PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Holey (ranked 3185 p4p, 2597 weight class) and Giuseppe De Rossi (ranked 380 p4p, 320 weight class). De Rossi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Paky - Vita sbagliata. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Giuseppe De Rossi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Holey
vs
De Rossi

150 cm
44
130
20 - 28 - 0

182 cm
23
165
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Katman Drip Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Holey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giuseppe De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Rossi but De Rossi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
De Rossi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De Rossi lands a slapping body shot.
De Rossi is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Holey closes the distance looking to clinch
and De Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holey shoots in and drives through. De Rossi sprawls well.
Holey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Holey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holey shoots in and drives through. De Rossi sprawls well.
Holey tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holey misses with a series of wild punches.
Holey shoots for a double leg takedown but De Rossi sprawls well. He's pushed Holey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

De Rossi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Rossi misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rossi scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Rossi lands a left hand.
De Rossi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Rossi misses with a punch to the body.
De Rossi lands with a light punch inside.
De Rossi gets through Holey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Holey is trying to break free.
De Rossi gets through Holey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Rossi lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Rossi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holeys head.
A right handed body shot lands from De Rossi.
De Rossi lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Rossi pushes Holey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holey tries a knee to the head but De Rossi blocks it.
Holey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
De Rossi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Rossi lands a hook to the side of the head.

Holey is rocked!
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holey tries to stall but De Rossi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Holey seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but De Rossi is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
De Rossi scores with a shot to the side of Holey's head.
De Rossi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Holey tries to pull guard but De Rossi won't allow it.
Holey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Rossi is keeping busy.
Holey is breathing heavily.
Holey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Rossi can't find room to land a body shot as Holey controls the action.
De Rossi lands a hook that snaps the head of Holey backwards.
De Rossi lands with a right to the head.
De Rossi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holeys head.
De Rossi digs a right hand into Holey's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holey's gas tank.
De Rossi lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Rossi presses Holey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Rossi lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Rossi lands with a right to the head.
Holey fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice body punch from De Rossi - that landed with a thud.
Holey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Holey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Rossi misses with a punch to the body.
Holey seems to have got his legs back now.
De Rossi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holey backwards.
De Rossi lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from De Rossi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Rossi.
De Rossi scores with a hook to the body.
De Rossi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De Rossi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Rossi.
A short left from De Rossi.
De Rossi creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Holey with a big uppercut! Holey tries to clinch up but De Rossi pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Holey to the mat! Holey covers up and De Rossi unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Giuseppe De Rossi!
As Giuseppe De Rossi got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Next time keep my name out of your mouth, for all that talk you did you should be ashamed of losing to me then to be honest. Know your place little English man'.