PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Charalabous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evangelisti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hunting For Death. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Evangelisti
vs
Charalabous

183 cm
32
192 lbs
32 - 7 - 0

180 cm
29
195 lbs
23 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kostas Charalabous!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charalabous ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evangelisti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charalabous.
A telegraphed right hand from Charalabous misses the target.
Charalabous throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Evangelisti slips under a jab.
Charalabous lands an overhand right.
Charalabous ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti throws an overhand right that lands on Charalabous's shoulder, as Charalabous tries to avoid the shot.
Charalabous uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evangelisti.
Charalabous punishes Evangelisti's body with a nice straight punch.
Evangelisti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Charalabous.
Charalabous uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Evangelisti has time to react.
Evangelisti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Charalabous stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Charalabous thows a body shot but no joy.
Charalabous throws a jab when Evangelisti was well out of range.
Evangelisti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Charalabous fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evangelisti manages to avoid it.
Charalabous ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti looks to land a right hand but Charalabous moved out of range.
Charalabous throws a jab but it's blocked by Evangelisti.
Charalabous throws a leg kick but Evangelisti moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Evangelisti.
Evangelisti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Evangelisti misses with a low kick.
Evangelisti missing with a left hand there. Charalabous was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charalabous fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Evangelisti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Evangelisti looks to score with a jab to the body but Charalabous is just out of range.
Charalabous scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Charalabous throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evangelisti tries a head kick but it misses.
Charalabous scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Charalabous swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evangelisti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kostas Charalabous seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Charalabous misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evangelisti scoring well with a low kick there.
Evangelisti throws a shot to the body.
Charalabous moves in looking to clinch but Evangelisti pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charalabous checks a leg kick.
Evangelisti throws a hook to the side of Charalabous's head but Charalabous sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Evangelisti staying out of range there.
Nice body punch from Evangelisti.
Charalabous slips under a jab from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti avoids a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Charalabous there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Evangelisti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Evangelisti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evangelisti moves out of range as Charalabous strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evangelisti. Charalabous does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charalabous throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Charalabous has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charalabous manages to avoid it.
Evangelisti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evangelisti throws a low kick but Charalabous moves out of range easily.
Charalabous has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A head kick misses from Charalabous.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti looks for the body kick but Charalabous saw that one coming.
Charalabous throws a leg kick but Evangelisti moved away.
Charalabous is looking to score with low kicks.
Charalabous is looking to chop away at Evangelisti's legs.
No joy there for Charalabous, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evangelisti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evangelisti cracks Charalabous with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Evangelisti feints and then cracks Charalabous's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Charalabous down.
Charalabous misses with a wild body shot.
Charalabous takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Evangelisti scores with a punch to the head.
Charalabous cracks a nice hook into Evangelisti's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charalabous takes one on the button.
Evangelisti takes one on the button.
Evangelisti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charalabous circles away quickly and effectively.
Charalabous fakes the leg kick and cracks Evangelisti in the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti needs to keep his hands up - Charalabous had a free shot at his head there.
Evangelisti sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Evangelisti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Charalabous throws a one two combo.

It looks like Dante Evangelisti has been cut.
Evangelisti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charalabous misses with a kick to the body.
Evangelisti throws a head kick but Charalabous moves out of range.
Charalabous moves out of range of the body kick from Evangelisti.
Charalabous works Evangelisti's body with a nice hook.
Charalabous looks to land a right hand but Evangelisti moved out of range.
Evangelisti ducks under a wild hook from Charalabous.
Charalabous with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti moves out of range of the body kick.
Charalabous takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Evangelisti looks to land a combination but Charalabous avoids it well.
Charalabous uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evangelisti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kostas Charalabous will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dante Evangelisti's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Charalabous is looking to chop away at Evangelisti's legs.
Charalabous is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Evangelisti connects with a leg kick. Charalabous looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti avoids the body shot from Charalabous.
Evangelisti lands a glancing blow to the side of Charalabous's head.
Evangelisti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Charalabous is looking to clinch.
Charalabous lands a nice hook to Evangelisti's body. Evangelisti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evangelisti on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Evangelisti.
A big left from Charalabous misses.
Nice jab there from Evangelisti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evangelisti cracks Charalabous with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Charalabous pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evangelisti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Evangelisti, as that shot connected.

Charalabous is rocked!
Evangelisti looks to score with a jab to the body but Charalabous is just out of range.
Evangelisti throws the left hand but Charalabous avoids the punch easily.
Evangelisti tries a low kick but Charalabous avoids it.
Charalabous lands a slapping body shot.
Evangelisti moves out of range of the body kick.
Evangelisti avoids the body shot from Charalabous.

Evangelisti drops Charalabous with a beautiful combination! Charalabous stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Evangelisti is looking for the KO!
Charalabous is still on wobbly legs! Can Evangelisti finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charalabous missing with a left hand there. Evangelisti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charalabous gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Evangelisti gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Evangelisti!
Dante Evangelisti retains his middleweight title!
Dante Evangelisti decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.