PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vez Innaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Pittana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alessandro Pittana is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Innaus
vs
Pittana

188 cm
27
194 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
30
185 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vez Innaus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alessandro Pittana!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pittana throws a series of punches but Innaus moves out of range.
No joy there for Pittana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Innaus throws a nice head kick!
Pittana tries to bum rush Innaus with a series of wild strikes but Innaus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pittana.

It looks like Vez Innaus has been cut.
Innaus lands a right hook to the body.
Pittana fails to land with a series of punches.

Innaus moves into the clinch successfully.
Innaus missing with knees to the body.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Innaus tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Innaus lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Innaus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.
Pittana takes an elbow to the temple.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Innaus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike.
Pittana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Innaus has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Pittana blocks the elbow strike.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Innaus.
Innaus throws an elbow that misses.
Pittana blocks the elbow strike.
Innaus has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Alessandro Pittana has been cut.
Innaus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Innaus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Innaus throws an elbow but misses.
Innaus lands a damaging elbow.
Innaus presses Pittana against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Innaus scores with a shoulder strike.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Innaus.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Innaus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pittanas head.
Innaus throws an elbow but it misses.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus lands an elbow that stopped Pittana in his tracks for a moment.
Innaus scores with a shot to the side of Pittana's head.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.
Pittana is trying to push Innaus away but Innaus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pittana is trying to push Innaus away but Innaus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus lands an elbow that stopped Pittana in his tracks for a moment.
Innaus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Innaus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Innaus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Innaus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pittana wants to break free but Innaus has control.
Innaus is working Pittana over against the cage.
Innaus pushes off an throws an elbow but Pittana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Innaus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
Innaus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Pittana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Innaus pushes off an throws an elbow but Pittana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Innaus has him pressed against the cage.
Pittana takes an elbow to the temple.
Innaus pushes off an throws an elbow but Pittana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pittana is trying to break free.
Pittana avoids the elbow strike from Innaus, against the cage.
Innaus lands with a left to the head.
Innaus tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Innaus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pittana's elbow.
Innaus pushes off an throws an elbow but Pittana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innaus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Innaus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Innaus won't allow it.
Innaus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.
Innaus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
Innaus lands a left hand.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Innaus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Innaus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Innaus lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Innaus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Innaus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Pittana avoids the elbow strike from Innaus, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vez Innaus dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Pittana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Innaus has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Innaus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pittana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Innaus wants to clinch.
Pittana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pittana swings for the body but Innaus moves out of range.
Pittana loads up on a big right hand but Innaus slips the punch.
Pittana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Innaus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Innaus - that will leave a mark!
Innaus throws a head kick that half lands.
Innaus slips under a jab.
Vez Innaus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Innaus clinches with his opponent.
Innaus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vez Innaus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pittana blocks the elbow strike.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch but Innaus keeps him there for the moment.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Innaus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Innaus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pittana's brow.
Innaus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Innaus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Innaus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Innaus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Innaus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus digs a right hand into Pittana's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pittana's gas tank.
Pittana is breathing heavily.
Innaus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pittana tries to break the clinch but Innaus is controlling the position.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Innaus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pittana's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Innaus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Innaus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Innaus lands with a right to the head.
Innaus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Innaus lands a shoulder strike.

Pittana is rocked!
Innaus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pittana's defenses.
Pittana is still on wobbly legs! Can Innaus finish him?
Pittana tries to break free but Innaus pushes him back against the cage.
Pittana seems to have recovered his senses.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Innaus missing with knees to the body.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Innaus lands an elbow inside that Pittana shrugs off.
Innaus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Innaus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Innaus lands an elbow that stopped Pittana in his tracks for a moment.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Innaus lands an elbow inside.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Innaus.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Nice elbow from Innaus.
Innaus lands an elbow inside that Pittana shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Innaus.
Innaus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Innaus throws an elbow but misses.
Innaus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pittana can do to turn this around?
Innaus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Innaus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Pittana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Innaus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Innaus struggles to land a body shot inside as Pittana controls his hands.
Innaus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Innaus lands an elbow inside.
Pittana tries to circle away but Innaus has him pinned against the cage.
Innaus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Pittana blocks the elbow strike.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Innaus won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Innaus throws an elbow but misses.
Pittana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Innaus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus landing knees to the body.
Pittana takes an elbow to the temple.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Innaus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pittana wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Innaus.
Pittana prevents a body shot from Innaus.
Innaus tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pittana blocks the elbow strike.
Innaus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pittana takes a shot to the head.
Innaus pushes off an throws an elbow but Pittana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vez Innaus dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pittana misses with a series of wild punches.
Innaus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pittana gets tackled into the cage by Innaus. Innaus maintains the clinch.
Innaus lands a hook that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Innaus lands an elbow just above Pittana 's eye.
Innaus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Innaus lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Innaus.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus lands an elbow just above Pittana 's eye.
Pittana working hard to break the clinch.
Pittana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pittana avoids the elbow strike from Innaus, against the cage.
Pittana tries to circle away but Innaus has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana tries to break free but Innaus pushes him back against the cage.
Innaus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Innaus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Innaus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pittana's defenses.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Innaus lands a nice elbow.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Nice elbow from Innaus.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Innaus won't allow it.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.
Pittana blocks an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Innaus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pittanas head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Innaus obliges.
Pittana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pittana's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Innaus lands a shoulder strike.
Pittana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
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!
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Innaus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Innaus.
Innaus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Innaus obliges.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Innaus tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.
Pittana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pittana blocks an uppercut.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Innaus won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Innaus throws an elbow but misses.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pittana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Innaus.
Innaus misses with an elbow over the top.
Innaus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Innaus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pittana's defenses.
Innaus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pittana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pittana tries to break free but Innaus pushes him back against the cage.
Innaus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pittana tries to circle away but Innaus has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana dodges an elbow strike from Innaus.
Innaus gets through Pittana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Innaus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alessandro Pittana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice right hand lands inside from Innaus.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Innaus has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Pittana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Innaus misses with an elbow strike.
Innaus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Innaus.
Innaus lands an elbow just above Pittana 's eye.
Innaus throws an elbow but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Innaus.
Innaus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Innaus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Innaus lands an elbow inside that Pittana shrugs off.
Innaus has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Innaus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Innaus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pittana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Innaus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vez Innaus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pittana avoids a wild elbow strike from Innaus.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vez Innaus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Innaus, 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vez Innaus!