PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andal Ampatuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freschetta Digornio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Digornio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock Your World!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ampatuan
vs
Digornio

176 cm
24
164 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

177 cm
27
165 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andal Ampatuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Freschetta Digornio!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ampatuan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Digornio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ampatuan tries to clinch
and Digornio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ampatuan misses with a few strikes there.

Digornio tries to keep at a distance but Ampatuan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ampatuan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ampatuan pushes off an throws an elbow but Digornio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ampatuan tries to break the clinch but Digornio is controlling the position.
Ampatuan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ampatuan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Digornio's brow.
Digornio struggles to land a body shot inside as Ampatuan controls his hands.

Digornio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Digornio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Ampatuan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Digornio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ampatuan was well out of range. Poor timing from Digornio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Digornio lands with an uppercut that bounces Ampatuan off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Andal Ampatuan has been cut.
Digornio on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Digornio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab.
Ampatuan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Digornio works Ampatuan's body with a nice hook.
Ampatuan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Digornio throws a series of punches but Ampatuan moves out of range.
Ampatuan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ampatuan is looking to score with low kicks.
Digornio closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Digornio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ampatuan manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Digornio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Digornio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Digornio cracks Ampatuan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Digornio misses with an uppercut.
Ampatuan throws a hook to the side of Digornio's head but Digornio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Digornio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ampatuan at a distance.
Ampatuan slips under a jab.
Freschetta Digornio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digornio misses with a hook. Ampatuan ducked under it nicely.
Ampatuan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Digornio backs up against the cage.
Digornio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Digornio digs a good hook to Ampatuan's body.
Ampatuan misses with a looping right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Digornio, as that shot connected.
Ampatuan scores with a shot to the body.
Ampatuan throws the left hand but Digornio avoids the punch easily.
Ampatuan stuns Digornio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Digornio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ampatuan circles away quickly and effectively.
Digornio scores with a body shot.
Ampatuan misses with a wild combination.
Ampatuan is breathing heavily.

Digornio takes the fight into the clinch.
Digornio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Digornio manages to break the clinch.
Ampatuan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Digornio.
Digornio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Digornio forces Ampatuan back against the cage and clinches.
Digornio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ampatuan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Digornio.
Ampatuan takes a shot to the head.
Digornio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ampatuan tries to throw a body punch but Digornio avoids it by throwing Ampatuan back against the cage.
Digornio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ampatuan blocking some punches.
Digornio tries a body shot but Ampatuan blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan misses with the head strike.
Digornio is trying to stall.
Digornio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ampatuan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Digornio is defending well for now.
Digornio avoiding damage.
Digornio blocks the elbow strike.
Ampatuan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Digornio breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Digornio misses the shot to the body.
Digornio misses the shot to the body.
Digornio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ampatuan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Digornio really felt that one!
Digornio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ampatuan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Digornio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ampatuan misses with the combination.
Ampatuan throws a right hand that Digornio ducks under and follows up with a left that Digornio also avoids with ease.
Ampatuan moves in looking to clinch but Digornio pushes him off.
Digornio cracks Ampatuan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Digornio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ampatuan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ampatuan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Digornio feints a jab promting Ampatuan to slip. Digornio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ampatuan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ampatuan just misses with a punch to the body.
Digornio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Digornio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ampatuan rather than just go for the knockout.
Ampatuan misses with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Digornio!
Ampatuan takes a swing at Digornio's ribcage but misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Digornio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ampatuan counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ampatuan misses with a wild combination.
Ampatuan lands a jab to the nose.
Digornio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ampatuan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Digornio takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Digornio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ampatuan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Digornio throws a body punch but Ampatuan moves out of range.

Digornio pushes Ampatuan up against the cage in a clinch.
Digornio throws a head punch that misses.
Ampatuan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Digornio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Digornio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ampatuan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Digornio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Digornio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ampatuan scrambles back to his feet.
Ampatuan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Digornio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Digornio works over Ampatuan's head and body with a nice combination.
Digornio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ampatuan manages to avoid it.
Ampatuan looks to land a combination but Digornio avoids it well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Digornio.
Ampatuan slips a jab and a cross from Digornio.
Digornio throws a series of punches but Ampatuan avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ampatuan, right into the meat.
Digornio closes the distance but Ampatuan moves to the side
and Ampatuan counters with a three punch combo that has Digornio backing up. Digornio nods at Ampatuan to acknowledge the strikes.
Digornio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ampatuan was well out of range. Poor timing from Digornio.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ampatuan scores with a one two! Digornio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ampatuan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Digornio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ampatuan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ampatuan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ampatuan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ampatuan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Digornio.
Ampatuan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ampatuan lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Digornio goes down and covers up as Ampatuan starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andal Ampatuan!