PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rick Dipietro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Slogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Dipietro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dipietro
vs
Slogan

170 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hellraiser FightGear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick Dipietro !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Slogan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dipietro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slogan lands with a shot to the body.
Slogan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dipietro swats away the attempt to clinch by Slogan.
Slogan throws a body shot but no joy.
Dipietro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slogan.
Dipietro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Slogan lands a right hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Slogan as Dipietro shoots in.
Slogan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dipietro rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slogan moves in looking to clinch but Dipietro pushes him off.
Dipietro tries to clinch but Slogan moves out of range.
Slogan connects with a body shot.
Slogan misses with a series of wild punches.
James Slogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dipietro moves in looking to clinch but Slogan pushes him off.
Dipietro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Rick Dipietro has been cut.
Slogan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Slogan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dipietro is breathing heavily.
Slogan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dipietro 's head backwards.
A shot to the liver by Slogan. Beautiful body shot.
James Slogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slogan wants to clinch.
As Slogan looks to move away, Dipietro throws a big counter combo but Slogan just gets out of the way.
Slogan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slogan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dipietro looks for a takedown but Slogan sprawls well.
Slogan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Dipietro . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slogan connects with a combination that backs up Dipietro into the cage. Slogan lands a flurry of punches that gets past Dipietro 's guard. Dipietro is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Slogan bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Slogan!