PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walt Disney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Conte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Disney
vs
Conte

175 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
179 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Walt Disney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Conte!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Disney avoids the body shot from Conte.
Nice shot by Disney.
Conte swats away the attempt to clinch by Disney.
Disney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Conte in his tracks.
Disney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Disney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conte.

Conte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Disney throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Conte on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conte.
Disney works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Conte misses with a punch on the inside.
Disney leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Disney is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Conte looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Conte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Disney backwards.
Conte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Disney backwards.
Conte blocks an uppercut.
Disney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
Disney throws a punch but it's blocked by Conte.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conte.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disney.
Conte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conte scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Disney fails to land.
Disney is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Conte is keeping busy.
Conte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Disney scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conte slows down the pace here.
Disney is trying to stall.
Conte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Conte misses with a punch on the inside.
Disney throws a punch but it's blocked by Conte.
Disney blocking some punches.
Disney working aggressively here.
Disney missing with knees to the body.
Disney leaning against his opponent.
Conte scores with a shot to the side of Disney's head.
Conte misses with some punches.
Disney connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conte can't break the clinch.
Disney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disney working Conte over with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Disney as the two fighters clinch.
Disney trying to land knees to the body.
Disney trying to control the position but instead, Conte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Disney into the cage.
Conte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Disney.
Disney misses with the head strike.
Disney looking to slow down the pace here.
Disney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
Conte avoiding damage as Disney throws knees to the body.
Disney displaying some good clinch control by pressing Conte up against the cage.
Conte swings wildly with an uppercut but Disney uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disney tries to land knees in the clinch but Conte avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Disney obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Disney.
Conte lands a shoulder strike.
Disney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Conte manages to break the clinch.
Disney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conte misses with a looping right.
Disney misses with a hook
and Conte counters with a good low kick that Disney was not able to check.
Conte slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Disney looks to land a combination. Conte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Disney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conte moves away.
Conte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Disney.
Conte throws out a leg kick but Disney moves out of range and Conte only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walt Disney 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.

Disney tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Conte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Disney tries to close the distance and clinch but Conte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Conte tries to clinch but Disney moves out of range.
Disney is looking to clinch but Conte is avoiding it.
Conte scores with a hook to the body. Disney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Disney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Walt Disney has been cut.
Disney misses with a hook. Conte ducked under it nicely.
Conte throws a looping overhand right but Disney ducks down to avoid it.
Conte ducks under a wild hook from Disney.
Conte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Disney.
Conte fails to land with a series of punches.
Conte connects with a single shot there.
Disney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conte throws a lazy right hand but Disney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Disney moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Conte, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Disney fails to land with a series of punches.
Disney tries to close the distance and clinch but Conte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Disney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Conte lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Giorgio Conte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Disney tries to clinch but Conte moves out of range.
Conte swats away the attempt to clinch by Disney.
Conte throws out a loose jab but Disney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conte throws a solid leg kick but Disney takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Conte.
Conte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Disney looks to land a right hand but Conte moved out of range.
Conte throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Disney lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Conte circles away from the clinch attempt.

Disney gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Disney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conte has Disney pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Disney.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Disney's elbow.
Disney stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Conte misses with a body punch.
Conte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Disney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Conte misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Conte fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
Still in the clinch, Disney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Disney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Conte blocks it with crossed arms.
Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Disney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conte has a couple of punches blocked by Disney.
Walt Disney has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Conte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Disney throws a head punch that misses.
Disney is stalling here.
Disney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Disney blocking some punches.
Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conte scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conte is trying to maintain a safe position but Disney gets an underhook and turns Conte into the cage.
Disney tries to throw a body punch but Conte avoids it by throwing Disney back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conte.
Disney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Conte manages to break the clinch.
Conte scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Disney moves out of range of the body kick from Conte.
Disney takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conte misses with a low kick as Disney jumps back.
Disney throws a hook but Conte blocks it.
Disney avoids the body shot from Conte.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Disney.
Conte throws a leg kick but Disney moved away.
Disney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conte.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Giorgio Conte will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Walt Disney's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Conte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Disney.
Conte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Disney circles away quickly and effectively.
Conte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Disney to score with a decent uppercut.
Conte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Disney moves into the clinch successfully.
Conte lands a body punch in the clinch.
Conte lands a shoulder strike.

Conte breaks from the clinch.

Disney closes the distance and clinches.
Disney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conte lands a shoulder strike.
Conte struggles to land a body shot inside as Disney controls his hands.
Disney blocking some punches.
Conte misses with a body punch.
Disney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conte scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte takes a shot to the head.
Disney has a couple of punches blocked by Conte.
A short right from Conte on the inside.
Conte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Disney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
Disney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Conte on the inside.
Conte tries to work over Disney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conte.
Conte scores with a nice hook to the head.
Conte throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Disney as Conte tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Conte fails to land.
Conte misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Conte fails to land.
Conte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Disney lands with a left to the head.
Disney blocks a body shot from Conte.
Disney has Conte pushed against the cage.
Conte swings wildly with an uppercut but Disney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Disney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conte.
Conte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conte struggles to land a body shot inside as Disney controls his hands.
Conte misses with the head strike.
Disney misses with the head strike.
Disney missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Conte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Conte has a couple of punches blocked by Disney.
Conte is trying to stall.
Disney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Conte can't find room to land a body shot as Disney controls the action.
Disney struggles to land a body shot inside as Conte controls his hands.
Conte struggles to land a body shot inside as Disney controls his hands.
Conte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Disney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conte swings wildly with an uppercut but Disney uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disney.
Conte digs a right hand underneath Disney's ribcage. Disney let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Conte throws a punch but it's blocked by Disney.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Conte scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conte scores with a shot to the side of Disney's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conte.
Conte misses with some punches.
Conte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Disney tries a body shot but Conte blocks it.
A short uppercut from Disney.
Conte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conte digs a right hand into Disney's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Disney's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Disney.
Disney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conte controlling the action here for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giorgio Conte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Conte has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Conte!