PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dion Devlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Vicini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vicini has chosen Gasoline by SUBSONICA as his entrance music. Luca Vicini will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Devlin
vs
Vicini

179 cm
20
197 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

193 cm
21
201 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dion Devlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luca Vicini!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vicini is looking to clinch but Devlin is avoiding it.
Devlin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Devlin misses the target.
Devlin misses with an attempted mid kick.

Devlin moves into the clinch.
Vicini lands an elbow that stopped Devlin in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Dion Devlin has been cut.
Vicini lands a shoulder strike.
Vicini lands a right hand.
Devlin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Devlin prevents a body shot from Vicini.
Vicini lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vicini.
Vicini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Devlin swings wildly with an uppercut but Vicini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vicini scores with a shot to the side of Devlin's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vicini creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vicini lands a nice elbow.
Devlin misses with some punches.
Vicini lands a hook that snaps the head of Devlin backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vicini gets through Devlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vicini throws an elbow that misses.
Devlin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Devlin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Devlin blocks the elbow strike.
Vicini blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Devlin - that landed with a thud.
Devlin working aggressively here.
Devlin tries a body shot but Vicini blocks it.
Vicini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vicini misses with a punch to the body.
Vicini works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vicini has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Vicini throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Devlin tries to throw a body punch but Vicini avoids it by throwing Devlin back against the cage.
Devlin takes an elbow to the temple.
Vicini lands an elbow inside.
Vicini lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vicini tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Devlin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Devlin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Devlin.
Vicini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vicini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vicini lands an elbow inside that Devlin shrugs off.
Vicini lands a nice elbow.
Vicini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Devlin's elbow.
Devlin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Devlin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vicini's elbow.
Vicini pushes Devlin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Devlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Vicini.
Devlin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vicini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vicini lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vicini.
Devlin has a couple of punches blocked by Vicini.
Vicini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Devlin blocks an elbow strike from Vicini.
Vicini pushes off an throws an elbow but Devlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Devlin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Devlin taking a breather.
Vicini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Devlin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Devlin misses with some punches.
A short right from Devlin on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Vicini scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vicini throws an elbow but it misses.
Devlin dodges an elbow strike from Vicini.
Vicini pushes off an throws an elbow but Devlin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Devlin has a couple of punches blocked by Vicini.
Vicini working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vicini misses with a punch to the body.
Vicini lands with a short shot to the head.

Devlin is rocked!
Vicini throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oh Devlin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Devlin lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vicini lands a nice elbow.
Devlin is working Vicini over against the cage.
Devlin is pressed against the cage. Vicini pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Devlin! Two more big strikes from Vicini and Devlin crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luca Vicini!
During a confident post fight interview, Luca Vicini thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.