PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Oven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominick Napolitano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to George Oven's chin.

Napolitano
vs
Oven

186 cm
29
184 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

185 cm
34
195 lbs
20 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Napolitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Oven!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oven misses with a lunging right hand
and Napolitano counters with a body kick.
Napolitano tries to clinch but Oven is having none of it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Come on Oven - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oven lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Napolitano takes a shot to the head.
Oven misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Napolitano as Oven tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven misses with a punch to the body.

Napolitano breaks the clinch.
Oven throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Oven thows a leg kick but Napolitano checks it
and Napolitano counters with a good low kick that Oven was not able to check.
Oven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Napolitano moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Oven checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Napolitano darts in trying to clinch
and Oven counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano tries to clinch up.
Napolitano doesn't manage to clinch there - Oven circles away.
Oven scores with the left hand. Napolitano knows he should have avoided that one.
Napolitano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Napolitano moves out of range as Oven strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oven. Napolitano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Napolitano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dominick Napolitano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oven takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oven checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Napolitano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oven paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Napolitano looks to clinch
and Oven counters with a stiff right hand.
Oven throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Napolitano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Oven counters with a stiff right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Napolitano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Oven counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Oven dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Napolitano misses with a head kick.
Napolitano throws a lazy head kick
and Oven counters with a stiff right hand.
Oven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Oven lands a nice shot to the body.
Oven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab from Oven.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napolitano wants to clinch but Oven slips to the side
and Oven counters with an inside leg kick.
Oven walks forward, straight into a front kick from Napolitano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven blocks a head kick by Napolitano.
Napolitano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Napolitano misses with a low kick.
Napolitano tries to clinch but Oven moves out of range.
Napolitano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Napolitano moves in looking to clinch but Oven pushes him off.
George Oven seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oven throws a jab but it's blocked by Napolitano.
Oven takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oven avoids a kick to the body.
Oven misses with a hook. Napolitano ducked under it nicely.
Oven checks the leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oven. That's going to slow Napolitano down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oven has Napolitano pushed against the cage.
Oven tries to work over Napolitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oven keeps control of Napolitano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oven keeps control of Napolitano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Napolitano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Napolitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Napolitano clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Napolitano tries to clinch up.
Oven throws a lazy right hand but Napolitano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Napolitano darts in and clinches Oven up against the cage.

Napolitano manages to break the clinch.
Napolitano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Napolitano is looking to clinch but Oven is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but George Oven will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Napolitano darts in trying to clinch
and Oven counters with a nice body shot.
Napolitano tries to clinch up but Oven circles away and keeps his distance.
Oven avoids the head kick by Napolitano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napolitano moves in looking to clinch but Oven pushes him off.
Oven throws a shot from downtown. Napolitano moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano doesn't manage to clinch there - Oven circles away.
Oven looks to throw the jab but Napolitano is out of range.
Oven throws a hook but Napolitano avoids it easily.
Napolitano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Napolitano wants to clinch but Oven slips to the side
enabling Oven to counter with a crisp jab.
Oven tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Napolitano was well out of range. Poor timing from Oven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oven circles away from the clinch attempt
and Oven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oven circles away from the clinch attempt
and Oven counters with a straight right hand.
Napolitano tries to clinch there but Oven circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano tries to clinch up
and Oven counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dominick Napolitano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Napolitano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oven misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Napolitano.
Napolitano moves in looking to clinch but Oven pushes him off.
Oven swings away with a body shot that misses
and Napolitano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Oven's knee momentarily.
Napolitano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Napolitano darts in trying to clinch
and Oven counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Oven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oven winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Oven!
An out of breath George Oven thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.