PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlito Papadafalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Faber
vs
Papadafalos

190 cm
28
193 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

191 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlito Papadafalos!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadafalos scores with the left hand. Faber knows he should have avoided that one.
Faber avoids the head kick by Papadafalos.
Papadafalos jabs Faber to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Faber closes the distance and clinches.
Papadafalos tries a body shot but Faber blocks it.
Papadafalos tries a body shot but Faber blocks it.
Faber lands a left hand.

Faber breaks from the clinch.

Papadafalos gets tackled into the cage by Faber. Faber maintains the clinch.

Faber breaks the clinch.
Papadafalos throws a series of punches but Faber avoids them all with ease.
Faber ducks under a wild hook from Papadafalos.
Faber tries to clinch up but Papadafalos circles away and keeps his distance.
Carlito Papadafalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Faber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Papadafalos, pushing him back against the cage.
Papadafalos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Papadafalos misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Papadafalos.
Faber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Papadafalos misses.
Faber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber wants to clinch up but Papadafalos keeps it at a distance.
Papadafalos looks to land a combination but Faber avoids it well.
A punch lands to the side of Faber 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Papadafalos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Papadafalos's corner calls for a 1-2. Papadafalos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Papadafalos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Papadafalos connects with a body shot.
Papadafalos keeps the fight on the outside.
Donk. Papadafalos catches Faber right on the button with a cross.
Papadafalos fails to land with a series of punches.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papadafalos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Faber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papadafalos.
Papadafalos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The fighters circling - Papadafalos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadafalos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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!
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Papadafalos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Papadafalos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Faber instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Faber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faber gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Papadafalos.
Papadafalos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faber's elbow.
Faber lands a hook that snaps the head of Papadafalos backwards.
Papadafalos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Papadafalos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Papadafalos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Papadafalos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Papadafalos throws a hook but Faber blocks it.
Papadafalos wants to slow Faber down by chopping away at his legs.
Papadafalos throws a combination that misses
and Papadafalos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Carlito Papadafalos has been cut.
Papadafalos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Faber tries to clinch there but Papadafalos circles away.
Faber moves away from the strike by Papadafalos.
Papadafalos looks to score with a jab to the body but Faber is just out of range.
Papadafalos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Faber stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Papadafalos throws a hook but Faber avoids it easily.
Papadafalos throws a left and a right that both miss

and Faber counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Faber.
Papadafalos misses with a body punch.
Papadafalos misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadafalos lands an elbow inside that Faber shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Faber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faber blocks the elbow strike.
Papadafalos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Faber has him pressed against the cage.

Faber manages to break the clinch.
Faber ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Papadafalos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Papadafalos throws a body kick that misses.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Papadafalos. Those never looked like landing.
Papadafalos loads up on a big right hand but Faber slips the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papadafalos is looking to land body kicks.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Papadafalos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Papadafalos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Papadafalos throws a hook but Faber avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Faber will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlito Papadafalos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Faber misses with a few strikes there.
Carlito Papadafalos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Faber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papadafalos was well out of range. Poor timing from Faber.
Papadafalos thows a body shot but no joy.

Faber drives through and clinches with Papadafalos against the cage.

Papadafalos breaks the clinch.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papadafalos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Papadafalos misses with a double jab.
Papadafalos misses with a series of wild punches.
Papadafalos throws a right and a left that Faber avoids nicely.

Faber moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Papadafalos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Faber scores with a shot to the side of Papadafalos's head.
Papadafalos tries to break the clinch but Faber is controlling the position.
Papadafalos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Faber gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Papadafalos is trying to push Faber away but Faber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Faber on the inside.
A short right from Faber.
Faber is working Papadafalos over against the cage.
Papadafalos tries to throw a body punch but Faber avoids it by throwing Papadafalos back against the cage.
Papadafalos has a couple of punches blocked by Faber.

Faber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papadafalos misses with a left hand

and Faber moves into the clinch.
Faber keeps control of Papadafalos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Papadafalos pushes him off.
Faber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faber tries to clinch but Papadafalos is having none of it.
Papadafalos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Papadafalos.
Papadafalos misses with a straight left.
Faber tries to clinch but Papadafalos is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadafalos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Faber on the side of the head.
Papadafalos connects with a jab.
Faber blocks the body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadafalos throws a head kick that half lands.
Papadafalos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Faber.
Faber is looking to clinch.
Faber slips a jab and a cross from Papadafalos.
Faber slips a jab from Papadafalos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Papadafalos swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Papadafalos throws a nice looking combination but Faber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papadafalos misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Papadafalos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadafalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faber moves away.
Papadafalos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Papadafalos.
Papadafalos is breathing heavily.
Papadafalos misses with a leg kick.
Faber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faber listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Faber lands with a straight right. Papadafalos didn't see that one coming.
Papadafalos throws a nice looking combination but Faber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faber moves out of range of the body kick from Papadafalos.
BOOM! Faber lands a beautiful left hook that drops Papadafalos. Papadafalos tries to recover but Faber is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Papadafalos lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Faber!