PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calogero Anello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Doet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Doet has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anello
vs
Doet

178 cm
25
168 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

175 cm
23
150 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calogero Anello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Doet!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Anello. That snapped Doet's head back.
Doet throws a body punch but Anello moves out of range.
Doet drops his hands momentarily and Anello takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anello looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anello misses with a looping left.
Doet cracks Anello with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anello darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Doet scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Doet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doet throws a leg kick but Anello sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Anello scores with the left hand. Doet knows he should have avoided that one.
Anello misses with a hook. Doet ducked under it nicely.
Anello lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doet misses with a low kick.
Anello lands a jab to the nose.
Doet shoots in for a takedown but Anello shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Anello lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Anello lands with a hook. Doet tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Doet ducks under a wild hook from Anello.
Anello misses with a few strikes there.
Doet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anello cracks Doet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Anello is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Doet lands a leg kick that knocks Anello off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anello checks the leg kick.
Doet keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Doet ducks right into an uppercut from Anello.
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!
Anello lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anello connects with a solid leg kick.
Doet with a lazy takedown attempt
and Anello connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doet throws the kick towards the body but Anello avoids it.
Doet tries to score with a low kick but Anello moves his leg out of the way.
Anello listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Anello.
Doet misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anello misses with a kick to the body.
Doet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doet on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doet on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anello. Anello obviously looking to wear him down.
Anello lands an overhand right.
The fighters circling - Anello throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anello lands with an overhand left.
Anello keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Calogero Anello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Doet.
Doet on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anello lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anello cracks a nice hook into Doet's ribs.
Anello lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Doet at a distance.
Anello is looking to chop away at Doet's legs.

Doet shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Doet was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Anello working to try and regain half guard.
Doet tries to control but Anello wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anello keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calogero Anello dominated that 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.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Doet.
Doet is looking to slow Anello down with leg kicks.
Good shot there by Doet.
Doet looks to land a body kick but Anello moved away.
Anello connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Doet momentarily.
Doet connects with a solid leg kick.
Doet on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anello. Anello obviously looking to wear him down.
Anello lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anello misses with a wild body shot.
Doet's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anello connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Doet scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anello throws a front kick that sends Doet stumbling back into the cage.
Good standup being displayed there by Anello as he connects with a hook.
Anello lands with an uppercut that bounces Doet off the cage and back into range.
Doet walks into a left hand.
Anello moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Calogero Anello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch lands to the side of Doet 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Doet has his takedown stuffed
and Anello counters with an inside leg kick.
Calogero Anello is winning the standup battle so far.
Anello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doet moves away.
Anello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doet takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Doet.
Doet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anello.
Anello connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anello lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doet swings for the body but Anello moves out of range.
Anello connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doet lands a leg kick that knocks Anello off balance momentarily.
Anello scores with a crisp jab that stopped Doet in his tracks.
Doet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anello.
Doet takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Doet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anello.
Good leg kick by Anello there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anello will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calogero Anello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anello.
Anello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doet tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Doet is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Anello rather than just go for the knockout.
Doet 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.
Nice shot lands for Anello.
Anello lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anello throws a jab but it's blocked by Doet.
Doet ducks under a wild hook from Anello.
Doet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anello.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anello.
Doet's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello cracks Doet with an open hand slap.
Anello tests Doet's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calogero Anello dominated that second round.
That's time! Anello's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Doet dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anello. That did some damage!
Doet misses with a hook to the body
and Doet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anello punishes Doet's body with a nice straight punch.
Doet feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anello's calf.
Good leg kick by Anello there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Doet finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anello connects with a body shot.
Anello looks to land a right hand but Doet moved out of range.
Doet scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anello doesn't seem bothered though.
Anello lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anello.
Doet checks the leg kick.
Doet thows a leg kick but Anello checks it
and Anello counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Anello throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anello with a nice cross.
Doet takes one to the chin there.
Nice sprawl there from Anello as Doet shoots in.

Doet fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Anello to the ground. Doet is now in Anello's guard.
Doet trying to control but Anello is working from the bottom.
John Doet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doet is fighting to break Anello's control of his arms but Anello is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Doet won't allow Anello to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doet trying to control but Anello is working from the bottom.
Anello utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Doet loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doet won't allow Anello to get back to his feet.
Anello looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Doet wants to pass the guard but Anello is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anello works the jab nicely.
Doet misses with a body kick.
Doet misses with a low kick.
Doet swings for the body but Anello moves out of range.
Doet ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anello throws a quick inside leg kick.
Doet takes a swing at Anello's ribcage but misses.
Anello lands a leg kick that knocks Doet off balance momentarily.
Doet takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Anello.
Doet throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Doet is looking to land body kicks.
Anello moves out of range of the leg kick from Doet.
Doet looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Doet misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doet misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anello lands with an uppercut that bounces Doet off the cage and back into range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Calogero Anello.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anello, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

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