PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tarcisio Pell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Napiera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pell
vs
Napiera

176 cm
19
169 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tarcisio Pell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kris Napiera!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napiera misses with a two punch combination.
Napiera is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pell misses with a head kick.
Napiera fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pell checks it well.
Napiera looks to land a combination. Pell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pell throws a head kick that misses.
Napiera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pell. Pell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Napiera tests Pell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pell tries a head kick but it misses.
Kris Napiera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Napiera has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Napiera and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Napiera fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Napiera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pell. Pell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Napiera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napiera throws the kick towards the body but Pell avoids it.
Napiera scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Napiera blocks the body kick.
Pell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Napiera throws a lazy right hand but Pell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Napiera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Napiera looks to land a combination. Pell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pell misses with a head kick.
Napiera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A combination from Napiera does no damage.
Jab from Napiera.
Pell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Napiera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napiera finds it's way round the side to connect with Pell's head.
Napiera scores with a shot to the body.
Napiera works over Pell's head and body with a nice combination.
Napiera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Napiera scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Napiera slips a jab from Pell.
Pell misses with a looping left.
Napiera throws a right and a left that Pell avoids nicely.
Napiera looks to score with a jab to the body but Pell is just out of range.
Napiera is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Napiera throws a shot to the body.
Napiera throws a one two combo.
Napiera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napiera connects with a nice looking jab.
Napiera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Napiera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pell at a distance.
Napiera fails to land with a series of punches.
Napiera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pell at a distance.
Napiera throws a series of punches but Pell avoids them all with ease.
Pell misses with a low kick.
Napiera misses with a wild combination.
Napiera scores with a three punch combo!
A combination from Napiera does no damage.
Napiera lunges at Pell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pell's hand.
Napiera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napiera jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Napiera connects with a body shot.
Pell ducks right into an uppercut from Napiera.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Napiera has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Napiera and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Napiera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Napiera lands with an uppercut that bounces Pell off the cage and back into rage.
Pell thows a body shot but no joy.
Napiera smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut there from Napiera.
Napiera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Napiera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kris Napiera dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Napiera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Napiera thuds his right hand into Pell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pell misses with a body kick.
Napiera lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Pell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Napiera.
Napiera lands a lovely overhand right.
Pell tries to move into range but Napiera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Napiera looks to land a combination but Pell avoids it well.
A punch combination from Napiera misses.
Napiera looks to land a combination but Pell avoids it well.
Napiera moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Napiera misses.
Napiera swinging wilding here.
Napiera throws a series of punches but Pell moves out of range.
Pell misses with a low kick.
Pell misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Napiera blocks the leg kick.
Napiera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Napiera misses with a jab to the body
and Pell counters with an outside leg kick.
Pell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Napiera misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napiera misses with the combination.
Napiera misses with a series of wild punches.
Pell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Napiera lands with an overhand left.
Napiera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Napiera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pell.
Pell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Napiera thuds a left hand into Pell's body.
Napiera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pell.
Pell blocks a low kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pell walks into a jab.
Pell misses with a head kick.
Pell walks into a stiff left hand from Napiera.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Napiera.
Pell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Napiera checks it well.
Napiera avoids a kick to the body.
Napiera scores with a jab to the head.
Pell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Napiera scores with a three punch combo!
Napiera scores with a jab.
Kris Napiera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Napiera jabs Pell right on the nose. Pell blinks but takes it well.
Napiera throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napiera misses with a shot to the body
and Pell counters with a head kick.
Napiera is looking to score with low kicks.
Napiera looks to land a right hand but Pell moved out of range.
Pell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kris Napiera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napiera moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Napiera is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pell is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pell's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Napiera.
Pell throws a low kick but Napiera avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kris Napiera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Napiera just misses with a punch to the body.
Napiera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pell.
Napiera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pell walks into a straight right hand from Napiera.
Pell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Napiera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pell just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Napiera does no damage.
Pell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Napiera.
Napiera lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napiera goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pell throws a jab when Napiera was well out of range.
Pell takes a swing at Napiera's ribcage but misses.
Pell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napiera finds it's way round the side to connect with Pell's head.
Napiera fails to land with a series of punches.
Napiera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Napiera goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Napiera digs a good body shot into Pell's ribs.
Napiera with a hook.
Napiera throws a shot to the body.
Napiera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Pell misses.
Pell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Napiera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Napiera lands the left hand.
Napiera thuds a left hand into Pell's body.
Pell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Napiera was well out of range. Poor timing from Pell.
Napiera fails to land with a series of punches.
Pell dodges the punch combination from Napiera.
A bone on bone clash there as Pell blocks the leg kick.
Napiera throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Napiera misses.
Napiera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Napiera cracks Pell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A head kick misses from Napiera.
Pell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pell misses with an uppercut.
Napiera misses the body punch
and Pell counters with a nice low kick that buckles Napiera's knee momentarily.
Napiera throws the left hand but Pell avoids the punch easily.
Napiera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pell misses with a hook.
Napiera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napiera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Napiera avoids the body shot from Pell.
Pell ducks right into an uppercut from Napiera.
Napiera scores with a hook.
Napiera thuds his right hand into Pell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Napiera blocks a low kick nicely.
Napiera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Napiera lands a head shot.
Pell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Napiera checks it well.
Napiera misses the shot to the body.
Napiera throws a head kick that misses.
Tarcisio Pell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kris Napiera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Napiera checks it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kris Napiera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Napiera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kris Napiera!