PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ars Faglio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Tator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tator has chosen Snoop Dogg - Pump Pump as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Faglio
vs
Tator

182 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ars Faglio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dick Tator!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faglio tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Tator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Tator.

It looks like Ars Faglio has been cut.
Tator throws a left and a right that both miss
and Faglio counters with a nice body shot.
Tator throws a hook to the side of Faglio's head but Faglio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Tator, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tator misses with a head kick.
Faglio stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Faglio wants it to stay on the feet.
Faglio tries to clinch up.
Faglio tries to clinch but Tator moves away
and Faglio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Faglio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tator looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Faglio darts in trying to clinch
and Tator counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tator gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Faglio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tator thinking.
Faglio lands a slapping body shot.
Tator pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tator misses with an uppercut.
Faglio tries to clinch
and Tator counters with a left and a right that stings Faglio.
Faglio wants to clinch.
Faglio wants to clinch
letting Tator counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faglio tries to close the distance and clinch but Tator swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Tator lands an impressive looking overhand right. Faglio doesn't seem phased though.
Faglio blocks a head kick by Tator.
Faglio misses with a hook.
Tator circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tator counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tator circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tator counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faglio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Faglio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tator scores with a sloppy right hand. Faglio should have avoided that one.
Tator misses with a right hand
and Faglio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faglio misses with a hook
and Tator connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faglio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tator counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tator!
Faglio darts in trying to clinch
and Tator counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Faglio is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faglio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tator lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tator scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tator throws a big shot that misses.
Tator lands with a straight right. Faglio didn't see that one coming.
Faglio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Tator dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ars Faglio's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Faglio needs to keep his hands up - Tator had a free shot at his head there.
Tator throws a low kick but Faglio avoids it.
Faglio tries to clinch up
and Tator counters with a nice body shot.
Faglio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tator takes a swing at Faglio's ribcage but misses.
Tator throws a jab when Faglio was well out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tator misses with a series of wild punches.
Tator swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dick Tator seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Tator.

Ars Faglio's cut is getting worse.
Faglio is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tator.
A punch combination from Tator misses.
Faglio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Faglio is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tator.
Tator rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faglio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tator fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faglio closes the distance but Tator moves to the side

and Tator counters with a left and a right that hurts Faglio! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Tator jumps into full mount!

Faglio is rocked!

Ars Faglio's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tator connects with a bit shot that sees Faglio covering up! More strikes from Tator and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tator is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Tator!