PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Lieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lieu comes to the cage accompanied by "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. Napolitano has chosen Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lieu
vs
Napolitano

168 cm
23
159 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jin Lieu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominick Napolitano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lieu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Napolitano thuds a left hand into Lieu's body.
Lieu scores with a one two! Napolitano had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A left and a right from Napolitano both land. Nice combination.
Lieu throws and low kick but Napolitano moves out of range easily.
Napolitano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Napolitano throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lieu misses the shot to the body.
Napolitano takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lieu misses with a takedown attempt - Napolitano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Napolitano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Napolitano thuds a left hand into Lieu's body.
Napolitano lands with a nice body punch.
Jin Lieu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napolitano tries to bum rush Lieu with a series of wild strikes but Lieu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lieu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lieu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napolitano finds it's way round the side to connect with Lieu's head.
Lieu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lieu cracks a nice hook into Napolitano's ribs.
Napolitano has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lieu.
Lieu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Napolitano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Napolitano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lieu. Napolitano does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lieu.
Lieu walks into a straight right hand from Napolitano.
Napolitano looks to land a combination. Lieu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Napolitano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Napolitano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lieu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Napolitano lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lieu misses with a wild body shot.
Napolitano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lieu can pounce on him.
Lieu misses with an uppercut.
Napolitano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lieu.
A big left from Lieu misses.
Napolitano stalks Lieu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lieu's face. Lieu staggers backwards, shaken.
Napolitano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lieu.
Lieu misses with an uppercut. Napolitano saw that one coming.
Lieu throws a right and a left that Napolitano avoids nicely.
Lieu misses with a looping left.
Napolitano lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lieu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Napolitano avoids it really well and circles away.
Napolitano throws a series of punches but Lieu avoids them all with ease.
Lieu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Napolitano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lieu.
Napolitano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Some wild striking there from Napolitano.
Lieu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lieu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Napolitano's hands.
Napolitano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lieu misses with a looping left.
Lieu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Lieu.
Napolitano is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lieu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Napolitano to counter with a crisp jab.
Lieu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Napolitano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Napolitano connects with a nice looking jab.
Napolitano dodges the punch combination from Lieu.
Lieu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano moves out of range as Lieu throws a body kick.
Lieu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Napolitano scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Lieu misses.
Lieu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Napolitano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lieu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Napolitano cracks Lieu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lieu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Napolitano.
Napolitano is working the combinations to good effect here.
Napolitano ducks under a wild hook from Lieu.
Napolitano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Napolitano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lieu moves out of range of the strikes.
Lieu loads up on a big right hand but Napolitano slips the punch.
Lieu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Napolitano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Napolitano.
Lieu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Napolitano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Napolitano throws a shot to the body.
Napolitano scores with a jab to the body.
Lieu misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano cracks a nice hook into Lieu's ribs.
Lieu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Napolitano.
Lieu moves forwards but Napolitano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Napolitano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lieu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Napolitano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lieu throws a head kick but Napolitano moves out of range.
Lieu misses with a body shot.
Lieu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Napolitano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jab, jab by Napolitano - just one landing.
Lieu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lieu connects with the punch.
Napolitano with a nice cross.
Lieu misses with a wild body shot.
Lieu just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Napolitano.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good shot there by Napolitano.
Napolitano looks to land a combination but Lieu avoids it well.
A shot to de liver by Lieu. Beautiful body shot.
Napolitano cracks Lieu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Napolitano scores with a one two! Lieu had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice cross by Lieu.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lieu, right into the meat.
Napolitano scores with a three punch combo!
Lieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lieu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An inside leg kick lands from Lieu.
Lieu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lieu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Napolitano counters with a straight right hand.
Lieu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Napolitano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Napolitano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice defenses there by Napolitano.
A big right from Lieu misses.
Nice jab there from Lieu.
Napolitano connects with a jab.
Lieu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Napolitano.
Napolitano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Napolitano is breathing heavily.
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Lieu.
Jin Lieu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napolitano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lieu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napolitano finds it's way round the side to connect with Lieu's head.
Napolitano dodges the punch combination from Lieu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lieu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lieu missing with a left hand there. Napolitano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lieu misses with a straight right.
Lieu just misses with a punch to the body.
Napolitano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Napolitano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lieu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy left from Lieu finds it's target.
Lieu misses with a two punch combination.
Lieu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napolitano finds it's way round the side to connect with Lieu's head.
Lieu shoots in and drives through. Napolitano sprawls well.
Lieu looks for the body kick but Napolitano saw that one coming.

Lieu fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Napolitano sprawls well initially but Lieu persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Lieu decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lieu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Napolitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Lieu misses.
Napolitano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lieu.
Napolitano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lieu misses with a double jab.
Napolitano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lieu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lieu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Napolitano misses with a two punch combination.
Napolitano blocks a jab.
Lieu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Napolitano avoids it really well and circles away.
Lieu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Napolitano avoids a kick to the body.
Napolitano moves away from the strike by Lieu.
Napolitano lunges at Lieu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lieu's hand.
Lieu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good shot there by Lieu.
