PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Uso (ranked 4034 p4p, 2744 weight class) and Author Fonzarelli (ranked 446 p4p, 346 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Uso
vs
Fonzarelli

190 cm
26
195
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
199
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimmy Uso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Author Fonzarelli!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fonzarelli gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fonzarelli connects with a nice short shot to Uso's temple.
Fonzarelli lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Uso is looking for a sweep. Fonzarelli is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fonzarelli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Uso slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fonzarelli landing with the ground and pound.
Uso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fonzarelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Uso trying to strike off his back.
Uso trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Uso doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Uso throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Fonzarelli tries to free his leg and advance position but Uso is retaining full guard.
Fonzarelli postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fonzarelli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Uso throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Fonzarelli is working Uso over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonzarelli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Uso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of digs.
Uso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Uso throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fonzarelli with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fonzarelli postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Uso tries to strike from the bottom.
Fonzarelli stands up over Uso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fonzarelli scoring with some ground and pound.
Fonzarelli working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fonzarelli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fonzarelli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fonzarelli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Uso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fonzarelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Uso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fonzarelli is in close to Uso's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Uso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Uso looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fonzarelli is one step ahead there.
Fonzarelli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Uso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonzarelli postures up and lands a big shot to Uso's brow.
Uso looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fonzarelli is one step ahead there.
Fonzarelli scoring with some ground and pound.
Uso throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fonzarelli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fonzarelli's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Uso has momentary wrist control but Fonzarelli slips an elbow through the middle.
Fonzarelli postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Uso striking off his back but it's not causing Fonzarelli any problems.
Fonzarelli with a nice head shot there.
Fonzarelli has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad The Island. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Uso trying to strike off his back.
Fonzarelli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of elbows.
Uso throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Uso tries to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Uso thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Uso trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uso striking off his back but it's not causing Fonzarelli any problems.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fonzarelli's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Uso has momentary wrist control but Fonzarelli slips an elbow through the middle.
Fonzarelli with a nice head shot there.
Uso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Fonzarelli stands up over Uso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fonzarelli is in close to Uso's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fonzarelli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Uso preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Uso trying to strike off his back.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Fonzarelli distracts Uso with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fonzarelli working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fonzarelli postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Uso with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Fonzarelli can't handle though.
Uso trying to strike off his back.
Fonzarelli working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Uso's head.
Uso throwing short punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fonzarelli working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fonzarelli connects with a couple of short punches.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fonzarelli looks winded!
Uso striking from the bottom.
Fonzarelli content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Uso doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Uso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fonzarelli throwing strikes but missing.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Uso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Uso throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Uso scores with a nice shot.
Uso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Uso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fonzarelli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uso's head.
Fonzarelli won't allow Uso to sweep him here.
Uso thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Author Fonzarelli dominated that round.
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.

Uso tries to sprawl but Fonzarelli drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Uso taking some punishment here, with Fonzarelli in his half guard.
Uso on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Uso tries to get out of the position.
Fonzarelli is nestled in close to Uso, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Uso tries to get to full guard but Fonzarelli has control of the leg.
Fonzarelli is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Uso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fonzarelli scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fonzarelli lands with a punch from half guard.
Fonzarelli blocks the strikes from Uso.
Fonzarelli lands strikes from half guard.
Fonzarelli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Uso is rocked!
Author Fonzarelli has got the better of the ground game so far.
Uso is looking to improve his position.
Oh Uso is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Uso landing small, sideways elbows.
Uso seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uso is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Uso manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fonzarelli is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fonzarelli distracts Uso with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uso throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fonzarelli scoring with punches to the head and body.
Uso trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fonzarelli is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fonzarelli with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Uso utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Uso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Uso thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Uso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Fonzarelli chips away with some ground and pound.
Fonzarelli stands up over Uso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fonzarelli working some strikes from top position.
Fonzarelli arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Uso's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Author Fonzarelli!