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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralphie Maldonado (ranked 2259 p4p, 2528 weight class) and Robbie Hell (ranked 366 p4p, 410 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hell's choice of entrance music: King of kings by Manowar. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ralphie Maldonado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robbie Hell!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maldonado.
Maldonado throws a leg kick but Hell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maldonado throws a shot from downtown. Hell moves away and avoids it.
Maldonado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hell! But no joy.
Ralphie Maldonado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Hell.
Maldonado swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hell counters with a left to the body.
Maldonado avoids the body shot from Hell.
Maldonado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maldonado definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maldonado avoids the body shot from Hell.
Maldonado feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Maldonado takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maldonado pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hell lands a nice hook to Maldonado's body. Maldonado takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hell tests Maldonado's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hell scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hell lands a glancing blow to the side of Maldonado's head.
Hell staying out of range there.
Hell throws a jab but it's blocked by Maldonado.
And Maldonado counters with a quick kick to the body but Hell blocks it.
Maldonado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hell was well out of range. Poor timing from Maldonado.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldonado lands the left hand.
Maldonado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maldonado slips under a jab.
Hell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maldonado is rocked!
Hell catches Maldonado napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Maldonado to the canvas!
Oh Maldonado is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hell stops Maldonado from standing up.
Hell drops back looking for a leg! Maldonado is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maldonado manages to kick Hell off! Hell jumps back into Maldonado's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Maldonado holds on and takes a little breather.
Hell connects with a couple of short punches.
Hell controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hell is continuing to stall.
Hell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maldonado seems to have got his legs back now.
Maldonado wants to stand but Hell is controlling the position.
Hell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maldonado is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell throwing strikes but missing.
Hell wants to get up but he can't break Maldonado's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maldonado is trying to keep Hell in close.
Hell trying to control but Maldonado is working from the bottom.
Maldonado managing to control the position.
Hell controlling from the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell missing with a left hand there. Maldonado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hell scores with a shot to the body.
Hell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maldonado under the eye.
Maldonado throws a body punch but Hell moves out of range.
Hell throws out a counter right but Maldonado avoids it with no problem.
Maldonado misses the shot to the body.
Maldonado just misses with a punch to the body.
Hell loads up on a big right hand but Maldonado slips the punch.
Hell misses with a lunging right hand
and Maldonado counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hell throws a body punch but Maldonado moves out of range.
Maldonado connects with a crisp jab.
Hell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hell walks into a stiff left hand from Maldonado.
Maldonado throws a right hand that misses
and Maldonado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hell misses with a looping left.
Hell slips a jab from Maldonado.
Hell throws out a counter right but Maldonado avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Maldonado throws the kick towards the body but Hell avoids it.
Maldonado scores with a hook to the body. Hell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maldonado.
Maldonado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldonado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hell missing with a left hand there. Maldonado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hell misses the body punch
and Maldonado counters with a good low kick that Hell was not able to check.
Maldonado misses with a wild body shot.
Hell is looking to score with low kicks.
Maldonado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hell is looking to slow Maldonado down with leg kicks.
Hell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maldonado throws a leg kick which misses Hell's front leg but catches the back leg as Hell tries to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robbie Hell dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maldonado throws the left hand but Hell avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Hell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hell.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hell. That's going to slow Maldonado down.
Hell loads up on a big right hand but Maldonado slips the punch.
Hell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maldonado.
Hell throws a shot from downtown. Maldonado moves away and avoids it.
Maldonado misses the body punch
and Hell counters with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maldonado. Hell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maldonado.
Maldonado is looking to wear down Hell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hell throws an off balance right hand
and Maldonado counters with a nice body shot.
Hell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Maldonado. That snapped Hell's head back.
Maldonado looks for the body kick but Hell saw that one coming.
Hell scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldonado looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hell, as that shot connected.
Maldonado throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hell to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldonado moves away from the strike by Hell.
A low kick lands for Maldonado.
Hell fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Maldonado to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Maldonado looks to clinch but Hell throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Maldonado taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Robbie Hell!
During a confident post fight interview, Robbie Hell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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