PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abadiu Antinoe (ranked 3331 p4p, 3119 weight class) and Donatelo Fiorini (ranked 412 p4p, 392 weight class). Abadiu Antinoe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antinoe
vs
Fiorini

185 cm
25
210
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abadiu Antinoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donatelo Fiorini!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiorini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Antinoe manages to avoid it.
Antinoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fiorini.
Antinoe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fiorini misses with a lunging right hand
and Antinoe counters with a nice uppercut.
Fiorini throws out a loose jab but Antinoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antinoe misses with a straight left.
Fiorini thows a left - swing and a miss!
Antinoe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fiorini throws out the jab.
Antinoe works Fiorini's body with a nice hook.
Antinoe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Antinoe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fiorini counters with a stiff right hand.
Antinoe throws a looping overhand right but Fiorini ducks down to avoid it.
Fiorini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiorini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antinoe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fiorini slips under a jab.
Fiorini missing with a left hand there. Antinoe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Antinoe throws a shot from downtown. Fiorini moves away and avoids it.
Fiorini looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Antinoe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fiorini.
Fiorini lands a jab to Antinoe's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antinoe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Antinoe looks to throw the jab but Fiorini is out of range.
Donatelo Fiorini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antinoe throws a jab but it's blocked by Fiorini.
Antinoe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fiorini digs a good body shot into Antinoe's ribs.
Antinoe scores with a nice head shot.
Antinoe moves in looking to clinch but Fiorini pushes him off.
Antinoe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fiorini avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Antinoe moves out of range as Fiorini strikes.
Fiorini throws a jab but it's blocked by Antinoe.
Antinoe misses with a body shot.
Fiorini with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Antinoe to score with a decent uppercut.
Antinoe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fiorini 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.
Fiorini lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antinoe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Fiorini misses.
A shot to the liver by Antinoe. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antinoe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fiorini fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fiorini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Antinoe.
Fiorini thuds a left hand into Antinoe's body.
Fiorini misses with a hook.
Fiorini takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Antinoe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Antinoe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fiorini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Antinoe avoids the body shot from Fiorini.
Fiorini throws a hook but Antinoe blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Fiorini misses the target.

Antinoe cracks Fiorini with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Fiorini looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Antinoe finish him?

Fiorini is rocked!

Antinoe rushes Fiorini and presses him up against the cage.
Fiorini is still on wobbly legs! Can Antinoe finish him?
A shot in the inside from Fiorini.
Antinoe blocking some punches.
Fiorini seems to have recovered his senses.
Antinoe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiorini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Antinoe lands a body shot in the clinch.

Fiorini manages to break the clinch.
Fiorini throws a hook but Antinoe blocks it.
Fiorini throws a big shot that misses.
Antinoe throws a hook but Fiorini avoids it easily.
We've been informed that Fiorini has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A swing and a miss from Fiorini.

Antinoe closes the distance and clinches.
Fiorini is trying to push Antinoe away but Antinoe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Antinoe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fiorini.
Fiorini misses with a punch to the body.
Antinoe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fiorini backwards.
Antinoe lands a right hand.
Fiorini lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antinoe backwards.
Antinoe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fiorini backwards.
Antinoe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fiorini misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fiorini has a couple of punches blocked by Antinoe.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antinoe.
A head punch on the inside from Antinoe fails to land.
Fiorini softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Antinoe.
Antinoe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fiorinis head.
Fiorini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Antinoe lands a left hand.
Antinoe is leaning against Fiorini and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fiorini looks winded!
Fiorini tries to break free but Antinoe pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Antinoe on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Antinoe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Antinoe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Antinoe.
Antinoe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Antinoe lands a body shot.
Antinoe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fiorini.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abadiu Antinoe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fiorini takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fiorini throws a shot from downtown. Antinoe moves away and avoids it.

Antinoe takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fiorini.
Fiorini misses with some punches.
Fiorini misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Antinoe - that landed with a thud.
Fiorini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Antinoe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fiorini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fiorini blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiorini working hard to break the clinch.
Fiorini has had enough of the clinch but Antinoe keeps him there for the moment.

Antinoe breaks from the clinch.
Fiorini is breathing heavily.
Antinoe swings widly with a right hand
and Fiorini counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Antinoe misses.
Antinoe moves in looking to clinch but Fiorini pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiorini misses with a straight right.
Antinoe loads up on a big right hand but Fiorini slips the punch.
Fiorini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fiorini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antinoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antinoe staying out of range there.
Antinoe digs a good hook to Fiorini's body.
Antinoe slips a straight right by Fiorini.
Fiorini misses with a straight right.
Antinoe moves out of range as Fiorini strikes.
Antinoe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Antinoe misses with a looping right.
Antinoe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Antinoe throws a body punch but Fiorini moves out of range.
Fiorini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fiorini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Antinoe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fiorini thinking.
A big right from Fiorini misses.
A little feinted left hand from Antinoe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antinoe moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Antinoe feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Fiorini sprawling to the canvas! Fiorini rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Antinoe finish him?!
Fiorini misses with a straight left.
Fiorini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fiorini misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Antinoe.
Fiorini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antinoe cracks Fiorini with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Fiorini tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Antinoe pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Fiorini is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abadiu Antinoe!
Our winner, Abadiu Antinoe, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.