PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dale Sinovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Cipriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinovic comes to the cage accompanied by None Shall Pass. The key to victory for Dale Sinovic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sinovic
vs
Cipriano

220 cm
22
295 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dale Sinovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paolo Cipriano!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cipriano shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sinovic's guard.
Cipriano postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cipriano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Cipriano avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cipriano trying to control but Sinovic is working from the bottom.
Cipriano working some strikes from top position.

Sinovic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cipriano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cipriano trying to control the position from guard on top but Sinovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cipriano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cipriano wants to pass the guard but Sinovic is keeping the position.
Cipriano lands a couple of digs.
Cipriano trying to control but Sinovic is working from the bottom.

Sinovic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cipriano content to stall in guard here.
Sinovic looking to control.
Cipriano postures up and lands a big shot to Sinovic's brow.
Cipriano throws and elbow that misses. Sinovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cipriano's guard. Nice move by Sinovic!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cipriano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sinovic wants to control from the top but Cipriano keeps moving.
Cipriano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinovic is one step ahead there.
Sinovic postures up.
Cipriano wants to stand and escape but Sinovic is having none of it.
Cipriano is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cipriano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinovic is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Sinovic clinches with his opponent.
Sinovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cipriano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sinovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cipriano can't get the takedown.
Cipriano looks gassed!

Sinovic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cipriano uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinovic controlling the position.
Cipriano throws a strike but Sinovic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sinovic sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cipriano's guard.
Cipriano trying to control but Sinovic postures up.
Cipriano wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cipriano wants to get back to his feet.
Cipriano wants to get back to full guard.
Sinovic trying to control the action but Cipriano is working from the bottom.
Sinovic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sinovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cipriano keeps working.
Cipriano wants to control but Sinovic passes into side.
Cipriano is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paolo Cipriano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sinovic with a poor takedown

so Cipriano counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cipriano wants to stand but Sinovic is controlling his posture from full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cipriano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cipriano looking to pass the guard.
Cipriano is looking to work some ground and pound but Sinovic has wrist control.
Sinovic keeping full guard, as Cipriano tries to pass.
Sinovic is trying to keep Cipriano in close.
Cipriano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinovic with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Cipriano can't handle though.
Cipriano's corner is telling him to maintain position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sinovic clinches.
Sinovic lands a knee to the body.
Cipriano tries to score a body lock takedown but Sinovic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cipriano is breathing heavily.
Cipriano tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cipriano is working for takedown but Sinovic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dale Sinovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Cipriano.
Sinovic is pressed up against the cage. Cipriano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sinovic down to the mat. Sinovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Sinovic scores a takedown into full mount!

Sinovic is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cipriano has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sinovic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sinovic jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Cipriano is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Cipriano and Sinovic has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Cipriano tries to escape but Sinovic is in control.

Sinovic decides to stand back up. Sinovic steps back and let's Cipriano get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cipriano shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cipriano was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cipriano lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cipriano trying to control but Sinovic is having none of it.
Cipriano avoids the attempt from Sinovic to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cipriano cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cipriano dominating with strikes here.
Cipriano trying to control but Sinovic is having none of it.
Sinovic taking shots to the head.
Sinovic is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Cipriano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinovic is trying to escape the mount.
Cipriano with good strikes from the mount here!
Cipriano cracks Sinovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cipriano with the ground and pound from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sinovic takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Cipriano's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paolo Cipriano!
Paolo Cipriano is the new super heavyweight champion!