PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claus Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariano Italiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Clausen
vs
Italiano

189 cm
26
195 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

188 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claus Clausen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariano Italiano!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clausen lands a right hook to the body.
Clausen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Italiano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Italiano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Italiano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Italiano lands a body shot.
Italiano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Italiano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clausen.
Italiano throws a hook to the side of Clausen's head but Clausen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clausen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Italiano clinches up with Clausen and pushes him back against the cage.
Italiano misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Clausen fails to land.
Italiano takes a shot to the head.
Italiano misses with a body punch.
Clausen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clausen misses with a punch on the inside.
Italiano takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausen is trying to maintain a safe position but Italiano gets an underhook and turns Clausen into the cage.
Italiano scores with a hook to the body.
Clausen lands a left hand.
Italiano tries for a takedown. No joy.
Italiano has a couple of punches blocked by Clausen.
Italiano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Italiano trying to land knees to the body.
Clausen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Italiano is keeping busy.
Italiano has Clausen pressed against the cage, preventing Clausen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Italiano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Italiano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clausen.
Clausen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clausen lands with a light punch inside.
Italiano blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clausen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clausen prevents a body shot from Italiano.
A short uppercut from Italiano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Italiano is struggling to control the position.
Italiano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Italiano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clausen prevents a body shot from Italiano.
Clausen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Italiano backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Clausen.
Italiano prevents a body shot from Clausen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Italiano.
Clausen can't break the clinch.
Clausen trying to stall but Italiano improves his position.
A short left from Italiano.
Clausen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Italianos head.

Italiano drags the fight down to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Italiano is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Clausen is aware though and is defending well.

Italiano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Clausen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Italiano is tightening it up a little... Clausen has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Clausen reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Clausen taps out! Nice BJJ there by Italiano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mariano Italiano!