PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski (ranked 2147 p4p, 3800 weight class) and Lucia Del Paco (ranked 310 p4p, 488 weight class). Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski comes to the cage accompanied by Meet Fran. Lucia Del Paco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski
vs
Del Paco

189 cm
20
197
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
178
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Arcticus University: London

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucia Del Paco!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Del Paco clinches with his opponent.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski moves out of range of the body kick.
Del Paco gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Del Paco. Del Paco circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is looking to score with low kicks.
Del Paco steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
A clash of legs there as Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski blocks the low kick.
Del Paco misses with a left hand
and Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Paco throws a looping overhand right but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski ducks down to avoid it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Del Paco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a looping overhand right but Del Paco ducks down to avoid it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a hook but Del Paco blocks it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski tries to bum rush Del Paco with a series of wild strikes but Del Paco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Del Paco wants to counter the offense by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski and move into the clinch position.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a jab to the nose.
Del Paco misses with a body shot.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a lazy right hand but Del Paco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski needs to keep his hands up - Del Paco had a free shot at his head there.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Paco moves away.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Del Paco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski. Those never looked like landing.
Del Paco steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco throws a low kick but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Del Paco at a distance.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the head kick by Del Paco.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Del Paco has managed to clinch.
Del Paco has Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski pressed against the cage, preventing Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Del Paco lands a body shot.
Del Paco can't find room to land a body shot as Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski controls the action.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is trying to break free.
Del Paco lands a hook that snaps the head of Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski backwards.
Del Paco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski scores with a shot to the side of Del Paco's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco blocks an uppercut.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski has had enough of the clinch but Del Paco keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski tries to break the clinch but Del Paco is controlling the position.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski dodges an elbow strike from Del Paco.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Del Paco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Del Paco misses with an uppercut.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands with a kick to the temple. Del Paco shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Lucia Del Paco has been cut.
A jab lands there for Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski cracks Del Paco with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've been informed that Del Paco has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a jab to the body

and Del Paco counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Del Paco.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids a wild elbow strike from Del Paco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski blocks a body shot from Del Paco.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Paco moves out of range of the strikes.
Del Paco throws a low kick, looking for Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's leg but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski calmly moves out of range.
Del Paco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Del Paco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as Del Paco blocks the leg kick.
Del Paco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Del Paco on the side of the head.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski cracks a nice hook into Del Paco's ribs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a low kick as Del Paco jumps back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucia Del Paco's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Del Paco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco throws the left hand but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the punch easily.
Del Paco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Del Paco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco is looking to land body kicks.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a nice shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A jab from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Paco slips a jab from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Del Paco can do to turn this around?
Good work by Del Paco as he checks the leg kick.
Del Paco blocks a jab.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Del Paco closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Paco looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski breaks the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a nice shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski swings widly with a right hand

and Del Paco counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Del Paco.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski tries to work over Del Paco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Del Paco prevents Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski being controlled against the cage.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is looking to break free of the clinch but Del Paco has double underhooks.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Del Paco gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Del Paco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's brow.
A short right from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Paco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is trying to force a seperation but Del Paco has the dominant position.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski blocks a body shot from Del Paco.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Del Paco tries to counter with a clinch but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski shakes him off and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Del Paco throws a leg kick
letting Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski counter with a right hand.

Del Paco pushes Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski up against the cage in a clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Del Paco throws a punch but it's blocked by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco misses with the head strike.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski breaks from the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a series of punches but Del Paco moves out of range.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Del Paco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Del Paco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Del Paco darts in trying to clinch
and Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Del Paco tries to move into range but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with an uppercut.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski tries to work over Del Paco's front leg with a kick but Del Paco checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses its intended target.
Del Paco slips a jab from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a right hook to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with an uppercut. Del Paco saw that one coming.
Del Paco tries to counter with a clinch but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski shakes him off and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski takes a swing at Del Paco's ribcage but misses.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski sets himself, and Del Paco steps forward looking for the clinch! Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids it this time.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski scores with a shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands with a shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski connects with a single shot there.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands with a slapping head kick.
Del Paco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski sets himself, and Del Paco steps forward looking for the clinch! Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids it this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lucia Del Paco's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Del Paco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Del Paco misses with an uppercut
and Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Del Paco ducks under a wild hook from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.

Del Paco forces Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski back against the cage and clinches.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids a wild elbow strike from Del Paco.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Del Paco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Del Paco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's efforts to push away.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the elbow strike from Del Paco, against the cage.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Del Paco's hands.
Del Paco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Del Paco tries to counter with a clinch but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski shakes him off and moves away.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Paco throws out the jab.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski swings for the body but Del Paco moves out of range.
Del Paco is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A low kick from Del Paco misses
and Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Del Paco throws an off balance right hand
and Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski counters with a series of strikes. Del Paco will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jab by Del Paco.
Del Paco ducks under a wild hook from Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski swings for the body but Del Paco moves out of range.
Del Paco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski loads up on a big right hand but Del Paco slips the punch.
Del Paco wants to counter the offense by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski and move into the clinch position.
Del Paco throws a front kick aimed at Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's knee but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids it well.
Del Paco avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a low kick.
Del Paco wants to counter the offense by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski and move into the clinch position.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a straight left.
Del Paco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski manages to avoid it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Del Paco.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Paco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Del Paco slips a straight right by Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski.
A lazy left from Del Paco finds it's target.
Del Paco attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski jabs Del Paco right on the nose. Del Paco blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski cracks Del Paco with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Del Paco misses the shot to the body.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a few strikes there.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a body punch but Del Paco moves out of range.
Del Paco jabs Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Del Paco checks a leg kick.
Del Paco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski scores with a decent looking hook.

Del Paco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Del Paco is pushing Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Del Paco has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Del Paco looking to throw knees to the head but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Del Paco tries to land knees in the clinch but Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski avoids the damage to the body.
Del Paco looking to stall.

Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Paco shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throws a leg kick but Del Paco moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Del Paco. Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski throwing a counter right hand but Del Paco manages to avoid it.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski missing with a left hand there. Del Paco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Paco.
Lucia Del Paco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski scores with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski!
A very excited looking Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivitchski 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.