PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Icarus Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Pelono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Liege
vs
Pelono

186 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
211 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Icarus Liege!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Denis Pelono!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelono takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liege definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pelono ducks under a wild hook from Liege.
Liege throws a series of punches but Pelono moves out of range.
Liege lands a glancing blow to the side of Pelono's head.
Liege works Pelono's body with a nice hook.
Icarus Liege seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelono takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pelono displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liege throws out the jab.
Liege connects with a jab.
A combination from Liege does no damage.
Liege throws a jab when Pelono was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liege misses the jab.
Pelono walks into a left hand.
Liege misses with a hook.
Liege looks to land a right hand but Pelono moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Liege misses the target.
Liege jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liege throws a combination. Pelono tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege looks to land a left hand but Pelono moved out of range nicely.
Liege misses the jab.
Pelono takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Icarus Liege is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liege scores with a hook to the body. Pelono takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheers as Liege lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pelono doesn't seem phased though.
Pelono takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liege jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pelono should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Liege connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege throws a nice looking combination but Pelono bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liege misses with a looping left.
Pelono takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Liege shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pelono eats them both and turns towards Liege to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Liege cracks Pelono with an open hand slap.
Liege tests Pelono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pelono walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liege lands a nice hook to Pelono's body. Pelono takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Liege displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Liege.
A telegraphed right hand from Liege misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liege tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelono was well out of range. Poor timing from Liege.
Pelono with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liege to score with a decent uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liege lunges at Pelono with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pelono's hand.
Liege throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pelono.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Icarus Liege dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Liege lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pelono might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Liege has got the better of the exchanges.
Liege scores with a jab to the jaw.
Liege connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pelono. Pelono circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Liege looks to land a combination but Pelono avoids it well.
Pelono ducks under a wild hook from Liege.
Liege clobbers Pelono with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Liege pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pelono back to the cage. Liege follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Liege shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pelono eats them both and turns towards Liege to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pelono shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege misses with a right hand
and Pelono counters with a head kick.
A slow jab from Liege misses its intended target.
Pelono slips a straight right by Liege.
Liege fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Liege cracks Pelono with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Decent striking displayed by Liege there.
Nice defenses there by Pelono.
Pelono slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Liege lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pelono doesn't seem phased though.
Liege is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Liege lunges at Pelono with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pelono's hand.
Icarus Liege is winning the standup battle so far.
Liege works the jab nicely.
Liege tries to bum rush Pelono with a series of wild strikes but Pelono uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liege tests Pelono's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
Liege tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelono was well out of range. Poor timing from Liege.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelono takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pelono takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pelono slips a jab from Liege.
Liege misses with a two punch combination.
Pelono on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Liege as he connects with a hook.
Liege throws the left hand but Pelono avoids the punch easily.
Pelono takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liege misses with a looping left.
Liege throws a series of punches but Pelono avoids them all with ease.
Pelono takes one to the chin there.
Pelono has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Liege comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liege misses with a right hand
and Pelono counters with a body kick that stops Liege in his tracks momentarily.
Liege misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liege scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liege jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Icarus Liege dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A combination from Liege does no damage.
Liege fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liege falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pelono counters with a good low kick that Liege was not able to check.
Liege lands an overhand right.
Pelono showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liege.
Liege lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liege throws an overhand right that lands on Pelono's shoulder, as Pelono tries to avoid the shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Liege as he connects with a hook.
Liege is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Liege thows a body shot but no joy.
Liege lands with a good body shot.
Pelono has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Liege thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liege throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege stuns Pelono with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Liege swings widly with a right hand
and Pelono counters with a solid body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Liege. That snapped Pelono's head back.
Liege misses with a straight left.
Liege misses with an uppercut.
Liege scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pelono in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelono uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liege.
Liege throws the left hand but Pelono avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelono staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Liege misses the target.
Pelono takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Liege throws a lazy right hand but Pelono sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liege works the jab nicely.
Liege swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liege bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pelono's head backwards.
Pelono staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Liege. Beautiful body shot.
Liege rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pelono moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liege's corner calls for a 1-2. Liege obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Liege swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liege looks to score with a jab to the body but Pelono is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pelono avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liege throws an overhand right that lands on Pelono's shoulder, as Pelono tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Icarus Liege showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liege has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Icarus Liege!