PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kimo Polo (ranked 1318 p4p, 1606 weight class) and Banito Gianni (ranked 199 p4p, 239 weight class). Banito Gianni acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Polo
vs
Gianni

186 cm
27
189
5 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
195
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimo Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Banito Gianni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polo wants to clinch.
Gianni looks to score with a jab to the body but Polo is just out of range.
Polo is looking for a counter combo.
Gianni misses with a hook.
Gianni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Kimo Polo has been cut.

Polo rushes Gianni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gianni lands a nice uppercut.
Gianni throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Polos head.

Gianni manages to break the clinch.
Polo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Polo throws a series of punches but Gianni avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Gianni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Polo thuds his right hand into Gianni's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Polo throws the left hand but Gianni avoids the punch easily.
Gianni scores with the left hand. Polo knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Polo loads up on a big right hand but Gianni slips the punch.

Gianni clinches up with Polo and pushes him back against the cage.
Gianni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Polo lands a right hand.
Gianni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Polo misses with an elbow strike.
Gianni tries to work over Polo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gianni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Polo's elbow.
Gianni blocks a body shot from Polo.
Gianni blocking some punches.
Polo working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gianni.
Polo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gianni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gianni looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gianni working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gianni struggles to land a body shot inside as Polo controls his hands.
Gianni tries to work over Polo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Gianni.
Gianni lands a nice uppercut.
Gianni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Polo blocking some punches.
Polo blocks a body shot from Gianni.
Polo tries to land a knee to the head but Gianni blocks with his arms.
Polo misses with a body punch.
Gianni working aggressively here.

Gianni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gianni drops his shoulder and cracks Polo with a huge uppercut! Polo goes down! Can Gianni finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gianni stays in close to Polo's body and controls the position.
Let's hope that Gianni has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo pulls Gianni in to control the position.
Polo looking for a sweep. Not yet Polo, not yet.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gianni stays in close to Polo's body and controls the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Polo misses with a series of wild punches.
Gianni scores with a nice strike.
Polo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Gianni gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gianni lands a hook that snaps the head of Polo backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni lands with a short shot to the head.
Polo misses with some punches.
Polo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gianni fails to land.
Gianni can't find room to land a body shot as Polo controls the action.
Polo cracks Gianni with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Polo fails to land.
Gianni lands a hook to the side of the head.
Polo working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Polo has a couple of punches blocked by Gianni.
Polo tries a knee to the head but Gianni blocks it.
Polo has a couple of punches blocked by Gianni.
Gianni tries to throw a body punch but Polo avoids it by throwing Gianni back against the cage.
Polo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Gianni as the two fighters clinch.
Polo lands a nice shot to the body.
Polo lands a right hand.
Gianni misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Banito Gianni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kimo Polo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Gianni clinches up against the cage.
Gianni has a couple of punches blocked by Polo.
Gianni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gianni misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Polo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gianni's brow.
Polo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gianni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gianni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Polo misses with some punches.
Gianni misses with a punch on the inside.
Gianni lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Polo pushes Gianni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gianni lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gianni.
Polo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gianni avoids the elbow strike from Polo, against the cage.
Gianni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gianni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gianni lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gianni blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo throws a head punch that misses.
Gianni lands a hook that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
Gianni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gianni blocking some punches.
Gianni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gianni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gianni lands a right hand that snaps the head of Polo backwards.

Polo is rocked!

Gianni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gianni closes the distance and clinches.

Gianni manages to break the clinch.
Polo gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Gianni gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Banito Gianni!
An out of breath Banito Gianni thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Kimo Polo spoke after the fight, saying 'Ohh that bitch can eat a bag of baby dicks. No way he is fighting clean. He couldn't be me in his dreams. '.