A punch combination from Napolitano misses.
Lieu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lieu misses with an uppercut.
Lieu wants to land a leg kick but Napolitano is out of range.
Napolitano avoids the head kick by Lieu.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lieu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lieu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Napolitano.
Napolitano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lieu backs up against the cage.
Lieu throws a hook to the side of Napolitano's head but Napolitano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Lieu misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lieu 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 Napolitano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Napolitano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lieu throws a series of punches but Napolitano moves out of range.
Napolitano misses with a hook.
Napolitano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lieu circles away quickly and effectively.
Lieu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Napolitano is out of range.
Lieu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Napolitano moves away.
A combination from Lieu does no damage.
Donk. Napolitano catches Lieu right on the button with a cross.
Napolitano takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lieu. Napolitano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lieu lands a glancing blow to the side of Napolitano's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Napolitano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Some wild striking there from Napolitano.
Lieu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lieu misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano checks the leg kick.
Lieu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lieu misses with an uppercut. Napolitano saw that one coming.
Lieu takes a swing at Napolitano's ribcage but misses.
Napolitano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lieu looks to land a right hand but Napolitano moved out of range.
Napolitano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lieu.
Napolitano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lieu.
Napolitano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Napolitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Lieu misses with a wild body shot.
Lieu jabs at Napolitano's body.
Napolitano blocks a head kick by Lieu.
Napolitano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lieu misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napolitano blocks a jab.
Lieu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lieu misses with a body shot.
Napolitano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lieu.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lieu 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 Napolitano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Napolitano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Lieu dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lieu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Napolitano circles away quickly and effectively.
Lieu shoots in but no luck this time.
Napolitano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lieu motions for Napolitano to come forward. Lieu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Napolitano lands with an overhand left.
Lieu throws a leg kick that misses.
Dominick Napolitano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lieu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lieu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lieu looks to land a right hand but Napolitano moved out of range.
Lieu lands with a hook. Napolitano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lieu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Napolitano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Napolitano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lieu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Napolitano with a hook.
Napolitano throws a series of punches but Lieu avoids them all with ease.
Napolitano throws a right hand that Lieu ducks under and follows up with a left that Lieu also avoids with ease.
Lieu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Napolitano. That did some damage!
Lieu takes a swing at Napolitano's ribcage but misses.
Napolitano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Napolitano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lieu lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano looks to throw the jab but Lieu is out of range.
Lieu lands with a right hand.
Lieu misses with a looping right.
Lieu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Napolitano. No joy for Lieu on that attempt.
Lieu throws a big shot that misses.
Napolitano lands with a nice combination. Lieu backs away looking to recover.
Lieu closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Napolitano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lieu.
Napolitano thows a body shot but no joy.
Lieu throws a half hearted mid kick.
A jab from Lieu does it's job there.
Lieu misses with the combination.
Lieu lands a nice looking body shot.
Lieu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lieu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Napolitano moves away.
Lieu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Lieu misses.
Napolitano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lieu swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Lieu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lieu throws a body punch but Napolitano moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lieu misses the target.
Napolitano moves out of range as Lieu strikes.
Lieu dodges the punch combination from Napolitano.
Lieu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Napolitano circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jin Lieu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lieu. Napolitano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Napolitano misses with the combination.
Napolitano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lieu's head.
Lieu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lieu lands a really nice looking cross but Napolitano seems unphased.
Lieu misses with a straight right.
Lieu misses with a body shot.
Lieu misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lieu throws a body punch but Napolitano moves out of range.
Napolitano ducks under a wild hook from Lieu.
Lieu throws a shot from downtown. Napolitano moves away and avoids it.
Lieu takes a swing at Napolitano's ribcage but misses.
Lieu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Napolitano circles away quickly and effectively.
Napolitano misses with a looping right.
Nice jab there from Napolitano.
Lieu is looking to slow Napolitano down with leg kicks.
Lieu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Napolitano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Napolitano avoids the head kick by Lieu.
Napolitano defending well as Lieu loads up on a big left hand.
Napolitano lands a nice looking body shot.
Lieu throws a sloppy head kick and Napolitano moves out of range easily.
Lieu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lieu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lieu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Napolitano.
Lieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Napolitano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lieu's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lieu duly obliges.
Napolitano throws a nice looking combination but Lieu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Napolitano throws a right hand that Lieu ducks under and follows up with a left that Lieu also avoids with ease.
Napolitano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lieu.
Napolitano scores with the left hand. Lieu knows he should have avoided that one.
Napolitano misses with a series of wild punches.
Lieu 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.
Napolitano tries to bum rush Lieu with a series of wild strikes but Lieu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Napolitano punishes Lieu's body with a nice straight punch.
Napolitano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lieu thows a body shot but no joy.
Lieu misses with the combination.
Lieu stalks Napolitano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Napolitano's face. Napolitano staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Napolitano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lieu looks to land a right hand but Napolitano moved out of range.
A big left from Napolitano misses.
Lieu throws the kick towards the body but Napolitano avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jin Lieu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lieu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jin Lieu!