PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Kreg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Napolitano comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around. Dominick Napolitano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Napolitano
vs
Kreg

181 cm
25
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominick Napolitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Kreg!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napolitano misses with a straight left.
Dominick Napolitano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napolitano lands an overhand right.
Kreg moves out of range of the strikes.
Napolitano misses with a straight right.
Kreg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Napolitano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kreg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Napolitano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kreg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kreg has his takedown stuffed
and Napolitano counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Napolitano.

Kreg shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kreg showed some decent athleticism there.
Kreg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kreg misses with a head shot. Napolitano uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kreg pushes down on Napolitano's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kreg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreg stalling away here and it's allowed Napolitano to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Kreg tries to free his leg and advance position but Napolitano is retaining full guard.
Kreg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kreg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Napolitano controlling Kreg's posture.
Kreg pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Napolitano is keeping the position for now.
Kreg wants to control from the top but Napolitano keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreg throwing strikes from guard but Napolitano blocks nicely.
Kreg trying to control the position from guard on top but Napolitano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Napolitano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kreg stays in close to Napolitano's body and controls the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kreg slips a jab and a cross from Napolitano.
Napolitano lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Napolitano scores with a sloppy right hand. Kreg should have avoided that one.
Napolitano tries to clinch

and Kreg counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kreg trying to control from Napolitano's half guard. Napolitano has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Kreg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Napolitano keeping moving, preventing Kreg from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Napolitano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kreg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Napolitano getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Napolitano is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Napolitano looks to throw the jab but Kreg is out of range.
Napolitano looks to land a right hand but Kreg moved out of range.
Kreg fails with the takedown
and Napolitano counters with a nice uppercut.
Napolitano throws a looping overhand right but Kreg ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreg blocks a jab.
Kreg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Napolitano.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kreg moves away.
Kreg shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Napolitano pinned against the cage. Napolitano gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Donk. Napolitano catches Kreg right on the button with a cross.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano lands with an overhand left.
Kreg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kreg with a lazy takedown attempt
and Napolitano counters with a nice body shot.
Dominick Napolitano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Kreg.
Napolitano thows a body shot but no joy.
Napolitano throws out a loose jab but Kreg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Napolitano lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Napolitano misses with a hook. Kreg ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano lands a nice hook to Kreg's body. Kreg takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kreg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Napolitano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kreg is breathing heavily.
Kreg slips a jab and a cross from Napolitano.
Napolitano misses with a looping left.
Kreg takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kreg doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Napolitano counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreg moves away from the strike by Napolitano.
Dominick Napolitano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good standup being displayed there by Napolitano as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Napolitano.
Napolitano cracks Kreg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napolitano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Napolitano scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Napolitano lands with a straight right. Kreg didn't see that one coming.
Kreg gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Napolitano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kreg thinking.
Napolitano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Good shot there by Napolitano.

Kreg closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kreg remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Napolitano is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreg wants to control for a moment but Napolitano uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Kreg looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kreg is just content to waste time from the top position. Napolitano takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kreg throwing strikes from guard but Napolitano blocks nicely.
Kreg chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreg tries to free his leg and advance position but Napolitano is retaining full guard.
Kreg controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Napolitano keeping moving, preventing Kreg from controlling successfully.
Kreg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kreg trying to move into half guard but instead Napolitano has managed to sweep!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kreg keeping moving, preventing Napolitano from controlling successfully.
Napolitano preventing the sweep.
Napolitano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreg manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kreg landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kreg looking to finish Napolitano with some ground and pound. This is bad for Napolitano!
Kreg trying to control but Napolitano is having none of it.
Kreg landing strikes from the mount and Napolitano is in trouble!
Kreg working Napolitano over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Kreg's lack of action.
Kreg is trying to control. Napolitano wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kreg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Kreg seems content to control.
Kreg trying to control from Napolitano's half guard. Napolitano has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Jon Kreg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Napolitano keeping moving, preventing Kreg from controlling successfully.
Dominick Napolitano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kreg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jon Kreg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jon Kreg.
I think Napolitano 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 for Dominick Napolitano!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Dominick Napolitano!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Dominick Napolitano!

Dominick Napolitano wins by unanimous decision!