PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni has chosen Til I Collapse [ Eminem ] as his entrance music. Sonny Giovanni is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bale
vs
Giovanni

185 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
33
199 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Bale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Giovanni!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giovanni moves away.
Bale looks to land a left hand but Giovanni moved out of range nicely.
Bale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bale tried to score with a low kick but Giovanni checks it.

Giovanni closes the distance and pushes Bale back into the cage.
Bale is trying to break the clinch but Giovanni is controlling him.
Giovanni lands with a short shot to the head.
Giovanni swings wildly with an uppercut but Bale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giovanni lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bale backwards.
Giovanni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bale.
Giovanni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giovanni can't find room to land a body shot as Bale controls the action.
Giovanni throws a punch but it's blocked by Bale.
Giovanni makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Giovanni tries a body shot but Bale blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giovanni scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bale blocks an uppercut.
Giovanni working aggressively here.
Giovanni misses with some punches.
Giovanni is struggling to control the position.
Giovanni can't find room to land a body shot as Bale controls the action.
Bale is looking to break free of the clinch but Giovanni has double underhooks.
Giovanni prevents Bale from breaking the clinch.
Giovanni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giovanni misses with some punches.
Bale is trying to push Giovanni away but Giovanni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Giovanni misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Giovanni lands with a short shot to the head.
Giovanni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Bale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bale bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Giovanni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bale.
Bale dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bale takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bale lands an overhand right.
Giovanni blocks a head kick by Bale.
Bale lands a nice looking body shot.
Bale throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bale misses with a low kick.
Bale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Both fighters circling a little - Bale finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Giovanni avoids the head kick by Bale.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bale.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giovanni.
Good work by Giovanni as he checks the leg kick.
Bale cracks the inside of Giovanni's front leg.
Giovanni throws a nice looking combination but Bale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giovanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Bale circles away.
Giovanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bale tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bale scoring well with a low kick there.
Bale walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Giovanni checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bale closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bale connects with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Bale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Giovanni checks the leg kick.
Bale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bale showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giovanni.
Giovanni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bale moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Giovanni looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bale.
Bale connects with an inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Bale finds it's target.
Bale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bale goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bale.
Bale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bale lands with a kick to the temple. Giovanni shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bale tries a head kick but it misses.
Bale scores with a head kick. Giovanni tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Giovanni moves out of range of the body kick from Bale.
Giovanni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Bale dominated that round.
That's time! Bale's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bale scores with a leg kick.
Bale feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Giovanni's calf.
Giovanni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giovanni drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Giovanni's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Giovanni checks a low kick from Bale.
Giovanni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bale fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bale uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giovanni.
Giovanni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bale.
Gareth Bale is winning the standup battle so far.
Bale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giovanni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bale is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giovanni can do to turn this around?
Bale turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bale changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Giovanni takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bale is looking to wear down Giovanni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Giovanni is breathing heavily.
Giovanni blocks the body kick.
Giovanni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bale lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bale. Giovanni shrugs it off though.
Bale throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Giovanni.
Bale is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Giovanni is rocked!
Bale throws out a leg kick but Giovanni moves out of range and Bale only half commits.
Bale swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bale lands a slapping body shot.
Giovanni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bale.
Bale throws a wild body kick that Giovanni sees coming a mile off.
Bale wants to land a leg kick but Giovanni is out of range.
Bale cracks a nice hook into Giovanni's ribs.
Bale is looking to slow Giovanni down with leg kicks.
Bale connects with a leg kick. Giovanni looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bale shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Giovanni eats them both and turns towards Bale to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Giovanni shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Giovanni is still on wobbly legs! Can Bale finish him?
Bale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gareth Bale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giovanni takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bale scores with a hook to the body. Giovanni takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Giovanni seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bale. Bale obviously looking to wear him down.
Bale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Giovanni. That did some damage!
Bale throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bale throws a good cross that connects.
Giovanni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bale.
Bale misses with a low kick as Giovanni jumps back.
A shot to the liver by Bale. Beautiful body shot.
Bale cracks the inside of Giovanni's front leg.
Giovanni throws a series of punches but Bale avoids them all with ease.
Giovanni avoids a kick to the body.
Bale connects with a right hand. Giovanni shakes it off.
Bale thuds a left hand into Giovanni's body.
Bale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bale avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bale lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bale connects with a body shot that sends Giovanni's belly button to the back.
Bale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bale ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Giovanni tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bale cracks the inside of Giovanni's front leg.
Bale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bale fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bale thuds a left hand into Giovanni's body.
Bale wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bale throws a head kick that half lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bale, right into the meat.
Giovanni closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bale fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Giovanni has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bale connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Giovanni's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni avoids the body shot from Bale.
Bale misses with the combination.
Bale avoids a kick to the body.
Bale throws a shot from downtown. Giovanni moves away and avoids it.
Bale throws a low kick but Giovanni moves out of range easily.
Bale tries a head kick but it misses.
Giovanni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bale moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Giovanni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Giovanni checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bale misses with a straight right.
Bale cracks the inside of Giovanni's front leg.
Bale misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bale.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Bale dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Giovanni.

