PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Til I Collapse [ Eminem ]. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Giovanni
vs
Cole

186 cm
23
199 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Conviction
Conviction

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cameron Cole!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole scores with a jab to the jaw.
Giovanni lands with a shot to the body.
Cole is looking to clinch.
Giovanni connects with a nice looking jab.
Sonny Giovanni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giovanni lands a jab to the nose.
Giovanni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cole manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Cole misses its intended target.
Giovanni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cole circles away quickly and effectively.
Giovanni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Cole pushes Giovanni up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Giovanni.
Giovanni prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giovanni.
A frustrated look appears on Cole's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Giovanni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Giovanni manages to break the clinch.
Giovanni slips a jab from Cole.
Giovanni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giovanni swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Cole to counter with a crisp jab.
Giovanni throws a hook but Cole blocks it.
Giovanni lands a jab.
Giovanni misses the body punch
and Cole counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Cole misses.
Cole throws an overhand right that lands on Giovanni's shoulder, as Giovanni tries to avoid the shot.
Cole punishes Giovanni's body with a nice straight punch.
Giovanni throws a combination that misses
and Cole counters with a right hand to the body.
Giovanni slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole moves away from the strike by Giovanni.
Cole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Giovanni throws out the jab.
Cole misses with a shot to the body
and Giovanni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cole misses with a straight left.
Cole takes a swing at Giovanni's ribcage but misses.
Cole throws a right and a left that Giovanni avoids nicely.
Cole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giovanni.
Giovanni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cole.
Giovanni throws a combination that misses
and Cole counters with a nice uppercut.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cole fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Giovanni misses
and Cole counters with a nice body shot.
Cole slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Giovanni throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cole makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Giovanni is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Giovanni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giovanni throws a lazy right hand but Cole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Giovanni.
Giovanni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Giovanni slips under a jab.
Cole swings for the body but Giovanni moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Giovanni throws out the jab.
Giovanni falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Giovanni in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole scores with a jab to the jaw.
A left and a right from Cole both land. Nice combination.
Giovanni throws a looping overhand right but Cole ducks down to avoid it.
Cole tries to bum rush Giovanni with a series of wild strikes but Giovanni uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole takes a swing at Giovanni's ribcage but misses.
Giovanni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cole misses with a leg kick
and Giovanni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Cole dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Giovanni swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giovanni.
Cole gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Giovanni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cole counters with a three punch combo that has Giovanni backing up. Giovanni nods at Cole to acknowledge the strikes.
Giovanni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Giovanni looks to land a left hand but Cole moved out of range nicely.
Giovanni throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cole counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Giovanni connects with a single shot there.
Giovanni checks a low kick from Cole.
Giovanni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cole was well out of range. Poor timing from Giovanni.
Cole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Giovanni manages to avoid it.
A combination from Giovanni does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Giovanni looks to land a left hand but Cole moved out of range nicely.
Cole looks to throw the jab but Giovanni is out of range.
Giovanni misses with a jab to the body
and Cole counters with a nice uppercut.
Cole moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cole takes a swing at Giovanni's ribcage but misses.
Cole ducks right into an uppercut from Giovanni.
Giovanni misses the body punch
and Cole counters with a stiff right hand.
Giovanni misses the jab.
Cole stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cole staying out of range there.
Cameron Cole seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giovanni throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Cole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cole wants to slow Giovanni down by chopping away at his legs.
Cole misses with a jab to the body
and Giovanni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cole throws a series of punches but Giovanni moves out of range.
Giovanni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cole.
Cole will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cole's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cole duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Giovanni.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giovanni.
Cole ducks under a wild hook from Giovanni.
Cole throws a body punch but Giovanni moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Giovanni.
Giovanni lands with a straight right. Cole didn't see that one coming.
Cole scores with a hook.
Giovanni misses with a jab to the body
and Cole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giovanni on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Giovanni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Giovanni misses.
Giovanni misses with a looping left.
Giovanni lunges at Cole with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cole's hand.
Giovanni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cole was well out of range. Poor timing from Giovanni.
Giovanni throws a sloppy body shot
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giovanni loads up on a big right hand but Cole slips the punch.
Giovanni looks to land a combination but Cole avoids it well.
Giovanni misses with a shot to the body
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Giovanni misses with a hook.
Cole stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Giovanni on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Cole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Giovanni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cole misses with a hook.
Giovanni works the jab nicely.
Cole walks into a left hand.
Cole has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cole there as he acknowledges the shot.
Giovanni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Giovanni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Giovanni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cole missing with a left hand there. Giovanni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Giovanni fails to land with a series of punches.
Cole wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole misses with an uppercut.
Giovanni falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cole counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Giovanni misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cole counters with a left to the body.
Cole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giovanni.
Cole digs a good body shot into Giovanni's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Giovanni closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Giovanni takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cole throws out a loose jab but Giovanni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giovanni misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely.
Sonny Giovanni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni swings for the body but Cole moves out of range.
Giovanni throws a looping overhand right but Cole ducks down to avoid it.
Giovanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Giovanni.
Giovanni falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cole counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Giovanni thinking.

Cole fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Giovanni, pushing him back against the cage.
Cole displaying some good clinch control by pressing Giovanni up against the cage.
Giovanni tries to work over Cole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Giovanni is looking to control Cole's arms but Cole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Giovanni has his back to the cage.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Cole.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cole is trying to stall.
Cole slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole is trying to break the clinch but Giovanni is controlling him.

Cole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giovanni misses with a body punch
and Cole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giovanni.
Giovanni punishes Cole's body with a nice straight punch.
Cole throws out a leg kick but Giovanni moves out of range and Cole only half commits.
Cameron Cole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Giovanni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cole counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Giovanni thinking.
Giovanni drops his hands momentarily and Cole takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Giovanni moves out of range of the strikes.
Giovanni throws a hook but Cole blocks it.
Cole smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cole lands a nice shot that snaps Giovanni's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Cole both land. Nice combination.
Cole misses the shot to the body.
Giovanni staying out of range there.
Giovanni takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big left from Giovanni misses.
Giovanni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cole throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Giovanni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to the body from Giovanni misses
and Cole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good shot there by Cole.
Giovanni looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giovanni takes one on the chin but seems OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Cole comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cole has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Cameron Cole!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Cameron Cole!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Cameron Cole!

Cameron Cole wins by unanimous decision!