PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michel Teló (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Vinetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teló comes to the cage accompanied by Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego. Vinetto has chosen Forgive Me Being Lost as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Teló
vs
Vinetto

196 cm
30
209 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

195 cm
34
210 lbs
26 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Russian Bears Nutrition

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Teló!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Vinetto!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teló moves out of range as Vinetto strikes.
Teló misses with a hook
and Vinetto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Teló misses with a body kick.
Teló drops his hands momentarily and Vinetto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Michel Teló seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teló lands a body shot.
Teló misses with a leg kick
enabling Vinetto to counter with a crisp jab.
Teló is looking to slow Vinetto down with leg kicks.
Teló steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vinetto.
Teló ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vinetto moves away.
And Vinetto responds with a good body kick, but Teló manages to step out the way in time.
Teló throws a half hearted mid kick.
Teló shoots in for a double leg but Vinetto sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vinetto throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Teló counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Vinetto uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vinetto's head backwards.
Vinetto misses with a body kick.
Vinetto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teló swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teló avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Teló attempts a counter takedown but Vinetto avoids it well and moves away.
Teló tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vinetto is able to avoid easily.
Vinetto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Teló misses with a body kick.
Teló thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice takedown defense from Vinetto. No joy for Teló on that attempt.
Vinetto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Teló throws a jab when Vinetto was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vinetto! But no joy.
Teló misses with a kick to the body.
Vinetto misses with a head kick.
Teló changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Vinetto misses.
A jab lands there for Vinetto.
Teló looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vinetto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teló shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vincent Vinetto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vinetto lands a nice hook to Teló's body. Teló takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vinetto moves out of range of the leg kick from Teló.
A little jabbing left from Vinetto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Teló misses.
Vinetto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vinetto misses with a head kick.
Vinetto throws a sloppy head kick and Teló moves out of range easily.
Vinetto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Teló's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló misses with a low kick.
Teló throws out a leg kick but Vinetto moves out of range and Teló only half commits.
Teló throws a leg kick which misses Vinetto's front leg but catches the back leg as Vinetto tries to avoid it.

Vinetto closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Vinetto - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teló.
Vinetto is leaning against Teló and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Vinetto breaks from the clinch.
Teló moves out of range of the body kick from Vinetto.
Vinetto avoids the body shot from Teló.
Teló misses with a kick to the body.
Teló misses with a double jab.
Vinetto tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Vinetto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló slips a jab from Vinetto.
Teló shoots for a takedown but Vinetto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michel Teló. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teló steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vinetto.

Vinetto moves into range and clinches up with Teló.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teló fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teló tries a body shot but Vinetto blocks it.
Teló throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinetto.
Teló misses with a punch on the inside.
Teló tries a body shot but Vinetto blocks it.
Vinetto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Vinetto.
Vinetto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vinetto scores with a hook to the body.
Teló has a couple of punches blocked by Vinetto.
Vinetto misses with a body punch.
Vinetto tries to work over Teló's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vinetto misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Teló throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Vinetto counter with a right hand.
Vinetto throws a right hand that misses
and Teló counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vinetto staying out of range there.
Vinetto is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Teló throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vinetto counters with a stiff right hand.
Vinetto connects with an inside leg kick.
Teló steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Vinetto. That one must have hurt.
Teló slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Teló swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vinetto counters with an inside leg kick.
Teló throws a leg kick but Vinetto moved away.
Vinetto throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teló throws a head kick that misses.
Teló throws a low kick but Vinetto moves out of range easily.
Vinetto loads up on a big right hand but Teló slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Teló.
Teló closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Teló throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vinetto throws a front kick that sends Teló stumbling back into the cage.
Vinetto scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teló scores with a leg kick.
Vinetto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vinetto throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vinetto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Vinetto clinches up with Teló and pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Vinetto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinetto pushes Teló back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló lands an uppercut.
Teló blocks a body shot from Vinetto.
I was talking to Teló's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Vinetto.
Teló lands a body punch in the clinch.
Teló has a couple of punches blocked by Vinetto.
Vinetto struggles to land a body shot inside as Teló controls his hands.
Vinetto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vinetto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Teló.
Vinetto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vinetto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vinetto pushes Teló back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vinetto throws a punch but it's blocked by Teló.
Vinetto misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinetto.
Vinetto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Teló blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teló.
Vinetto prevents a body shot from Teló.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vinetto.
Vinetto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Vinetto - that landed with a thud.
Vinetto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teló or not.
Vinetto misses with a punch to the body.

Vinetto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vinetto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vinetto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teló throws a leg kick that misses.
Vinetto replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Teló blocks it well.
Teló 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.
Nice shot by Teló.
Vinetto lands an overhand right.
Teló gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Vinetto counters with a nice uppercut.

Teló is rocked!
Teló walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Vinetto! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vincent Vinetto!
During a confident post fight interview, Vincent Vinetto thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.