PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Knarles Grunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noel Contemprato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunt comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Contemprato is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cats. Noel Contemprato acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Grunt
vs
Contemprato

178 cm
31
163 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

175 cm
30
165 lbs
22 - 10 - 3

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Violent By Design

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 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Knarles Grunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 3, fighting out of London, Noel Contemprato!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Contemprato clobbers Grunt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jab, jab by Contemprato - just one landing.
Jab from Contemprato.
Contemprato ducks right into an uppercut from Grunt.
Contemprato takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Contemprato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grunt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Contemprato defends it nicely.
Contemprato lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Grunt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grunt throws an off balance right hand
and Contemprato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Grunt throws a body punch but Contemprato moves out of range.
Grunt digs a good hook to Contemprato's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contemprato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Contemprato connects with the punch.
A left lands for Contemprato.
Grunt looks to land a right hand but Contemprato moved out of range.
Grunt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Grunt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Contemprato.
Grunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Grunt misses.
A combination from Contemprato does no damage.
Contemprato fakes the leg kick and cracks Grunt in the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Contemprato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Contemprato.
Grunt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grunt misses with a lunging right hand
and Contemprato counters with a head kick.

Grunt gets a takedown into half guard.
Contemprato is controlling Grunt's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Grunt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Contemprato keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Contemprato wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato wants to control but Grunt is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Grunt is working for a submission of some sort.
Contemprato trying to control from the bottom.
Contemprato tries to get to full guard but Grunt has control of the leg.
Grunt is trying to control the action in half guard but Contemprato is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Grunt is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Contemprato is just riding it out for now. Grunt eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grunt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Grunt seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Grunt trying to control the action but Contemprato is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grunt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noel Contemprato dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grunt misses with a body shot
and Contemprato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Contemprato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A punch combination from Contemprato misses.
Contemprato throws a shot to the body.
Grunt misses with a right hand
and Contemprato counters with a low kick, right behind Grunt 's knee.
Knarles Grunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Contemprato feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grunts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Contemprato was well out of range. Poor timing from Grunt.
Grunt throws a jab when Contemprato was well out of range.
Contemprato takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grunt throws a nice looking combination but Contemprato bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Contemprato.
Grunt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Contemprato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Contemprato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunt misses with a hook
and Contemprato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grunt thinking.
Left hook, right uppercut from Contemprato.
Contemprato stuns Grunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Contemprato scores with a sloppy right hand. Grunt should have avoided that one.
Contemprato stuffs the takedown.
Grunt misses with an uppercut.
Contemprato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Contemprato moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Contemprato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Contemprato.
Contemprato scores with a nice head shot.
Grunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Contemprato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grunt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Contemprato.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grunt on the side of the head.
Noel Contemprato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grunt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Contemprato counters with a nice body shot.
Contemprato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Contemprato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grunt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Contemprato can pounce on him.
Contemprato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grunt thuds a left hand into Contemprato's body.
Grunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grunt tries to bum rush Contemprato with a series of wild strikes but Contemprato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Contemprato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grunt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grunt misses with a double jab
and Contemprato counters with a left and a right that stings Grunt.
Grunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Contemprato lands a jab to Grunt's midsection.
Contemprato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Contemprato lands with an overhand left.
Contemprato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Contemprato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato lands with a shot to the body.
Contemprato dips to his left and cracks Grunt with an uppercut!
Grunt swinging wildly here.
Contemprato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grunt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato moves out of range of the strikes.
Grunt misses with a lunging right hand
and Contemprato counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Contemprato. No joy for Grunt on that attempt.
Noel Contemprato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Contemprato lands with a straight right. Grunt didn't see that one coming.
Contemprato misses with a double jab.
Grunt misses with a hook.
Contemprato scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Contemprato finds it's way through Grunt's defenses.
Grunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Contemprato manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Contemprato's jab looks to have found its range, popping Grunt under the eye.
Contemprato connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Grunt is rocked!
Contemprato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Contemprato throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noel Contemprato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Contemprato connects with a solid leg kick.
Contemprato scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice body punch from Contemprato.
Grunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Contemprato is fending him off so far but Grunt persists. Nope, Contemprato circles away and we're back to standing.
Contemprato uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oh Grunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grunt ducks right into an uppercut from Contemprato.
Contemprato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grunt.
Grunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Contemprato moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Contemprato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Contemprato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grunt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Contemprato lands a body shot.
Contemprato connects with an inside leg kick.
Contemprato stuns Grunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grunt seems to have got his legs back now.
Contemprato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Contemprato misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Contemprato.
Contemprato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Contemprato throws a head kick that half lands.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Contemprato! Grunt is backing up but he can't get away as Contemprato lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Grunt and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Noel Contemprato!
Our winner, Noel Contemprato, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.