PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Torello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Valentino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Torello
vs
Valentino

168 cm
21
138 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
21
143 lbs
5 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Torello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, James Valentino!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentino wants to clinch but Torello slips to the side
and Torello counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Valentino throws a shot from downtown. Torello moves away and avoids it.
Valentino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torello misses with a low kick.
Valentino is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Torello throws a low kick but Valentino moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Torello.
Valentino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torello counters with a leg kick.
Torello thuds his shin into the meat of Valentino's side.
Valentino wants to clinch
and Torello counters with a slapping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torello.
Valentino tries a head kick but it misses.
Torello stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Valentino tries to clinch but Torello moves away
and Torello counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentino ducks under a wild hook from Torello.
Valentino takes one on the button.
Torello throws a head kick that misses.
Valentino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valentino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torello feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valentino's calf.
Torello fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Valentino closes the distance looking to clinch
and Torello counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Torello misses with a low kick.
Valentino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James Valentino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Torello counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torello lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentino moves to clinch but Torello breaks away
and Torello counters with a low kick, right behind Valentino 's knee.
Valentino wants to clinch but Torello slips to the side
letting Torello counter with a right hand.
Valentino is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Valentino tries to clinch but Torello moves out of range.
Valentino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torello slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Torello scores with a head kick.
Torello throws a series of punches but Valentino moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valentino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torello scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentino tries to clinch but Torello moves out of range.
Torello is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Valentino tries to clinch up.
Donk. Torello catches Valentino right on the button with a cross.
Valentino throws a head kick that misses.

Valentino drives through and clinches with Torello against the cage.
Valentino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torello is defending well for now.
Torello lands a nice shot to the body.
Torello lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Torello breaks the clinch.
Valentino tries to clinch but Torello moves away
and Torello counters with a straight right hand.
Valentino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valentino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valentino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torello looks for the body kick but Valentino saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentino wants to clinch.
Torello keeps the fight on the outside.
Torello cracks Valentino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Valentino tries to clinch
and Torello counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook 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!
Valentino closes the distance looking to clinch
and Torello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valentino tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Torello to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like James Valentino has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentino closes the distance but Torello moves to the side
and Torello counters with a good, hard body kick but Valentino shrugs it off.
Torello throws a head kick but Valentino moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Torello.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Torello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Valentino's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Torello throws a body punch but Valentino moves out of range.
Torello misses with a lunging right hand

and Valentino moves into the clinch.
Torello cracks Valentino with a nice body shot.
Torello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Torello lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valentino backwards.
Valentino misses with a knee strike.
Torello lands with a left to the head.
Come on Torello - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Torello avoids a wild elbow strike from Valentino.
Torello blocks a body shot from Valentino.
Torello scores with a hook to the body.
Valentino tries to work over Torello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valentino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valentino tries a knee to the head but Torello blocks it.
Torello is pushing Valentino up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Torello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torello tries to work over Valentino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torello dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Torello.
Torello lands a body shot in the clinch.
Torello avoiding damage as Valentino throws knees to the body.
Torello works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Torello.
Torello lands a body punch in the clinch.
Valentino is breathing heavily.
Torello lands a nice uppercut.
Torello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torello blocks an elbow strike from Valentino.
Torello cracks Valentino with a nice body shot.
Valentino throws an elbow but it misses.
Valentino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torello effectively controlling the action here.
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!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torello lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valentino backwards.
Torello tries to work over Valentino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valentino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torello makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valentino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torello makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valentino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torello displaying some good clinch control by pressing Valentino up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Torello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Torello.
Torello working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torello tries to work over Valentino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Torello lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Torello scores with a nice short uppercut.
Valentino lands an elbow inside.
Valentino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valentino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torello has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torello scores with a shot to the side of Valentino's head.
Valentino's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valentino's elbow.
Torello stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Valentino misses with a knee strike.
Torello scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torello lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Valentino tries a knee to the head but Torello blocks it.
Valentino lands a good knee to the midsection. Torello won't want to take too many of those.
Torello pushes off an throws an elbow but Valentino leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Torello.
Torello lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Torello lands an uppercut.
Torello blocks an elbow strike.
Torello scores with a nice hook to the head.
Torello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Torello takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torello misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Valentino on the inside.
Torello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Valentino misses with a knee strike.
Torello slowing the pace effectively.
Torello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Valentino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torello lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Torello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valentino wants to clinch but Torello slips to the side
and Torello makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Valentino tries a head kick but it misses.
Valentino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Torello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Torello lands a big head kick that sends Valentino tumbling to the mat! Torello takes a step backwards and waves Valentino back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Valentino is rocked!
Torello buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Valentino is still on wobbly legs! Can Torello finish him?
Torello drops Valentino with a huge uppercut! Valentino drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Torello is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Torello!
During a confident post fight interview, James Torello thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.