PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gennaro Trivieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Tito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trivieri comes to the ring accompanied by Deep Purple - Child in Time . Gennaro Trivieri could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Harry Tito's chin.

Trivieri
vs
Tito

187 cm
25
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gennaro Trivieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Tito!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trivieri.
Trivieri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trivieri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Trivieri throws an overhand right that lands on Tito's shoulder, as Tito tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Trivieri misses.
Tito with a jab.
Tito connects with a jab.
Tito looks for a takedown but Trivieri sprawls well.
Jab by Trivieri.
Tito cracks Trivieri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trivieri throws a sloppy head kick and Tito moves out of range easily.
Trivieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tito was well out of range. Poor timing from Trivieri.
Tito fails with a takedown attempt.
Trivieri with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trivieri throws a hook but Tito avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Tito misses.
Trivieri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tito blocks a leg kick.
Trivieri just misses with a punch to the body.
Tito fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Trivieri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tito moves away from the strike by Trivieri.
Trivieri dodges the punch combination from Tito.
Trivieri lands a nice shot that snaps Tito's head back.
Tito shoots in but Trivieri avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gennaro Trivieri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Tito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tito shoots in but Trivieri avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Trivieri takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slow jab from Trivieri misses its intended target.
Tito lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trivieri circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Trivieri misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tito looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tito looks to land a left hand but Trivieri moved out of range nicely.

Trivieri looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Trivieri perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tito is looking for a sweep. Trivieri is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tito works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tito looking for a sweep. Not yet Tito, not yet.
Tito is trying to control the position but Trivieri postures up.
Tito being controlled here, momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gennaro Trivieri wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Trivieri displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tito.
Trivieri tries to land a front kick but Tito steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tito manages to avoid it.
Tito checks a low kick from Trivieri.
Trivieri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Trivieri looking to score a takedown here. Tito is defending well but Trivieri drives through and ends up in Tito's guard.
Trivieri controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trivieri wants to get up but he can't break Tito's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Tito lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Trivieri!
Tito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tito landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tito looking to control but Trivieri is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tito landing strikes from the mount and Trivieri is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tito shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Trivieri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tito with a lazy takedown attempt
and Trivieri counters with a nice uppercut.
Trivieri misses the jab.
Tito misses with a few strikes there.
Tito misses with a series of wild punches.
Tito lunges at Trivieri with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trivieri's hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tito looks to score with a jab to the body but Trivieri is just out of range.

Tito shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Trivieri manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Trivieri has his foot on Tito's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tito works his way back into a safe position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Trivieri looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Harry Tito has got the better of the ground game so far.

Trivieri kicks Tito off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trivieri gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Trivieri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tito slips under a jab.
Tito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tito swings for the body but Trivieri moves out of range.
Harry Tito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tito fails with a takedown attempt.
Gennaro Trivieri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Tito.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trivieri misses with an uppercut. Tito saw that one coming.
Trivieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trivieri connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tito momentarily.
Gennaro Trivieri is winning the standup battle so far.
Trivieri staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri misses with a right hand
and Tito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trivieri displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tito.
Trivieri misses with an uppercut.
Tito loads up on a big right hand but Trivieri slips the punch.
Trivieri throws the left hand but Tito avoids the punch easily.
Tito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trivieri misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Tito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trivieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri misses with a hook.
Trivieri ducks under a wild hook from Tito.
Tito ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tito avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tito fails to land the takedown.
Tito fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trivieri avoids it really well and circles away.
Tito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trivieri.
Trivieri moves forwards but Tito connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trivieri throws a chopping leg kick but Tito manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Trivieri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Trivieri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trivieri.
Trivieri thows a left - swing and a miss!
A combination from Tito does no damage.
Trivieri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tito throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trivieri on the side of the head.
Tito has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Tito gets tackled into the ropes by Trivieri. Trivieri maintains the clinch.
Tito is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tito misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Trivieri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gennaro Trivieri dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trivieri was well out of range. Poor timing from Tito.
Trivieri fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tito checks it well.
Trivieri misses with a wild body shot.
Tito throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Trivieri.
Trivieri is staying tight to Tito's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Trivieri wants to stand but Tito has his arm trapped.
Tito manages to work his way to half guard, despite Trivieri's best efforts.
Tito tries to get to full guard but Trivieri has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Trivieri in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Trivieri thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tito's head.
Trivieri sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tito makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tito.
Tito trying to keep a closed guard but Trivieri is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gennaro Trivieri wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tito lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trivieri at a distance.
Tito takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tito staying out of range there.
Tito moves away from the strike by Trivieri.
Tito avoids the body shot from Trivieri.
Tito shoots for a double leg takedown but Trivieri sprawls well. He's pushed Tito's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Trivieri misses with a wild body shot.
Tito has his takedown stuffed
and Trivieri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trivieri just misses with a punch to the body.
Trivieri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trivieri waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tito.
Tito takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri misses with a wild body shot.
Trivieri takes a swing at Tito's ribcage but misses.
Trivieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tito will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gennaro Trivieri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Tito.
Tito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trivieri checks a leg kick.
Tito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Trivieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trivieri looks to land a left hand but Tito moved out of range nicely.
Good shot there by Trivieri.
Trivieri digs a good body shot into Tito's ribs.
Tito shoots in but Trivieri avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri scores with a hook to the body. Tito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tito misses with a straight right.
Trivieri lands a lovely overhand right.
Trivieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tito was well out of range. Poor timing from Trivieri.
Trivieri misses the shot to the body.
Harry Tito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trivieri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tito moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trivieri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Trivieri finds it's way round the side to connect with Tito's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trivieri misses with a low kick as Tito jumps back.
Trivieri avoids the body shot from Tito.
Tito misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gennaro Trivieri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trivieri has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Gennaro Trivieri!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Gennaro Trivieri!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Gennaro Trivieri!

Gennaro Trivieri wins by unanimous decision!