PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nick Ghirardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghirardi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, go to sleep. Fat Man will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ghirardi
vs
Man

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Ghirardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fat Man!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ghirardi has managed to clinch.
Man looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Ghirardi manages to pull guard.
Ghirardi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ghirardi with good strikes from the mount here!
Ghirardi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ghirardi controlling the position easily from mount.
Ghirardi's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghirardi lands a big elbow.
Ghirardi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ghirardi landing punches.
Ghirardi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Ghirardi stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Ghirardi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ghirardi throwing shots but Man is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ghirardi stands up and beckons Man to join him on the feet.
Ghirardi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Ghirardi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Man looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Ghirardi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ghirardi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ghirardi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ghirardi controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghirardi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Man!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghirardi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ghirardi lands with some strikes.
Ghirardi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Nick Ghirardi just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ghirardi wants to get back to striking at distance but Man won't allow it.
Ghirardi scores with a knee to the head.
Ghirardi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Ghirardi breaks from the clinch.
Ghirardi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Man's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Ghirardi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ghirardi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Ghirardi moves into the clinch.
Man stalling in the clinch but Ghirardi improves position.

Ghirardi pulls guard.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Ghirardi.
Man being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ghirardi kicks Man off and gets to his feet.
Man is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghirardi throws a head kick that misses.

Ghirardi scores with a takedown into Man's guard.
Ghirardi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ghirardi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Ghirardi stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Ghirardi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
Man fails to pull guard.
Ghirardi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Man fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Man gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ghirardi trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Man looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ghirardi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghirardi seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Man for as long as he can get away with.

Ghirardi gets to his feet. Man looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Man throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ghirardi moves into the clinch successfully.
Ghirardi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.
Ghirardi wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Ghirardi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ghirardi is trying to break free.
Man stalling in the clinch but Ghirardi improves position.
Ghirardi wants to break free but Man has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghirardi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Man is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Ghirardi jumps guard and drags Man to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Ghirardi.

Ghirardi pushes Man off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Ghirardi pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Ghirardi is trying to break free.

Ghirardi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Man uses from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Ghirardi dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Man lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Ghirardi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Ghirardi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Man has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ghirardi has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ghirardi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Ghirardi.
Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ghirardi controlling his opponent.
Ghirardi landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ghirardi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Man is surviving well by controlling Ghirardi's body position as best he can.
Ghirardi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ghirardi dominating with strikes here.
Ghirardi controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Man that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghirardi controlling from the full mount.
Ghirardi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ghirardi landing strikes from the mount.

Ghirardi get's back to his feet.

Ghirardi rushes Man and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ghirardi can't break the clinch.
Ghirardi wants to get back to striking at distance but Man won't allow it.
Man prevents the takedown attempt.

Ghirardi manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ghirardi.
Ghirardi looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.

Ghirardi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Ghirardi wants to work for an arm triangle but Man is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Man is staying active underneath Ghirardi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ghirardi is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Ghirardi postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Man to stand up.

Ghirardi pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.

Ghirardi tightens his grip and picks Man up, before dumping him to the ground. Man manages to land in guard.
Ghirardi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ghirardi with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ghirardi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ghirardi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ghirardi is pushing down on Man's leg trying to pass to half guard. Man is fighting to maintain full guard but Ghirardi has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghirardi passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fat Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ghirardi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Ghirardi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ghirardi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Ghirardi!