PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gianpaolo Colomini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bulls on Parade - Rage Against The Machine. Jack Bruce has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gianpaolo Colomini's chin.

Colomini
vs
Bruce

185 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gianpaolo Colomini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Bruce!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Colomini closes the distance and clinches.
Bruce is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Colomini is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bruce trying to control the position but instead, Colomini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bruce into the cage.
Bruce wants to get back to striking at distance but Colomini won't allow it.
Colomini tries to land a knee to the head but Bruce blocks with his arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Bruce.
Colomini is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Colomini tries to land knees in the clinch but Bruce avoids the damage to the body.
Colomini blocks a body shot from Bruce.

Colomini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bruce works Colomini's body with a nice hook.

Colomini has closed the distance and engaged Bruce in a clinch.
Bruce content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Colomini stalling in the clinch but Bruce improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bruce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Colomini darts in and clinches Bruce up against the cage.
Bruce looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bruce pushes Colomini back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bruce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

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

Colomini drives through and clinches with Bruce against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruce.
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Colomini.
Bruce managing to block the knees to the body from Colomini.
Colomini throws an elbow that misses.
Bruce stalling.
Bruce lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Colomini backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Colomini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bruce.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Colomini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bruce is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colomini blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Colomini is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bruce to keep the fight standing.
Colomini blocks an uppercut.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Bruce.

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

Colomini changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bruce looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Colomini is breathing heavily.
Bruce gets back to half guard.
Bruce trying to control here.
Colomini misses with a head shot. Bruce uses the momentum to regain guard.
Colomini has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Colomini has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Colomini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Colomini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Colomini working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bruce avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bruce looking to control.
Colomini trying to control but Bruce is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colomini being controlled here momentarily.
Bruce looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Colomini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Bruce.
Bruce cracks a nice hook into Colomini's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Colomini misses with a low kick.

Colomini drives through and clinches with Bruce against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruce lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bruce dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bruce has managed to clinch.
Bruce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Colomini is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bruce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Colomini.
Colomini is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Colomini's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bruce tries to work over Colomini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack Bruce seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bruce is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Bruce scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bruce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Colomini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bruce scores with a nice head shot.

Colomini is rocked!
Bruce drops Colomini with a straight right hand, right on the button! Bruce follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Bruce!