PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Pappalardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingston Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kingston Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pappalardo
vs
Brown

175 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Hellraiser FightGear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Derek Pappalardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kingston Brown!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pappalardo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Pappalardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pappalardo swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
A counter left hand to the body from Pappalardo misses its target.
A big right from Brown misses.
Brown scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pappalardo scores with a body shot.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Pappalardo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pappalardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pappalardo cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Brown closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Kingston Brown has been cut.
Pappalardo cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown tries to clinch but Pappalardo moves away
and Pappalardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pappalardo circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Pappalardo counter with a right hand.
Brown tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pappalardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pappalardo lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
Pappalardo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brown tries to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a left to the body.
Brown walks into a stiff left hand from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brown wants to clinch up but Pappalardo keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pappalardo throws out the jab.
Brown listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown moves to clinch but Pappalardo breaks away
and Pappalardo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown tries to clinch but Pappalardo moves away
and Pappalardo counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown takes one to the chin there.
Brown walks into a straight right hand from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo throws a good cross that connects.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown blocks a body shot from Pappalardo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pappalardo's brow.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pappalardo blocks a body shot from Brown.
Pappalardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Pappalardo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pappalardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Pappalardo.
Pappalardo dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Pappalardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pappalardo blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pappalardo.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Pappalardo can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Pappalardo works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Pappalardo gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown blocks a body shot from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pappalardo's elbow.
Pappalardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pappalardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pappalardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pappalardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pappalardo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pappalardo digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Pappalardo.
Pappalardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Pappalardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kingston Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brown tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pappalardo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Pappalardo blocks a body shot from Brown.
Pappalardo blocking some punches.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Pappalardo controls his hands.
Good body shot from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brown in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Brown lands a shot to the body.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Pappalardo controls the action.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pappalardo's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pappalardo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Pappalardo controls the action.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pappalardo's elbow.
Pappalardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
A short left from Brown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pappalardo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pappalardo tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Pappalardo blocks an uppercut.
Brown cracks Pappalardo with a nice body shot.
Pappalardo blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pappalardo misses with the head strike.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pappalardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Pappalardo lands a right hand.
Pappalardo has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pappalardo lands an uppercut.
Pappalardo throws a head punch that misses.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Pappalardo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pappalardo has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pappalardo.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Pappalardo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pappalardo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pappalardo.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pappalardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Pappalardo lands with a light punch inside.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Pappalardo controls his hands.
Pappalardo avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Pappalardo avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Pappalardo can't break the clinch.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kingston Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Pappalardo fails to land.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pappalardo has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Pappalardo fails to land.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pappalardo's efforts to push away.
Pappalardo blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Pappalardo.
A frustrated look appears on Pappalardo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pappalardo.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Pappalardo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
Pappalardo cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Pappalardo lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from Pappalardo as the two fighters clinch.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Pappalardo tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Pappalardo scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kingston Brown will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kingston Brown's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown closes the distance but Pappalardo moves to the side
and Pappalardo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pappalardo scores with a jab.
Pappalardo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Pappalardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pappalardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown working aggressively here.
Pappalardo blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Brown.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a body punch.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Pappalardo wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown works on Pappalardo's body with a couple of short punches.
Pappalardo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown tries to work over Pappalardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pappalardo.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Pappalardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pappalardo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Pappalardo controls his hands.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Pappalardo is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Pappalardo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Pappalardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Pappalardo controls the action.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Pappalardo is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
A short right from Pappalardo.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Pappalardo misses with some punches.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown tries a body shot but Pappalardo blocks it.
Pappalardo blocks an uppercut.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pappalardo avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Pappalardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That has opened up Kingston Brown's cut even more.
Pappalardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Pappalardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a body punch.
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!
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pappalardo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pappalardo lands a left hand.
Pappalardo blocks an uppercut.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Pappalardo fails to land.
Pappalardo lands with a light punch inside.
Pappalardo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Pappalardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Pappalardo controls his hands.
Pappalardo tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Pappalardo.
Brown has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brown lands an uppercut.
Pappalardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kingston Brown.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Derek Pappalardo!
After winning the bout, Derek Pappalardo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.