Giovanni rushes Bale and presses him up against the cage.
Giovanni misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Giovanni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Bale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bale lands a big head kick that sends Giovanni tumbling to the mat! Bale takes a step backwards and waves Giovanni back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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!
Bale pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giovanni feints and then cracks Bale's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bale down.
Giovanni avoids the head kick by Bale.
Bale scores with a leg kick.
Bale throws a body punch but Giovanni moves out of range.
Bale 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.
Giovanni thuds a left hand into Bale's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bale throws a predictable looking body shot
and Giovanni counters with a left and a right that stings Bale.
Giovanni lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giovanni takes a swing at Bale's ribcage but misses.
Giovanni throws a series of punches but Bale avoids them all with ease.
Bale lands a leg kick that knocks Giovanni off balance momentarily.
Bale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Giovanni.
Bale misses with an uppercut.
Bale misses with a two punch combination.
Bale tries to bum rush Giovanni with a series of wild strikes but Giovanni uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Giovanni blocks a leg kick.
Bale thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bale has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Giovanni connects with a solid leg kick.
Giovanni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bale.
Giovanni scores with the left hand. Bale knows he should have avoided that one.
Bale swings for the body but Giovanni moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Giovanni.
Bale keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bale wants to slow Giovanni down by chopping away at his legs.
Giovanni misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bale with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Giovanni 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.
Bale looks to throw the jab but Giovanni is out of range.
Bale goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice body kick from Bale.
Bale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Giovanni misses with a wild body shot.
Bale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the body from Giovanni misses
and Bale counters with a nice leg kick.
Giovanni misses the shot to the body.
Giovanni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bale.
Bale throws a series of punches but Giovanni avoids them all with ease.
A clash of legs there as Giovanni blocks the low kick.
Sonny Giovanni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale connects with a high kick.
Bale fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Giovanni checks it well.
Giovanni thuds his right hand into Bale's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Giovanni throws a head kick that misses.
Bale throws a quick inside leg kick.
Giovanni throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bale makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bale dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Giovanni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bale connects with a solid leg kick.
Bale is looking to slow Giovanni down with leg kicks.
Bale throws a head kick but Giovanni moves out of range.
Giovanni tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bale counters with a leg kick.
Bale scores with a sloppy right hand. Giovanni should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gareth Bale is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bale. That's going to slow Giovanni down.
Giovanni avoids the head kick by Bale.
Jab by Giovanni.
Bale with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Giovanni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bale showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giovanni.
Bale throws out a powerful jab.
Bale connects with an inside leg kick.
Giovanni has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bale.
Giovanni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bale with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bale feints and then cracks Giovanni's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Giovanni down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bale jabs at Giovanni's body.
Bale with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donk. Bale catches Giovanni right on the button with a cross.
Bale throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gareth Bale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bale, 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 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth Bale!