PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tony Villeneuve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Abate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Villeneuve
vs
Abate

175 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

166 cm
18
141 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Villeneuve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charlie Abate!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villeneuve looks to score with a jab to the body but Abate is just out of range.
Abate shoots in and drives through. Villeneuve sprawls well.
Villeneuve lands with a nice combination. Abate backs away looking to recover.

Villeneuve gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Villeneuve manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Villeneuve controlling from the full mount.
Villeneuve throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Abate because Villeneuve loaded up on that one.
Abate wants to hold on but Villeneuve pushes him away.
Villeneuve landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Villeneuve cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Villeneuve tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Abate tries to hold on but Villeneuve postures up.
Villeneuve trying to control but Abate is having none of it.
Villeneuve throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villeneuve lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Abate hang on?
A nice elbow there by Villeneuve.
Abate is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Abate tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Villeneuve misses with a head shot.
Abate is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Villeneuve thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Abate avoids a series of strikes thrown by Villeneuve.
The referee warns Abate that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villeneuve is stalling here but it's allowed Abate to get half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abate trying to control from the bottom.

Villeneuve decides to return to a standing position.
Villeneuve moves in looking to clinch but Abate pushes him off.
Villeneuve tries to clinch but Abate moves out of range.
Villeneuve is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abate.
Villeneuve lands with a good body shot.
Villeneuve misses with a straight right.
Tony Villeneuve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abate shoots in for a takedown but Villeneuve shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Villeneuve does no damage.
Villeneuve misses with a low kick.
Abate moves out of range as Villeneuve strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Abate as Villeneuve shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villeneuve tests Abate's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Abate is rocked!

Villeneuve gets a big slam - oh, Abate is out! Abate is out! That's a nasty KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Tony Villeneuve!
In his post fight interview, Tony Villeneuve started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.