PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ver Cingeto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julli Pulli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulli comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kanye West - Amazing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Cingeto
vs
Pulli

185 cm
22
205 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
221 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs
Golden Lilium

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ver Cingeto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julli Pulli!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cingeto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pulli.
Cingeto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cingeto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pulli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cingeto missing with a left hand there. Pulli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Cingeto clinches up with Pulli and pushes him back against the cage.

Cingeto manages to break the clinch.

Cingeto drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cingeto looking to pass the guard.
Pulli trying to keep a closed guard but Cingeto is proving a slippery customer.
Cingeto postures up in Pulli's guard and throws a big left but Pulli blocks it.
Cingeto controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pulli working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulli keeping moving, preventing Cingeto from controlling successfully.
Cingeto with a nice head shot there.
Cingeto is fighting to break Pulli's control of his arms but Pulli is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cingeto advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cingeto is thwarting Pulli's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pulli manages to get to full guard.
Cingeto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto tries to free his leg and advance position but Pulli is retaining full guard.
Cingeto is working hard here to advance position.
Cingeto thows a big elbow that misses.

Cingeto postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pulli is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cingeto, into his guard.
Cingeto looking to control.

Cingeto working for a triangle but Pulli defends it easily.
Cingeto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pulli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulli wants to pass the guard but Cingeto is keeping the position.
Pulli stays in close to Cingeto's body and controls the position.

Pulli drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pulli jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cingeto is trying to keep Pulli in close.
Cingeto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pulli passes Cingeto's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Pulli trying to pass the guard but Cingeto defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Pulli is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pulli looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cingeto gets full guard.
Pulli stopping the sweep attempt from Cingeto.

Cingeto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pulli doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pulli manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Cingeto is looking for a triangle but Pulli pushes his legs off easily.
Pulli working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cingeto's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ver Cingeto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pulli misses with an uppercut. Cingeto saw that one coming.
Pulli tries to close the distance and clinch but Cingeto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cingeto connects with a right hand. Pulli shakes it off.
Pulli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pulli misses the jab.
Pulli throws a hook but Cingeto avoids it easily.

Cingeto closes the distance and pushes Pulli back into the cage.

Cingeto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cingeto dives in and grabs Pulli's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pulli pushes down on Cingeto's head and hops out.
Ver Cingeto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cingeto connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pulli's hands.

Cingeto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Cingeto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cingeto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Pulli sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pulli is looking for a sweep. Cingeto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pulli is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pulli desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Pulli is staying active underneath Cingeto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cingeto is stalling here. Pulli is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cingeto seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Pulli has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pulli is working Cingeto over with some ground and pound from side control.

Pulli goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cingeto rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Pulli's guard! Nice work there by Cingeto!
Pulli being controlled here, momentarily.
Pulli has Cingeto pulled in close to control his posture.
Cingeto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pulli works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pulli lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cingeto!
Pulli looking to ground and pound but Cingeto is blocking nicely.
Cingeto is bucking up trying to escape but Pulli cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Pulli moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Cingeto has worked his arm free - good work by Cingeto!
Pulli is breathing heavily.
Cingeto is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Pulli off and has taken his back!
Cingeto scores with punches to the body.
Pulli is in bad spot here.
Cingeto trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cingeto working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Pulli just trying to survive but Cingeto is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Cingeto lands punches and elbows.
Cingeto scores with punches and elbows.
Pulli trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cingeto trying to control momentarily.
Pulli grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ver Cingeto dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pulli moves out of range of the strikes.
Cingeto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pulli throws a hook to the side of Cingeto's head but Cingeto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pulli stuffs the takedown attempt from Cingeto. Cingeto gets slowly back to his feet.
Cingeto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pulli.
Pulli misses with a straight right.
Pulli misses with a hook. Cingeto ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cingeto scores with a sloppy right hand. Pulli should have avoided that one.

Cingeto throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pulli was covering up waiting for the punch and Cingeto finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pulli wants to sweep here but Cingeto controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cingeto trying to control the position from guard on top but Pulli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pulli is trying to control the position but Cingeto postures up.
Cingeto advances position into side control!
Pulli is not content to let Cingeto control the position.

Cingeto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Julli Pulli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pulli is trying to control Cingeto's posture but Cingeto avoids it.
Pulli gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cingeto is stalling here. Pulli is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cingeto seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Pulli has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pulli working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pulli throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Cingeto works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulli working over Cingeto with some ground and pound. Cingeto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pulli is thwarting Cingeto's attempts to control the position.
Cingeto is trying to stand up here but Pulli is controlling him well.
Pulli works his way into side control.
Cingeto sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
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. Pulli connects with a nice short shot to Cingeto's temple.
Pulli trying to pass the guard but Cingeto defending well.
Pulli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cingeto tries to roll over but Pulli keeps him under control.
Pulli is looking to take a break and control but Cingeto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulli is thwarting Cingeto's attempts to control the position.
Cingeto is refusing to be controlled, as Pulli sits in half guard.
Pulli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cingeto tries to roll over but Pulli keeps him under control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pulli blocks a jab.
Ver Cingeto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cingeto lands with an overhand left.
Cingeto doesn't manage to clinch there - Pulli circles away.
Pulli throws a hook but Cingeto avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ver Cingeto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cingeto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ver Cingeto!