PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ola Afolabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Afolabi
vs
Damato

191 cm
22
216 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
216 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition

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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ola Afolabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Damato!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Afolabi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Damato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Afolabi.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Damato!

It looks like Ola Afolabi has been cut.
Afolabi lands a jab.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Damato.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Afolabi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Damato at a distance.
Afolabi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Damato takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Damato digs a good hook to Afolabi's body.
Damato throws a hook but Afolabi avoids it easily.
Damato throws a right hand that Afolabi ducks under and follows up with a left that Afolabi also avoids with ease.
Damato throws a low kick but Afolabi avoids it.
Afolabi throws a jab when Damato was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Afolabi misses with a leg kick.
Damato throws a good cross that connects.
Afolabi misses with a leg kick
and Damato counters with a nice body shot.
Afolabi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Damato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Damato misses with a head kick.
Damato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Damato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Damato gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Afolabi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Damato's knee momentarily.
A jab lands there for Afolabi.
Afolabi looks to throw a body kick
and Damato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Afolabi misses.
A head kick misses from Afolabi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Afolabi misses with a looping right.
Afolabi throws a sloppy head kick and Damato moves out of range easily.
Damato misses with a body shot.
Afolabi misses with an uppercut.
Afolabi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Afolabi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Afolabi scores with a hook to the body. Damato takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Afolabi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ola Afolabi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Afolabi scoring well with a low kick there.
Afolabi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Damato.
Damato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Afolabi on the side of the head.
Damato moves out of range of the strikes.
Afolabi throws a leg kick but Damato sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Damato counters with a stiff right hand.
Afolabi swings for the body but Damato moves out of range.
Damato blocks a jab.
Damato misses with a low kick.
Afolabi's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Afolabi duly obliges.
Damato throws out a leg kick but Afolabi moves out of range and Damato only half commits.
Some wild striking there from Damato.
Damato walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Afolabi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Damato. Afolabi shrugs it off though.
Damato scores with a jab. Afolabi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Damato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Afolabi throws a leg kick
letting Damato counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi lands a really nice looking cross but Damato seems unphased.
Damato throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Afolabi thows a leg kick but Damato checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Afolabi just misses with a punch to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Afolabi.
Afolabi misses with a shot to the body
and Damato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damato throws a sloppy head kick and Afolabi moves out of range easily.
Afolabi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Afolabi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damato.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Afolabi throws a chopping leg kick but Damato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Damato scores with a jab to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Damato.
Damato throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Damato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ola Afolabi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Damato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Afolabi thumps Damato with a low kick.
A low kick from Afolabi is predictable there
and Damato counters with a body kick.
Afolabi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Damato.
Afolabi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Afolabi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Damato counters with a body kick that stops Afolabi in his tracks momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whack! Damato lands a heavy head kick that drops Afolabi. The ref tackles Damato to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Afolabi was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Pete Damato!