PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Venables (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto Fibonacci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fibonacci has chosen Con te partiro as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Venables
vs
Fibonacci

188 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
26
197 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joseph Venables!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto Fibonacci!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venables fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Venables ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Venables fires out a quick counter leg kick but Fibonacci just manages to avoid it.
Joseph Venables seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fibonacci ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venables moves away.
Venables appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Venables steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fibonacci.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Venables lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fibonacci has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fibonacci and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fibonacci on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Venables. Venables obviously looking to wear him down.
Venables throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fibonacci moves out of range of the body kick from Venables.
Fibonacci thuds a left hand into Venables's body.
Fibonacci misses with a right hand
and Venables counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venables fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fibonacci has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fibonacci has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fibonacci misses the jab.
Venables scores with a leg kick.
Venables throws a wild body kick that Fibonacci sees coming a mile off.
Fibonacci moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Venables.
Some bone on bone action there as Fibonacci checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've been told by Venables's head coaches at The Bear's Den that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fibonacci checks a low kick from Venables.
A thudding body kick lands there by Venables!
That kick from Venables tenderised Fibonacci's leg. Fibonacci is trying to keep his angry face on.
Venables lands a head shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Fibonacci scores with a four punch combination!
Venables slips under a jab from Fibonacci.
Venables finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fibonacci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Venables sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Venables scores with a sloppy right hand. Fibonacci should have avoided that one.
Fibonacci checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fibonacci stuns Venables with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fibonacci takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Venables showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fibonacci.
Venables misses with a low kick.
Venables throws a front kick aimed at Fibonacci's knee but Fibonacci avoids it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venables.
Venables fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fibonacci manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Fibonacci misses.
Venables throws out a loose jab but Fibonacci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Venables feints and then cracks Fibonacci's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fibonacci down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Venables.
Venables thows a leg kick but Fibonacci checks it
letting Fibonacci counter with a right hand.
Fibonacci keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venables connects with a leg kick. Fibonacci looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Venables chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Venables lands a jab to Fibonacci's midsection.
Fibonacci checks a leg kick nicely.
Fibonacci looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Venables showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fibonacci.
Fibonacci misses with a left hand
and Venables counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good work by Fibonacci as he checks the leg kick.
Fibonacci looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Venables with a hook.
Fibonacci throws a series of punches but Venables moves out of range.
Venables chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Venables scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fibonacci on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Venables connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fibonacci's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Venables.
Venables throws a leg kick but Fibonacci sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Venables throws a jab but it's blocked by Fibonacci.
Venables ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A clash of legs there as Fibonacci blocks the low kick.
Venables takes a swing at Fibonacci's ribcage but misses.
Fibonacci loads up on a big right hand but Venables slips the punch.
Venables lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Venables connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fibonacci staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Venables dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Venables fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fibonacci checks it well.
Venables throws out a leg kick but Fibonacci moves out of range and Venables only half commits.
Fibonacci ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venables moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Venables.
Fibonacci throws a jab but it's blocked by Venables.
As Fibonacci backs away, Venables returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Fibonacci looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slapping leg kick lands for Venables.
Fibonacci catches Venables with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Venables uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fibonacci.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fibonacci misses with a hook
and Venables counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Venables.
Venables looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Venables attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fibonacci swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fibonacci misses with a straight left.
Fibonacci's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fibonacci ducks under a wild hook from Venables.
Venables is looking to slow Fibonacci down with leg kicks.
Venables lands with a cross.
Venables lands with a good body shot.
Fibonacci scores with a hook to the body. Venables takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Venables misses with a low kick.
Fibonacci throws a body shot but no joy.
Fibonacci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Venables.
Fibonacci throws a jab when Venables was well out of range.
Venables throws a half hearted mid kick.
Venables tries to work over Fibonacci's front leg with a kick but Fibonacci checks it.
Joseph Venables is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venables goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fibonacci swings for the body but Venables moves out of range.
Fibonacci slips under a jab.
Venables scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fibonacci doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick lands from Venables.
Venables lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fibonacci misses with a series of wild punches.
Venables scores with a leg kick.
That kick from Venables tenderised Fibonacci's leg. Fibonacci is trying to keep his angry face on.
Venables connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fibonacci feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Venabless jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Venables tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Fibonacci checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Venables throws a leg kick but Fibonacci checks it.
Fibonacci swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Venables misses with a head kick.
Venables misses with a hook. Fibonacci ducked under it nicely.
Venables fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Venables keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fibonacci.
Venables thuds a left hand into Fibonacci's body.
Venables uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fibonacci.
Venables misses with a leg kick
letting Fibonacci counter with a right hand.
Fibonacci chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Venables can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fibonacci blocks a low kick nicely.
Fibonacci checks a leg kick nicely.
Venables lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fibonacci's sensitive parts.
Fibonacci misses with an uppercut.
Fibonacci misses with a wild body shot.
Fibonacci throws the left hand but Venables avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Venables waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fibonacci.
Venables fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fibonacci has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fibonacci avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fibonacci looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Venables tries to score with a low kick but Fibonacci moves his leg out of the way.
Venables throws a low kick but Fibonacci moves out of range easily.
Fibonacci has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Venables.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Venables dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Venables throws a leg kick but Fibonacci sees it coming and moves out of range.
It seemed like Fibonacci was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Venables connects with a high kick.
A jab from Venables finds it's way through Fibonacci's defenses.
Venables goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Venables turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Venables misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Venables.
Good leg kick by Venables there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Venables.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venables throws a chopping leg kick but Fibonacci manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fibonacci looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Venables throws a chopping leg kick but Fibonacci manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Venables scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fibonacci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Venables sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venables throws a leg kick but Fibonacci moved away.
Fibonacci throws out a loose jab but Venables uses good head movement to avoid it.
That kick from Venables tenderised Fibonacci's leg. Fibonacci is trying to keep his angry face on.
Venables takes a swing at Fibonacci's ribcage but misses.
Venables is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fibonacci can do to turn this around?
Fibonacci on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fibonacci takes one to the chin there.
A combination from Fibonacci does no damage.
Venables shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fibonacci! But no joy.
Venables defending well as Fibonacci loads up on a big left hand.
Fibonacci takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fibonacci just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Fibonacci misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venables connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Venables goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Fibonacci on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Venables misses with an uppercut.
Fibonacci appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Venables lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fibonacci has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fibonacci and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fibonacci ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Venables moves away.
Fibonacci takes a swing at Venables's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fibonacci stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Venables.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fibonacci checks a leg kick.
Fibonacci lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Venables moves out of range of the strikes.
Fibonacci is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Venables.
A nice combination there by Fibonacci.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venables misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Venables moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Venables tries to work over Fibonacci's front leg with a kick but Fibonacci checks it.
Venables lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fibonacci tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Venables turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fibonacci throws a hook but Venables avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Venables.
Venables's corner calls for a 1-2. Venables obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A head kick from Venables lands but Fibonacci takes it in his stride.
Fibonacci misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venables throws a hook but Fibonacci blocks it.
Fibonacci doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Venables is looking to slow Fibonacci down with leg kicks.
Venables throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Fibonacci keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Venables jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Venables throws a low kick but Fibonacci moves out of range easily.
Fibonacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Venables throws out the jab.
Venables throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venables.
Fibonacci avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fibonacci swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Otto Fibonacci has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joseph Venables is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Venables turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Venables showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Venables 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Venables!
A relieved looking Joseph Venables thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.