PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Gabrielli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Gabrielli
vs
Morales

225 cm
28
300 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

195 cm
23
300 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giuseppe Gabrielli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Morales!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gabrielli clinches up with Morales and pushes him back against the cage.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks it.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales misses with a knee strike.
Gabrielli missing with knees to the body.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Morales pushes off an throws an elbow but Gabrielli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Gabrielli avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gabrielli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabrielli throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gabrielli avoids a wild elbow strike from Morales.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gabrielli avoids it.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gabrielli pushes off an throws an elbow but Morales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gabrielli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gabrielli avoids it.
Morales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gabrielli dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Gabrielli missing with knees to the body.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Morales looks gassed!
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morales just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gabrielli's brow.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gabrielli blocks the elbow strike.
Gabrielli avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morales just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gabrielli's brow.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gabrielli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Gabrielli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks it.
Morales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gabrielli blocks it with crossed arms.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.
Gabrielli lands a good knee to the midsection. Morales won't want to take too many of those.
Gabrielli lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Pablo Morales has been cut.
Gabrielli looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales misses with a knee strike.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gabrielli.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabrielli unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gabrielli throws an elbow but it misses.
Gabrielli throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morales avoids it.
Gabrielli with a knee to the head.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gabrielli blocks it with crossed arms.
Gabrielli dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the head but Morales blocks with his arms.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gabrielli misses with a knee to the head.
Morales avoids the elbow strike from Gabrielli, against the cage.
Gabrielli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morales's defenses.
Gabrielli trying to land knees to the body.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks it.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gabrielli blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gabrielli throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morales just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gabrielli's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gabrielli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gabrielli lands a knee to the body.
Gabrielli missing with knees to the body.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gabrielli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morales's brow.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morales pushes off an throws an elbow but Gabrielli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gabrielli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gabrielli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gabrielli blocks an elbow strike from Morales.
Gabrielli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe Gabrielli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Morales's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morales throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gabrielli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A low kick from Morales is predictable there

and Gabrielli counters by moving into the clinch.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Gabrielli is blocking nicely.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.
Gabrielli looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gabrielli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Gabrielli is blocking nicely.
Morales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morales avoiding damage as Gabrielli throws knees to the body.
Morales looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morales is breathing heavily.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Gabrielli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gabrielli blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks it.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales pushes off an throws an elbow but Gabrielli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gabrielli throws an elbow but misses.
Gabrielli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gabrielli throws an elbow that misses.
Morales blocks the elbow strike.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Gabrielli avoids the damage to the body.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks with his arms.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Gabrielli trying to land knees to the body.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morales blocks it with crossed arms.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli trying to land knees to the body.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks with his arms.
Morales avoids the elbow strike from Gabrielli, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morales avoiding damage as Gabrielli throws knees to the body.
Gabrielli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gabrielli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morales's brow.
Morales pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Gabrielli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gabrielli misses with a knee strike.
Morales pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morales trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gabrielli.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gabrielli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morales is defending well for now.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Gabrielli avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gabrielli avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gabrielli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morales's brow.
Gabrielli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Gabrielli throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morales just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gabrielli's brow.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabrielli with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Pablo Morales's cut even more.
Gabrielli missing with knees to the body.
Gabrielli landing knees to the head.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales blocks the elbow strike.
Gabrielli misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gabrielli crunches a lovely knee into Morales's ribcage.
Morales throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks with his arms.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales blocks an elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morales blocks it with crossed arms.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.
Nice elbow from Gabrielli.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morales lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morales takes an elbow to the temple.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Gabrielli avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giuseppe Gabrielli dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Morales's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Morales throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gabrielli counters with a series of strikes. Morales will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morales throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morales on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gabrielli is looking to slow Morales down with leg kicks.
Gabrielli's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gabrielli duly obliges.

Gabrielli has managed to clinch.
Gabrielli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Morales misses with a knee strike.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Gabrielli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morales throws an elbow but misses.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales avoiding damage as Gabrielli throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Morales blocks the elbow strike.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but Morales blocks it.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Gabrielli avoids the damage to the body.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gabrielli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gabrielli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morales throws an elbow but misses.
Morales avoiding damage as Gabrielli throws knees to the body.
Gabrielli blocks the elbow strike.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Gabrielli blocks the elbow strike.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gabrielli blocks it with crossed arms.
Gabrielli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morales avoids it.
Gabrielli dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Giuseppe Gabrielli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gabrielli scores with a knee to the head.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabrielli.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Gabrielli throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales avoids a wild elbow strike from Gabrielli.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabrielli.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Gabrielli avoids the damage to the body.
Gabrielli misses with a knee to the head.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Gabrielli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gabrielli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales managing to block the knees to the body from Gabrielli.
Morales trying to land knees to the body.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks with his arms.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gabrielli is defending well for now.
Gabrielli avoids the elbow strike from Morales, against the cage.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Gabrielli.
Morales blocks an elbow strike.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabrielli.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gabrielli trying to land knees to the body.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Gabrielli blocks it.
Morales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

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.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gabrielli avoids it.
Gabrielli tries to land knees in the clinch but Morales avoids the damage to the body.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Gabrielli lands an elbow inside.
Pablo Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Gabrielli is blocking nicely.
Gabrielli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morales avoids it.
Gabrielli looking to throw knees to the head but Morales is blocking nicely.
Gabrielli trying to land knees to the body.
Gabrielli dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Gabrielli is blocking nicely.
Gabrielli blocks the elbow strike.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Gabrielli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morales avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giuseppe Gabrielli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gabrielli 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giuseppe Gabrielli!