PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corleone's entrance music is Direct Hit!/Mixtapes - Werewolf Shame. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Decapovic's choice of entrance music: You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Corleone
vs
Decapovic

190 cm
25
213 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

195 cm
27
215 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Corleone misses.
Corleone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Decapovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corleone looks to land a right hand but Decapovic moved out of range.
A jab from Decapovic misses.
Corleone throws a front kick aimed at Decapovic's knee but Decapovic avoids it well.
Decapovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Decapovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Corleone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Corleone cracks the inside of Decapovic's front leg.
The fighters circling - Decapovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corleone misses with the combination.
Decapovic throws a series of punches but Corleone avoids them all with ease.
Filip Decapovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Decapovic scores with a hook to the body. Corleone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Corleone fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Decapovic checks it well.
Decapovic throws out a loose jab but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Decapovic throws a body punch but Corleone moves out of range.
Decapovic scores with a punch to the head.
Corleone fails to land the takedown.

Corleone gets a double leg takedown into Decapovic's guard.
Corleone is stalling in the full guard.

Decapovic is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Corleone defends well.
Decapovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Corleone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decapovic controls Corleone momentarily but Corleone frees himself.
Corleone scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Corleone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Corleone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Decapovic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Corleone thows a big elbow that misses.

Decapovic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Corleone stopping the sweep attempt from Decapovic.
Corleone wants to control from the top but Decapovic keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone passes Decapovic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Decapovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Decapovic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Corleone is working away from the top position though.
Corleone passes into side control, despite Decapovic's attempt to control the position.
Decapovic tries to bench press Corleone off him but Corleone keeps the position.
Decapovic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Decapovic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Decapovic is trying to maintain the position but Corleone is very close to passing his half guard.
Corleone uses his free foot to push down on Decapovic's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Decapovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone scoring with strikes but Decapovic is staying in there.

It looks like Filip Decapovic has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decapovic is in a horrible position here. Corleone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Corleone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Decapovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That has opened up Filip Decapovic's cut even more.
Decapovic wants to hold on but Corleone pushes him away.
Corleone landing punches.

Decapovic is rocked!

Filip Decapovic's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Filip Decapovic's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rich Corleone!