PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Piano (ranked 732 p4p, 2098 weight class) and Expendable Crewman V (ranked 84 p4p, 223 weight class). Piano comes to the cage accompanied by Rick going ham on a bitch. The crowd seem to be enjoying Crewman V's choice of entrance music: Star Trek. Rick Piano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Piano
vs
Crewman V

190 cm
30
275
28 - 12 - 0

200 cm
35
286
20 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hot Spunk

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 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Expendable Crewman V!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crewman V scores with a hook to the body. Piano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Piano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crewman V uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piano .

Piano moves into the clinch.
Crewman V throws a punch but it's blocked by Piano .
Crewman V misses with the head strike.
Crewman V lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crewman V blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crewman V misses with some punches.
Crewman V misses with a punch on the inside.
Crewman V fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crewman V lands with a right to the head.
Piano misses with an elbow over the top.
Piano misses with an elbow strike.
Crewman V misses with a punch on the inside.
Piano misses with an elbow strike.
Crewman V misses with the head strike.
Crewman V throws a head punch that misses.
Piano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Piano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Piano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Piano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Piano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crewman V is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Piano .
It looked like Piano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piano misses with an uppercut
and Crewman V counters with a nice uppercut.
Crewman V tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Piano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Piano has Crewman V up against the cage in a clinch.
Piano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crewman V tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Piano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crewman V's brow.
Crewman V gets through Piano 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Piano working hard to break the clinch.
Crewman V misses with a punch to the body.
Crewman V swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crewman V misses with some punches.
Crewman V misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crewman V fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Piano is leaning against Crewman V and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crewman V swings wildly with an uppercut but Piano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crewman V backwards.
I was talking to Piano 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Piano lands with a right to the head.
Piano lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Expendable Crewman V has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crewman V misses with the head strike.
Crewman V lands a shoulder strike.
Crewman V working aggressively here.
Piano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crewman V tries a body shot but Piano blocks it.
Piano pushes off an throws an elbow but Crewman V leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crewman V throws a head punch that misses.
Piano blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crewman V.
Piano takes a shot to the head.
Piano blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Piano .

Piano breaks from the clinch.
Crewman V on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Crewman V has managed to clinch.
Piano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Piano lands a shoulder strike.
Crewman V throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Piano s head.
Crewman V working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Crewman V fails to land.
Piano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Piano blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piano presses Crewman V against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crewman V looks winded!

Crewman V pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Piano scores with a nice head shot.
Piano lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Crewman V out cold! Crewman V is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rick Piano !
Rick Piano was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.