PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Dinapoli (ranked 1246 p4p, 1270 weight class) and Hunter Broderick (ranked 178 p4p, 183 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Dinapoli
vs
Broderick

195 cm
19
210
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
190
5 - 0 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Dinapoli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hunter Broderick !
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dinapoli has managed to clinch.
Dinapoli can't find room to land a body shot as Broderick controls the action.
Broderick tries to work over Dinapoli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinapoli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli lands a shoulder strike.
Dinapoli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Broderick backwards.

It looks like Hunter Broderick has been cut.
Broderick takes a shot to the head.
Broderick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinapoli lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Broderick .
Dinapoli can't find room to land a body shot as Broderick controls the action.
Dinapoli lands an uppercut.
Broderick lands with a left to the head.
Dinapoli is leaning against Broderick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dinapoli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Broderick lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dinapoli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Dinapoli's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dinapoli working aggressively here.
Broderick stalling in the clinch.
Broderick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Dinapoli.
Broderick can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinapoli struggles to land a body shot inside as Broderick controls his hands.
Dinapoli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dinapoli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Broderick backwards.
Dinapoli lands a nice shot to the body.
Broderick looks winded!
Broderick is trying to push Dinapoli away but Dinapoli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dinapoli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Broderick backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dinapoli.
Dinapoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Broderick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Broderick has a couple of punches blocked by Dinapoli.
Broderick tries to work over Dinapoli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinapoli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dinapoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Broderick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinapoli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dinapoli lands a hook that snaps the head of Broderick backwards.
Dinapoli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinapoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli pressing his opponent against the cage.
Broderick throws a head punch that misses.
Broderick is trying to push Dinapoli away but Dinapoli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Broderick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Broderick lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dinapoli at a distance.
Broderick takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Broderick throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Dinapoli to counter with a crisp jab.

Dinapoli moves into the clinch.
Broderick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Broderick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Broderick tries to break the clinch but Dinapoli is controlling the position.
Dinapoli scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Broderick breaks from the clinch.
Broderick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Broderick works Dinapoli's body with a nice hook.
Broderick misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Broderick on the side of the head.
Broderick misses with a body punch
letting Dinapoli counter with a right hand.
Dinapoli wants to clinch up but Broderick keeps it at a distance.
Broderick throws a body punch but Dinapoli moves out of range.
Broderick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Broderick is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dinapoli rather than just go for the knockout.
Dinapoli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Broderick lands a nice hook to Dinapoli's body. Dinapoli takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dinapoli tries to clinch there but Broderick circles away.
Broderick has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Broderick misses with an uppercut
letting Dinapoli counter with a right hand.
Broderick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinapoli.
Broderick throws a shot from downtown. Dinapoli moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Broderick .
A punch combination from Broderick misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Broderick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Broderick misses with a straight left.
Dinapoli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Broderick loads up on a big right hand but Dinapoli slips the punch.
Broderick throws a one two combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Broderick misses with a right hand
and Dinapoli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dinapoli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Broderick . Broderick circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Broderick is rocked!
Broderick throws the left hand but Dinapoli avoids the punch easily.
Broderick is still on wobbly legs! Can Dinapoli finish him?
A swing and a miss from Broderick .
Broderick seems to have recovered his senses.
Broderick moves out of range of the strikes.
Dinapoli throws a hook to the side of Broderick 's head but Broderick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Broderick is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dinapoli moves away from the strike by Broderick .

Dinapoli moves into the clinch successfully.
Dinapoli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Broderick can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
A short uppercut from Dinapoli.
Broderick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Broderick 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That has opened up Hunter Broderick 's cut even more.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Broderick on the inside.
Dinapoli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Broderick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Broderick prevents a body shot from Dinapoli.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Dinapoli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hunter Broderick 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dinapoli drops Broderick with a straight right hand, right on the button! Dinapoli follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Dinapoli!
Joe Dinapoli retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Joe Dinapoli made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.