PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Bertuccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chubber Lane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bertuccio comes to the cage accompanied by He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother. Giovanni Bertuccio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bertuccio
vs
Lane

195 cm
21
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
280 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

The Exiled
Pitt Nutrition (160 Recovery, Stamina and Muscle)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giovanni Bertuccio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chubber Lane!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bertuccio gets a clinch.
Bertuccio stalls.
Bertuccio keeps control of Lane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bertuccio trying to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Bertuccio.
Bertuccio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lane or not.
Bertuccio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lane prevents a body shot from Bertuccio.
Lane is trying to break the clinch but Bertuccio has him pressed against the cage.
Bertuccio misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bertuccio.
Bertuccio lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bertuccio crunches a lovely knee into Lane's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Bertuccio.
I was talking to Bertuccio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lane looks winded!
Bertuccio lands a hook that snaps the head of Lane backwards.
Bertuccio lands a shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Lane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bertuccio lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Bertuccio.
Bertuccio landing knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Bertuccio.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bertuccio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bertuccio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lane.
Knees to the body from Bertuccio.
Bertuccio landing knees to the body.
Bertuccio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bertuccio works on Lane's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bertuccio lands a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bertuccio.
Bertuccio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bertuccio.
Bertuccio pushes Lane back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bertuccio lands a good knee to the midsection. Lane won't want to take too many of those.
Bertuccio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bertuccio.
Bertuccio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bertuccio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bertuccio working Lane over with knees to the body.
Lane takes a shot to the head.
Bertuccio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bertuccio lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bertuccio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bertuccio lands with a light punch inside.
Bertuccio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bertuccio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bertuccio pushes Lane back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bertuccio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bertuccio lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bertuccio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bertuccio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bertuccio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bertuccio obliges.
Lane working hard to break the clinch.
Bertuccio lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bertuccio is working Lane over against the cage.
Bertuccio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bertuccio misses with a body punch.
Bertuccio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bertuccio missing with knees to the body.
Bertuccio can't find room to land a body shot as Lane controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bertuccio.
Bertuccio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bertuccio lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Bertuccio.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bertuccio misses with a body punch.
Bertuccio scores a nice knee to the body.
Bertuccio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bertuccio lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giovanni Bertuccio dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lane tries to keep at a distance but Bertuccio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bertuccio lands a knee to the body.
Giovanni Bertuccio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bertuccio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lane up against the cage.
Lane wants to break free but Bertuccio has control.
Lane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bertuccio lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Bertuccio.

Lane is rocked!
Bertuccio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lane is still on wobbly legs! Can Bertuccio finish him?
Bertuccio dips a shoulder and cracks Lane with a mighty uppercut! Lane falls back against the cage and Bertuccio unloads with a barrage of strikes! Lane is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bertuccio screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giovanni Bertuccio!
Our winner, Giovanni Bertuccio, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.