PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Napleton (ranked 8941 p4p, 824 weight class) and Jorik Revazov (ranked 10059 p4p, 856 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Napleton
vs
Revazov

182 cm
25
196 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddy Napleton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorik Revazov!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revazov blocks a head kick by Napleton.
Napleton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Revazov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Napleton manages to avoid it.
Revazov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Revazov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Napleton but Napleton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Napleton staying out of range there.
Napleton jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Napleton tries to clinch up.
Revazov fails with the takedown.
We've been told by Napleton's head coaches at BimmerHaus that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Revazov tries to land a front kick but Napleton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Revazov just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromNapleton.
Napleton misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napleton slips a straight right by Revazov.
Revazov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Revazov has managed to clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Revazov letting Napleton take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napleton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Napleton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Revazov's efforts to push away.
Revazov wants a takedown but no success here.
Eddy Napleton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorik Revazov.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Napleton is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Napleton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Napleton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Napleton avoids a wild elbow strike from Revazov.
Napleton stalling in the clinch but Revazov improves position.
Napleton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Revazov tries to stall but Napleton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napleton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Napleton prevents a body shot from Revazov.
Revazov has had enough of the clinch but Napleton keeps him there for the moment.
Napleton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Revazov.
Napleton scores with a knee to the head.
Napleton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Revazov's face.
Revazov tries for a takedown but Napleton manages to get underhooks.
Napleton scores a nice knee to the body.
Napleton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Revazov missing with knees to the body.
Revazov lands with a short shot to the head.
Revazov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napleton crunches a lovely knee into Revazov's ribcage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Napleton lands a knee to the body.
Napleton landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Revazov fails to land.
Revazov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Napleton's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Revazov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Napleton.
Napleton tries to stall but Revazov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Revazov missing with knees to the body.
Revazov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Napleton prevents it.
Revazov tries to break free but Napleton pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Napleton obliges.
Napleton prevents the takedown attempt.
Napleton with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jorik Revazov has been cut.
Revazov looks winded!
Napleton managing to block the knees to the body from Revazov.
Napleton lands a good knee to the midsection. Revazov won't want to take too many of those.
Napleton working Revazov over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Napleton landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Revazov tries to circle away but Napleton has him pinned against the cage.
Revazov is trying to push Napleton away but Napleton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Napleton managing to block the knees to the body from Revazov.
Napleton looking to slow down the pace here.
Revazov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Revazov misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Napleton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorik Revazov's cut.
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.

Revazov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Napleton counters with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Napleton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Revazov clinches up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Revazov working hard to break the clinch.
Revazov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Napleton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Revazov can do to turn this around?
Napleton landing knees to the body.
Napleton scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Revazov throws an elbow that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Napleton.
Napleton is trying to stall.
Napleton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Revazov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Revazov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Napleton pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Napleton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Napleton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Revazov is rocked!
Napleton blocks an uppercut.
Napleton is trying to stall.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Napleton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Revazov is keeping busy.
Napleton lands a big knee to the head and Revazov goes down! Napleton pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddy Napleton!