PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi (ranked 5832 p4p, 533 weight class) and Doppo Orochi (ranked 5946 p4p, 537 weight class). Orochi has chosen RISE - I Prevail as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi
vs
Orochi

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Woodhouse's

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Doppo Orochi!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orochi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Doppo Orochi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Di Betto Bardi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Orochi momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi thumps Orochi with a low kick.
Di Betto Bardi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Orochi.
Orochi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Orochi closes the distance and clinches.
Orochi swings wildly with an uppercut but Di Betto Bardi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orochi has a couple of punches blocked by Di Betto Bardi.

Orochi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Orochi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orochi dips to his left and cracks Di Betto Bardi with an uppercut!
Orochi throws a lazy uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a solid body kick.
Orochi missing with a left hand there. Di Betto Bardi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Di Betto Bardi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orochi throws out the jab.
Di Betto Bardi slips under a jab.
Orochi throws a jab but it's blocked by Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi cracks Di Betto Bardi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Orochi is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick that knocks Orochi off balance momentarily.
Orochi throws a poor cross that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi moves forwards but Orochi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Di Betto Bardi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Di Betto Bardi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Orochi, pushing him back against the cage.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orochi is defending well for now.
Orochi struggles to land a body shot inside as Di Betto Bardi controls his hands.

Orochi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Orochi misses with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orochi throws a jab when Di Betto Bardi was well out of range.
Orochi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Di Betto Bardi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Di Betto Bardi is trying to force a seperation but Orochi has the dominant position.
Orochi can't break the clinch.
Orochi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orochi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orochi wants to get back to striking at distance but Di Betto Bardi won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Di Betto Bardi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a thumping low kick.
Di Betto Bardi throws a leg kick which misses Orochi's front leg but catches the back leg as Orochi tries to avoid it.
Orochi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Orochi takes the fight into the clinch.
Orochi struggles to land a body shot inside as Di Betto Bardi controls his hands.
Orochi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Orochi misses with a punch on the inside.
Di Betto Bardi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di Betto Bardi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orochi's elbow.
Orochi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Orochi is trying to break the clinch but Di Betto Bardi is controlling him.
Orochi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Di Betto Bardi's elbow.
Di Betto Bardi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Di Betto Bardi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Orochi struggles to land a body shot inside as Di Betto Bardi controls his hands.
Di Betto Bardi misses with a punch to the body.
Di Betto Bardi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orochi can't find room to land a body shot as Di Betto Bardi controls the action.
Di Betto Bardi blocks a body shot from Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orochi's elbow.
Orochi is trying to force a seperation but Di Betto Bardi has the dominant position.
Orochi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orochi prevents Di Betto Bardi from breaking the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orochi is trying to break free.
Orochi has a couple of punches blocked by Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Di Betto Bardi working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi tries to circle away but Orochi has him pinned against the cage.

Di Betto Bardi breaks from the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Di Betto Bardi pushes Orochi away with a front kick.
Di Betto Bardi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Orochi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi scoring well with a low kick there.
Di Betto Bardi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orochi.
Orochi throws a right and a left that Di Betto Bardi avoids nicely.
Di Betto Bardi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orochi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Orochi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Orochi misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Orochi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A slow jab from Orochi misses its intended target.
Di Betto Bardi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Orochi.
Orochi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Di Betto Bardi throws a quick inside leg kick.

Di Betto Bardi forces Orochi back against the cage and clinches.
Di Betto Bardi prevents a body shot from Orochi.

Di Betto Bardi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Di Betto Bardi rushes Orochi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orochi's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Orochi misses with a hook to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Orochi wants to clinch but Di Betto Bardi slips to the side
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orochi misses with an uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orochi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Di Betto Bardi. Di Betto Bardi obviously looking to wear him down.
Orochi tries to clinch but Di Betto Bardi moves away
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi throws a poor cross that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Orochi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Di Betto Bardi throws a lazy right hand but Orochi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Di Betto Bardi moves out of range as Orochi strikes.

Di Betto Bardi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Di Betto Bardi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orochi tries to clinch but Di Betto Bardi moves away
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
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!
Di Betto Bardi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That kick from Di Betto Bardi tenderised Orochi's leg. Orochi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Orochi misses with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi throws a hook but Di Betto Bardi blocks it.
Di Betto Bardi appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi tries to clinch there but Di Betto Bardi circles away.
Jab by Orochi.

