PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ramos Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Ciccarelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ciccarelli has chosen Higher Ground as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morales
vs
Ciccarelli

176 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
20
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ramos Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dino Ciccarelli!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales lands a body shot.
Morales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ciccarelli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morales misses with a looping right.
Morales cracks Ciccarelli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morales misses with a lunging right hand
and Ciccarelli counters with a nice leg kick.
Morales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morales misses with an uppercut
and Ciccarelli counters with a big head kick but Morales shrugs it off.
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!
Morales just misses with a punch to the body.
Morales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ciccarelli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morales is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ciccarelli.
Ciccarelli throws a head kick that half lands.
Ciccarelli tries to clinch up but Morales circles away and keeps his distance.
Morales misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Ciccarelli throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Morales misses with a left hand
and Ciccarelli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morales's knee momentarily.
Morales takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ciccarelli ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Ciccarelli blocks a jab.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ciccarelli manages to avoid it.
Ciccarelli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morales circles away quickly and effectively.
Morales takes one on the button.
Morales throws a jab but it's blocked by Ciccarelli.
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!
Morales is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab from Ciccarelli finds it's way through Morales's defenses.
Morales ducks right into an uppercut from Ciccarelli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ciccarelli lands with a good body shot.
Morales rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ciccarelli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ciccarelli bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morales's head.
Morales swings for the body but Ciccarelli moves out of range.
Morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ciccarelli can pounce on him.
Ciccarelli works Morales's body with a nice hook.
Morales is breathing heavily.
Ciccarelli throws a head kick that Morales semi-blocks.

Ciccarelli drops Morales with a beautiful combination! Morales stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ciccarelli is looking for the KO!

Morales is rocked!
Ciccarelli lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Morales head around and knocks him out cold! Ciccarelli hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dino Ciccarelli!
Our winner, Dino Ciccarelli, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.