PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Vercetti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otis Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercetti comes to the cage accompanied by Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Butcher comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stillborn by Black Label Society kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vercetti
vs
Butcher

179 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carmelo Vercetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Otis Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vercetti clinches up against the cage.
Butcher throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Butcher.
Butcher has Vercetti pressed against the cage, preventing Vercetti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vercetti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Butcher prevents Vercetti from breaking the clinch.
Butcher misses with a knee to the head.
Butcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Butcher has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vercetti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Butcher tries a knee to the head but Vercetti blocks it.
Butcher looking to throw knees to the head but Vercetti is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Butcher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Butcher misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Butcher throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Butcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vercetti avoids it.
Butcher looking to slow down the pace here.
Butcher lands an elbow just above Vercetti 's eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vercetti.
Vercetti is trying to break free.
Vercetti tries to break free but Butcher pushes him back against the cage.
Butcher has Vercetti pressed against the cage, preventing Vercetti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vercetti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Butcher has him pressed against the cage.
Butcher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Butcher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vercetti's brow.
Vercetti avoids a wild elbow strike from Butcher.
Butcher landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Vercetti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Butcher tries a knee to the head but Vercetti blocks it.
Vercetti is trying to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling him.
Butcher misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Butcher obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti is trying to push Butcher away but Butcher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Butcher lands an elbow just above Vercetti 's eye.
Butcher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vercetti lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vercetti wants to get back to striking at distance but Butcher won't allow it.
Vercetti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Butcher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vercetti blocks it with crossed arms.
Butcher looks gassed!
Butcher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vercetti tries to circle away but Butcher has him pinned against the cage.
Vercetti tries to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling the position.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vercetti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Butcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vercetti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vercetti stalling in the clinch but Butcher improves position.
Butcher misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vercetti wants to get back to striking at distance but Butcher won't allow it.
Vercetti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Butcher has him pressed against the cage.
Vercetti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vercetti is trying to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling him.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the head but Vercetti blocks with his arms.
Vercetti pushes Butcher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vercetti avoids a wild elbow strike from Butcher.
Vercetti has had enough of the clinch but Butcher keeps him there for the moment.
Butcher wants a takedown.
Vercetti is working Butcher over against the cage.
Butcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vercetti.
A frustrated look appears on Vercetti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Butcher tries a knee to the head but Vercetti blocks it.
Butcher prevents Vercetti from breaking the clinch.
Vercetti is trying to force a seperation but Butcher has the dominant position.
Butcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher lands a nice knee to the body.
Vercetti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hand to the body from Vercetti.
Butcher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vercetti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vercetti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vercetti has had enough of the clinch but Butcher keeps him there for the moment.
Butcher misses with a knee strike.
Vercetti is trying to force a seperation but Butcher has the dominant position.
Vercetti blocks the elbow strike.
Butcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vercetti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vercetti has had enough of the clinch but Butcher keeps him there for the moment.
Butcher throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vercetti is trying to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling him.
Butcher misses with a knee to the head.
Butcher looking to stall.
Butcher prevents Vercetti from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Butcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A right-left combo lands from Vercetti.
Butcher does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vercetti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Butcher throws a push kick but Vercetti slaps the foot to one side.
Butcher moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vercetti works the jab nicely.
Vercetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Butcher.
Vercetti punishes Butcher's body with a nice straight punch.
Butcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher throws a right and a left that Vercetti avoids nicely.
Butcher is breathing heavily.
Vercetti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Vercetti pushes Butcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Vercetti managing to block the knees to the body from Butcher.
Vercetti trying to stall but Butcher improves his position.
Butcher missing with knees to the body.
Vercetti gets through Butcher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Butcher prevents Vercetti from breaking the clinch.
Butcher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vercetti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vercetti is trying to push Butcher away but Butcher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Butcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vercetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vercetti working hard to break the clinch.
Butcher lands an elbow just above Vercetti 's eye.
Vercetti lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher keeps control of Vercetti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Butcher misses with a knee strike.
Vercetti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vercetti is working Butcher over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Vercetti.
Butcher taking a breather.
Vercetti has had enough of the clinch but Butcher keeps him there for the moment.
Vercetti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vercetti looking to slow down the pace here.
Butcher crunches a lovely knee into Vercetti's ribcage.
Vercetti pushes Butcher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Butcher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vercetti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Butcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vercetti looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vercetti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vercetti wants to break free but Butcher has control.
Butcher missing with knees to the body.
Butcher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vercetti tries to circle away but Butcher has him pinned against the cage.
Vercetti wants to break free but Butcher has control.
Vercetti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Butcher looking to slow down the pace here.
Vercetti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vercetti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vercetti is trying to break free.
Butcher lands a good knee to the midsection. Vercetti won't want to take too many of those.
Vercetti is trying to break free.
Vercetti being controlled against the cage.
Vercetti taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher lands a damaging elbow.
Vercetti taking a breather.
Vercetti lands a left hand.
Butcher working Vercetti over with knees to the body.
Butcher slows down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Butcher.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Butcher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Butcher misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vercetti wants to get back to striking at distance but Butcher won't allow it.
Vercetti is trying to break free.
Vercetti tries to break free but Butcher pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmelo Vercetti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Vercetti closes the distance and clinches.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vercetti avoids it.
Butcher lands a good knee to the midsection. Vercetti won't want to take too many of those.
Come on Butcher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Butcher misses with a knee strike.
Butcher has Vercetti pressed against the cage, preventing Vercetti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Butcher working Vercetti over with knees to the body.

Butcher gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Vercetti manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vercetti is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Vercetti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vercetti striking off his back but it's not causing Butcher any problems.
Butcher throws an elbow that misses. Vercetti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Butcher's guard. Nice move by Vercetti!

Vercetti postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Butcher is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Vercetti, into his guard.
Vercetti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Butcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Butcher controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Vercetti might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Vercetti trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vercetti's head.
Butcher wants to control from the top but Vercetti keeps moving.

Butcher avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Butcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Vercetti has wrist control.
Vercetti being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher won't allow Vercetti to sweep him here.

Vercetti looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Butcher passes into half guard.
Butcher controlling the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Butcher trying to pass the guard but Vercetti defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otis Butcher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Butcher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otis Butcher!
A victorious Otis Butcher thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.