PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Towns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Di Prospero (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?

Towns
vs
Di Prospero

190 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
230 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bradley Towns!
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, Lorenzo Di Prospero!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oooooh!!! Towns has knocked Di Prospero down with a huge combo! Towns steps away and waves a wobbly Di Prospero back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Lorenzo Di Prospero has been cut.
Towns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Prospero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Di Prospero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Towns avoiding damage as Di Prospero throws knees to the body.
Towns tries to pull guard but Di Prospero holds him up against the cage and eventually Towns drops back down to his feet.
Di Prospero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Towns backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of stalling here from Di Prospero.
Di Prospero with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Di Prospero - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice left hand lands by Di Prospero.
Di Prospero trying to land knees to the body.
Di Prospero misses with a punch to the body.
Di Prospero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Prospero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Towns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Towns takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Di Prospero.
Towns fails to pull guard.
Towns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Towns fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bradley Towns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Di Prospero tries a body shot but Towns blocks it.
Di Prospero tries a body shot but Towns blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Di Prospero.
Di Prospero effectively controlling the action here.
Towns fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Di Prospero on the inside.
Di Prospero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di Prospero pushes Towns back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Di Prospero lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Towns is breathing heavily.
Di Prospero displaying some good clinch control by pressing Towns up against the cage.
Di Prospero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Towns's elbow.
Di Prospero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Di Prospero tries a body shot but Towns blocks it.
Towns takes a shot to the head.
Di Prospero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Towns's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towns tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Di Prospero smiles and moves away.
Towns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Di Prospero ducks under a wild hook from Towns.
Towns throws a series of punches but Di Prospero avoids them all with ease.
Di Prospero looks to throw the jab but Towns is out of range.
Towns moves out of range of the strikes.
Bradley Towns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Di Prospero lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Di Prospero misses.
Towns swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Di Prospero has taken the fight to the clinch.
Di Prospero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Towns's elbow.
Di Prospero lands a hook that snaps the head of Towns backwards.
Di Prospero is stalling here.
Towns tries to pull guard but Di Prospero holds him up against the cage and eventually Towns drops back down to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Di Prospero.
Di Prospero can't find room to land a body shot as Towns controls the action.
Di Prospero looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Di Prospero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Di Prospero.
Towns blocking some punches.
Di Prospero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Towns's elbow.
Di Prospero scores with a hook to the body.
Di Prospero misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Di Prospero lands with a right to the head.
Di Prospero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Di Prospero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Di Prospero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lorenzo Di Prospero'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.

The fighters circling - Di Prospero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Di Prospero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Towns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Di Prospero is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Di Prospero moves out of range of the strikes.
Towns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Di Prospero! But no joy.
Towns definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Di Prospero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Prospero takes a swing at Towns's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Towns does no damage.
Towns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Towns misses with a hook
and Di Prospero counters with a right hand to the body.
Towns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Di Prospero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Towns misses with a right hand
and Towns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Towns looks to land a combination but Di Prospero avoids it well.

Di Prospero forces Towns back against the cage and clinches.
The referee calls for Di Prospero to work.
Di Prospero works on Towns's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Di Prospero.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Di Prospero lands with a light punch inside.
Towns is trying to pull guard but Di Prospero has him pressed against the cage.
Di Prospero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Towns backwards.
Di Prospero pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Di Prospero - that landed with a thud.
Di Prospero misses with the head strike.
Towns being controlled against the cage.
Di Prospero pushes Towns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Prospero looking to throw knees to the head but Towns is blocking nicely.
Towns being controlled against the cage.
Di Prospero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Towns's elbow.
Di Prospero throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Di Prospero fails to land.
Di Prospero tries to land knees in the clinch but Towns avoids the damage to the body.
Towns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Di Prospero leaning against his opponent.
Di Prospero lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Prospero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Di Prospero tries to work over Towns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Di Prospero can't find room to land a body shot as Towns controls the action.
Di Prospero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Di Prospero lands a shoulder strike.
Di Prospero lands with a left to the head.

Towns gets control of Di Prospero's arms and successfully pulls guard. Towns will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Di Prospero would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Towns is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Di Prospero wants to stand but Towns has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Towns is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Prospero postures up.
Towns keeping moving, preventing Di Prospero from controlling successfully.

Towns is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Di Prospero frees his head nicely. Oh but Towns has switched to an armbar! Di Prospero is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Bradley Towns!
After winning the bout, Bradley Towns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.