PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollinaire Aury (ranked 3569 p4p, 4644 weight class) and Pete Prescott (ranked 474 p4p, 555 weight class). Aury comes to the cage accompanied by Party Up. Prescott has chosen Negative Creep - Nirvana as his entrance music. Apollinaire Aury has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aury
vs
Prescott

196 cm
21
205
5 - 5 - 0

191 cm
21
205
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollinaire Aury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Prescott!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prescott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aury throws out the jab.
Aury misses with an uppercut
and Prescott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Apollinaire Aury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aury misses with a hook
and Prescott counters with a nice body kick.
Aury misses with a body punch
and Aury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Prescott takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prescott. Aury does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prescott ducks under a wild hook from Aury.
Prescott feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Aury.
Prescott looks to land a right hand but Aury moved out of range.
Aury misses with a hook.
Prescott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Prescott counter with a right hand.
Aury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Aury on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Prescott lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prescott slips a straight right by Aury.
A jab from Aury misses.
Prescott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot by Prescott.
Prescott throws out a loose jab but Aury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aury is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prescott cracks Aury with a good jab.
A swing and a miss from Prescott.
Prescott might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Aury misses with a hook.
Aury misses with an uppercut
and Prescott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prescott's coach down at Golden Harvest was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Prescott's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Aury wants to clinch
and Prescott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aury looks to throw the jab but Prescott is out of range.
Aury throws a poor cross that misses
and Prescott counters with a straight right hand.
Prescott throws the left hand but Aury avoids the punch easily.
Aury slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Aury.
Aury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prescott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prescott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Aury misses the target.
A big left from Aury misses.
Aury lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prescott looks to throw the jab but Aury is out of range.
Aury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aury throws a big shot that misses.
Prescott connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Prescott needs to keep his hands up - Aury had a free shot at his head there.
Prescott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prescott uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Aury scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice shot by Aury.
Aury throws a lazy uppercut
and Prescott counters with a straight right hand.
Aury looks to land a left hand but Prescott moved out of range nicely.
Prescott throws an overhand right that lands on Aury's shoulder, as Aury tries to avoid the shot.
Aury throws an off balance right hand
and Prescott counters with a nice uppercut.
Prescott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aury throws a sloppy body shot
and Prescott counters with a nice uppercut.
Prescott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aury misses with a lunging right hand
and Prescott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Aury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prescott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aury throws a hook but Prescott blocks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Prescott.
A cross from Prescott lands.
Prescott lands with an uppercut that bounces Aury off the cage and back into range.
Aury misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Prescott to counter with a crisp jab.
Aury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Prescott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Prescott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Prescott throws a lazy right hand but Aury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Aury. That snapped Prescott's head back.
Aury gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Prescott is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aury had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aury tests Prescott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aury slips under a jab.
Prescott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aury misses with a few strikes there.
Jab by Prescott.
The fighters circling - Prescott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aury sizes up Prescott with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Prescott missing with a left hand there. Aury was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prescott throws a hook to the side of Aury's head but Aury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut lands for Aury. That snapped Prescott's head back.
Prescott loads up on a big right hand but Aury slips the punch.
Prescott cracks Aury with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aury works the jab nicely.
Aury misses with a looping right.
Prescott throws a big shot that misses.
Prescott loads up on a big right hand but Aury slips the punch.
Aury looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Prescott walks straight into a right hand from Aury - that's dropped him! Aury jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Prescott from any more punishment! Prescott complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Apollinaire Aury!