PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Preston Carrillo (ranked 25180 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artorias Di Fiore (ranked 5735 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carrillo
vs
Di Fiore

199 cm
18
193 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

195 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

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 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Preston Carrillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Artorias Di Fiore!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Di Fiore pushes Carrillo up against the cage in a clinch.
Di Fiore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carrillo's defenses.

It looks like Preston Carrillo has been cut.
Di Fiore lands an elbow just above Carrillo 's eye.
Carrillo stalls.
Carrillo misses with an elbow strike.
Carrillo looking to stall.
Carrillo throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di Fiore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Di Fiore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carrillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carrillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Di Fiore avoids the damage to the body.
Di Fiore is stalling here.
Di Fiore lands a right hand.
Di Fiore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Di Fiore avoiding damage as Carrillo throws knees to the body.
Di Fiore misses with an elbow over the top.
Carrillo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Di Fiore blocks it with crossed arms.
Carrillo misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carrillo.
Carrillo avoids the elbow strike from Di Fiore, against the cage.
Carrillo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Di Fiore misses with an elbow strike.
Di Fiore misses with a knee to the head.
Carrillo blocks an elbow strike from Di Fiore.
Carrillo stalls.
Carrillo dodges an elbow strike from Di Fiore.
Carrillo blocks an elbow strike from Di Fiore.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carrillo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carrillo missing with knees to the body.
Carrillo avoids the elbow strike from Di Fiore, against the cage.
Di Fiore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Di Fiore.
Carrillo is stalling here.
Di Fiore misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carrillo avoids the elbow strike from Di Fiore, against the cage.
Carrillo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carrillo blocks an elbow strike.
Di Fiore lands a damaging elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carrillo is trying to maintain a safe position but Di Fiore gets an underhook and turns Carrillo into the cage.
Carrillo blocks the elbow strike.
Di Fiore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artorias Di Fiore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Preston Carrillo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Di Fiore drives through and clinches with Carrillo against the cage.
Carrillo misses with the head strike.
Carrillo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carrillo looking to throw knees to the head but Di Fiore is blocking nicely.
Di Fiore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carrillo.
Carrillo missing with knees to the body.
Di Fiore lands with a right to the head.

Preston Carrillo's cut is getting worse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carrillo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carrillo is stalling here.
Carrillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Di Fiore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Di Fiore.
Carrillo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Artorias Di Fiore seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Di Fiore just leaning against Carrillo, taking a breather.
Di Fiore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carrillo tries to stall but Di Fiore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Carrillo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Di Fiore lands an elbow just above Carrillo 's eye.
Carrillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Di Fiore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carrillo tries to break the clinch but Di Fiore is controlling the position.
Di Fiore avoids a wild elbow strike from Carrillo.
Di Fiore tries to land a knee to the head but Carrillo blocks with his arms.
Di Fiore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carrillo's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Di Fiore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Di Fiore misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Di Fiore as Carrillo tries to tie him up.
Carrillo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carrillo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Di Fiore has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Di Fiore.

Preston Carrillo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Di Fiore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Di Fiore lands with a light punch inside.

Jeez, Preston Carrillo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Carrillo takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Preston Carrillo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Artorias Di Fiore!
Artorias Di Fiore decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.