PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bang Pitung (ranked 3863 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zed Calisto (ranked 4864 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitung comes to the cage accompanied by Madball - Born Strong . Zed Calisto told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Pitung
vs
Calisto

180 cm
32
187 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

185 cm
26
172 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Shade Tree Nutrition

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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bang Pitung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zed Calisto!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pitung forces Calisto back against the cage and clinches.
Pitung lands a nice uppercut.
Calisto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pitung working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Calisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pitung cracks Calisto with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Pitung - that landed with a thud.
Pitung lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Calisto or not.
Pitung makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee calls for Pitung to work.
A right handed body shot lands from Pitung.
Calisto looks winded!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pitung.
Pitung scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pitung scores with a shot to the side of Calisto's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Pitung scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Pitung.
Pitung stalling the fight.
Calisto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pitung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pitung has closed the distance and engaged Calisto in a clinch.
Pitung lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Pitung on the inside.
Pitung lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Pitung - that landed with a thud.
Pitung lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Calisto or not.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pitung lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pitung manages to break the clinch.
Calisto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pitung counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pitung fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pitung walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Calisto drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Pitung swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Calisto's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bang Pitung!
Bang Pitung thanked the fans post fight for their support.