It looks like Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi has been cut.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Di Betto Bardi instigates a clinch.

Di Betto Bardi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Orochi drops Di Betto Bardi with a beautiful combination! Di Betto Bardi stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Orochi is looking for the KO!

Di Betto Bardi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orochi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Di Betto Bardi.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to counter the offense by Orochi and move into the clinch.
Oh Di Betto Bardi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Orochi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Di Betto Bardi can pounce on him.
Di Betto Bardi seems to have got his legs back now.
Orochi tries to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a low kick, right behind Orochi 's knee.
Di Betto Bardi throws a leg kick which misses Orochi's front leg but catches the back leg as Orochi tries to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Di Betto Bardi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orochi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Di Betto Bardi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to clinch but Orochi is avoiding it.

Di Betto Bardi drives through and clinches with Orochi against the cage.
Orochi blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orochi working hard to break the clinch.
Orochi can't find room to land a body shot as Di Betto Bardi controls the action.

Orochi manages to break the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orochi misses with a double jab
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice body kick.
A shot to the body from Orochi misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orochi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Di Betto Bardi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Orochi is looking to clinch but Di Betto Bardi is avoiding it.
Di Betto Bardi ducks right into an uppercut from Orochi.
Orochi cracks Di Betto Bardi with a right hand to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Orochi misses the target.
Di Betto Bardi throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orochi darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice leg kick.
Orochi just misses with a punch to the body.
Orochi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Di Betto Bardi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orochi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Orochi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi swings widly with a right hand

and Di Betto Bardi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Di Betto Bardi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Di Betto Bardi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Orochi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orochi misses with a wild body shot.
Di Betto Bardi throwing a counter right hand but Orochi manages to avoid it.
Orochi misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Orochi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi tries to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Di Betto Bardi. Di Betto Bardi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Di Betto Bardi scoring well with a low kick there.
Di Betto Bardi connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi keeps the fight on the outside.
Orochi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Di Betto Bardi moves away from the strike by Orochi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Orochi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Betto Bardi manages to avoid it.
Orochi throws a lazy uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi missing with a left hand there. Orochi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Di Betto Bardi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Di Betto Bardi. That's going to slow Orochi down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi throws a combination that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi misses with an uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Di Betto Bardi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a solid body kick.
Orochi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick.
Orochi misses with a body punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick that stops Orochi in his tracks momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Di Betto Bardi misses.
Di Betto Bardi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orochi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An inside leg kick lands from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi closes the distance but Di Betto Bardi moves to the side
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a thumping low kick.
Orochi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi throws an off balance right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a leg kick.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orochi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi tries to clinch there but Di Betto Bardi circles away.
Orochi throws a lazy uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Di Betto Bardi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Orochi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Di Betto Bardi, right into the meat.
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!
Orochi throws a lazy uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi throws an off balance right hand
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Di Betto Bardi.
A big left from Di Betto Bardi misses.
Orochi darts in trying to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Di Betto Bardi can pounce on him.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a leg kick.
A head kick from Di Betto Bardi lands but Orochi takes it in his stride.
Orochi misses the jab.
Di Betto Bardi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orochi can do to turn this around?
Orochi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di Betto Bardi was well out of range. Poor timing from Orochi.
Good shot there by Orochi.
Orochi misses with a shot to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good, hard body kick but Orochi shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick that knocks Orochi off balance momentarily.
Orochi misses with an uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi misses with an uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a solid body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Di Betto Bardi.
Di Betto Bardi doesn't manage to clinch there - Orochi circles away.
Orochi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orochi's sensitive parts.
Orochi misses with a body punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi throws a combination that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Di Betto Bardi tries to close the distance and clinch but Orochi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orochi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Di Betto Bardi looks to throw the jab but Orochi is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Di Betto Bardi. That's going to slow Orochi down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orochi wants to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to counter punch.
Di Betto Bardi is looking to slow Orochi down with leg kicks.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice leg kick.
A combination from Di Betto Bardi does no damage.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Di Betto Bardi can pounce on him.
Orochi misses with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi looks to score with a jab to the body but Di Betto Bardi is just out of range.
Orochi avoids the body shot from Di Betto Bardi.
A shot to the body from Orochi misses
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Di Betto Bardi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Di Betto Bardi 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi!
An out of breath Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.