya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gambino
vs
Chechnya

185 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Atlantis

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Gambino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chechnya Chechnya!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gambino misses with a looping right.
Decent striking displayed by Chechnya there.
Gambino misses with a looping left.
Chechnya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gambino.
Gambino lands with a cross.
Chechnya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Chechnya Chechnya has been cut.
Gambino tries to clinch there but Chechnya circles away.
Gambino misses with a hook. Chechnya ducked under it nicely.
Gambino paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chechnya slips under a jab from Gambino.
Chechnya swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Chechnya.
Gambino takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Chechnya tries to bum rush Gambino with a series of wild strikes but Gambino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Chechnya. Those never looked like landing.
Gambino lands a lovely overhand right.
A left and a right from Gambino both land. Nice combination.
Chechnya throws a shot from downtown. Gambino moves away and avoids it.
Gambino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chechnya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chechnya takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Gambino.
Gambino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chechnya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gambino lands a glancing blow to the side of Chechnya's head.
Chechnya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Chechnya misses.
Gambino cracks Chechnya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chechnya moves away from the strike by Gambino.
Gambino tries to close the distance and clinch but Chechnya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gambino throws out a powerful jab.
Gambino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gambino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gambino lands a nice shot that snaps Chechnya's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambino shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chechnya eats them both and turns towards Gambino to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Chechnya is rocked!
Gambino is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gambino punishes Chechnya's body with a nice straight punch.
Chechnya is still on wobbly legs! Can Gambino finish him?
Gambino doesn't manage to clinch there - Chechnya circles away.
Chechnya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gambino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gambino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chechnya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chechnya seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chechnya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gambino takes one on the button.
Gambino is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gambino throws out a loose jab but Chechnya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gambino tries to clinch but Chechnya moves out of range.
Gambino swings for the body but Chechnya moves out of range.
Gambino scores with a punch to the head.
Some wild striking there from Chechnya.
Gambino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gambino tries to clinch up but Chechnya circles away and keeps his distance.
Joe Gambino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambino walks into a left hand.
Gambino moves to clinch but Chechnya breaks away

and Chechnya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gambino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Chechnya Chechnya's cut even more.
Chechnya is trying to force a seperation but Gambino has the dominant position.
Gambino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chechnya is trying to break free.
Gambino lands a right hand.
Gambino lands a body punch.
Gambino lands an elbow inside that Chechnya shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gambino throws an elbow but misses.
Chechnya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gambino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chechnya's defenses.

The cut above Chechnya Chechnya's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Chechnya tries to circle away but Gambino has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gambino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chechnya's brow.
Chechnya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gambino creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gambino lands an elbow that stopped Chechnya in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gambino.
Gambino throws a punch but it's blocked by Chechnya.
Gambino lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gambino digs a right hand into Chechnya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chechnya's gas tank.
Gambino lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chechnya tries to circle away but Gambino has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chechnya is trying to push Gambino away but Gambino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gambino tries to land knees in the clinch but Chechnya avoids the damage to the body.
Gambino lands an elbow inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chechnya is trying to break the clinch but Gambino has him pressed against the cage.
Chechnya working hard to break the clinch.
Gambino lands an elbow just above Chechnya 's eye.
Chechnya wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chechnya is trying to break free.
Gambino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chechnya's defenses.

Chechnya Chechnya's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gambino lands an elbow inside that Chechnya shrugs off.
Chechnya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gambino lands an elbow inside.
Chechnya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gambino backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gambino.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gambino.
Chechnya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gambino lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gambino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Gambino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chechnya Chechnya's cut.
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.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gambino, as that shot connected.
Chechnya throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Chechnya thows a body shot but no joy.
Chechnya sizes up Gambino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chechnya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chechnya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gambino fails to land with a series of punches.
Chechnya blocks a head kick by Gambino.
Gambino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chechnya moves out of range as Gambino strikes.
Chechnya catches Gambino with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gambino connects with a right hand. Chechnya shakes it off.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Gambino got wobbled bad by a big combination! Chechnya presses forward with punches and knees until Gambino stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Gambino closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chechnya Chechnya!